Two Tallahassee Babe Ruth Teams Finish Regional Play

The 13U and 16U Tallahassee Babe Ruth baseball teams, who qualified for Southeastern Regional play, recently finished their post-season runs.

The 13U team hosted the regional play in Tallahassee from July 23-28 with games being played at the Chiles High School baseball facility.

The 13U regional tournament featured six teams. The tournament began with pool play (two three team pools) and concluded with single elimination bracket play.

The Tallahassee 13U team won their pool with a 2-0 record. The team defeated Greenville ENC 4-0 and then outscored Augusta VA 15-3.

In bracket play, the 13U team advanced to the finals by defeating Augusta VA 6-2. In the finals, Tallahassee faced Altamonte SFL and jumped out to 3-0 lead before falling behind 4-3 late in the game.  With a bid to the Babe Ruth World Series at stake, the team managed to tie the contest at 4, but ended up losing 6-4.

Head coach Mike Harrison told WCTV, “These young men have only been together for a couple weeks. For them to get to know together at the way we like to play it, I’m very very proud of these guys.”

The 16U team traveled to Sarasota, Florida to compete with 9 teams at the Sam Fleishman Regional Sports Complex.

The team went 1-1 during pool play, defeating Manassas VA 6-5 before losing to Sarasota 14-8.

In single elimination bracket play, the Tallahassee 16U team lost their first game to Sarasota, 4-2.