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Santa Fe Springs III
So Cal Independent Fastpitch League held an Alliance Tournament on May 20 – 21, 2017 at Little Park in Santa Fe Springs, CA. Nine teams took part in the event.
After Saturday’s round-robin play, the Buzzards emerged as the No. 1 seed going undefeated. On Sunday, they would reach the championship game to face Those Guys.
Led by the pitching of Lamar Gross, Those Guys would defeat the Buzzards 2 to 1 in seven innings to claim its first Championship as a team for the season.
The Buzzards jumped out strong in the first inning with Javier Fierro’s solo Home Run. That would be the only run Lamar would allow the rest of the game.
Those Guys would not score against Sonny Perkins through the first three innings. Eric Smalling would lead off the fourth inning by reaching third base on an error from the right fielder; he would later advance on a wild pitch scoring the first run for Those Guys. Dominic Marquez would then draw a walk and advance to second on a wild pitch. Lamar would then hit a double scoring Dominic from second base. That would be all the runs Those Guys needed to win the game.
Saturday’s Round-Robin Results
Buzzards go undefeated emerging as the No. 1, followed by Those Guys, Wah, Beaumont Coyotes, Maccabi USA, A1 Rockies, So Cal Heat, So Cal Bandits, and Young Guns.
On Sunday, the Buzzards began their run into the championship game by defeating Young Guns and would later face Maccabi USA in the semi-final game where in the fifth inning both teams would score 4 runs each to finish the inning tied at 5 runs. The Buzzards would score the final run to emerge victorious. Both pitcher, Sonny Perkins and Jason Gluckmen, pitched a great game making it exciting to watch.
Those Guys began their run into the championship game by defeating So Cal Heat and would later face Wah in the semi-final game. Rob Schweyer, from Wah, would strike out 12 batters while Lamar Gross, from Those Guys, would strike out 10 batters in this very close game. The only run of the game would come in the third inning by Those Guys to advance to the championship game.
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