North Carolina 2, Kentucky 0…

First Pitch – 10:09, 81° – feeling like 92°

  These two teams felt heartbreak yesterday afternoon when they lost their semifinal games and are now being asked to wake ⏰️ up early and once again play a game on national TV 📺.

I’m hoping this game doesn’t become one-sided because one never knows how a team will perform in this particular situation.

Toms River is the visiting team for this one and we are set to go.

Toms River plates two in the top of the first after FLA struggled with their defense.

Toms River …  200 200 – 4 4   1

Lake Mary ……003 101 – 5 11 3

Middle 3rd, 10:56 – bottom 3rd last 18 minutes, and catcher’s interference allows three runs to score.

Walk-off or extras ???

12:20 – bottom of 6th…

Bases loaded and just one out for Florida. 12:26 – Green with the game winning hit !

Her proud Pops played on the University of Florida Gators NCAA Basketball 🏀 Champs 🏆 🏆.

2 hours, 11 minutes of nonstop 🎬🎬🎬

Kentucky versus North Carolina at 3pm for all the marbles…

Kentucky just scratched out a tying run in the top of the fourth inning with a two out rally. We starred with twelve teams, and now there is just the final Four.

More 2 follow….

Kentucky takes its first lead, 2-1, and is now just 6 outs from playing for the trophy 🏆.

4:51 – que the celebration in Owensboro, Kentucky!

The break is over, and now we have Florida as the visiting team and North Carolina as the 🏡🏠🏡 team.

Scoreless after first inning…

Anna-Lynn Clark might be a name to remember, seven strikeouts already, and it’s only the 3rd inning. NC 1-0. Eight K’s after 3rd!!!

A large number of bang – bang calls 📞 in the nightcap…

North Carolina 4-0in the bottom of the fourth inning, pending another challenge. Make that 3-0….back to 4-0 after fourth.

Six outs away from a date with Kentucky.

Make that 3 outs away and 9 K’s…

Double digits in strikeouts, shutout victory !

Florida and Washington look to advance to the Saturday  semi-final round down in Greenville, NC.

Both Kentucky and  North Carolina have made the Final Four, so today, we find out their opponents.

Florida defeated Washington in the opener, and it wasn’t a close game, but the kiddos from Snohomish have won two straight games in the consolation bracket to remain alive.

The natural temperature 🌡is in the low 90s, and the fell like temperature 🌡is in triple digits.

Washington goes down in order in the top of the first inning. Florida is coming to bat…

Florida (Southeast) loaded the bases in the bottom of the 1st, but Snohomish escapes….

  Watching 👀 the game with Coach Knight and his 684 high school victories & my bride 👰‍♂, Linda. Back in the day, she was the second best player on an incredibly well coached church ⛪️ league team. So, Coach has earned three rings 💍 while at Page County High School.   I only won one as a coach, I did take that ring 💍 and put it on the finger of my left fielder, and 41 years later, she is still here !

Scoreless as we head to the third inning…

4:13 – Lightning 🌩 delay, Florida leading 1-0.

Getting ready to resume play shortly after 70+ minutes…..

First Pitch, Take 2 at 5:25 pm

Four runs 🏃‍♂️in the bottom of the fourth gives FLA a 5-0 lead and six outs away from advancing.

Washington (PNW) is down to their last three outs, down 5-0.

6:19 – Florida closes out the shutout with their second double play of the game.

Florida, Kentucky, North Carolina ➕️ either New Jersey or Puerto Rico 🇵🇷…

7:07 – New Jersey ( Mid-Atlantic ) and Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 ( Latin America ) are set to play now for the last semi-final spot.

86°, feels like 94°

Very different first innings but still 0-0.

Toms River plates 🍽 3… then add a bingle to make it 4-0.

4-0 is your final score…..congrats to Toms River…