Rockies Rally To Edge Pirates In Championship Game

The Rockies came from behind to nip the Pirates 7-6 in the 10-11 year old fall baseball championship game this past weekend.

The Rockies prevailed in an eight-team, single elimination tournament. The second-seeded Pirates faced the top seeded Rockies in the championship.

Down a run in the bottom of the sixth and final inning, the Rockies rallied. Ryan Nolan led off with an infield single. Luke Kirby then singled to right and Aaron Kirby walked to load the bases. Sammy Kapur hammered the first pitch he saw to the gap in right center scoring Nolan and Luke Kirby. The walk-off championship double by Kapur earned him player of the game honors.

The Pirates’ Devin Johnson walked to lead off the game and eventually scored from third on a wild pitch. The Rockies answered with two runs in the bottom of the first on a Shea Talbot two out, two-run single. The Pirates tied the game in the top of the second when Tim Shaw singled and eventually scored on a wild pitch. The Rockies scored two in the second and added more in the third on a two-run single by Jack Lydon and an RBI single by Luke Kirby. Kapur held the Pirates to one run over two innings, striking out four. The Pirates took a 6-5 lead in the top of the fifth. Devin Johnson and Tess Davenport scored on a James Schumacher two-run single to right. Schumacher scored on a Jake Kneski single through a drawn-in infield. Tim Shaw, of the Pirates, struck out the side in the bottom of the fifth. Talbot also struck out the side in the top of the sixth to keep it a one-run game.