The FBC Kid Pitch baseball team continued their fine play, winning their seventh straight game as #1 seed Diepholz, who came in boasting a league's best record of 15-2, fell victim 5-4 in extra innings on Wednesday, June 24, 2009. The win leaves FBC with an overall record of 11-7 and no defeats in the double-elimiantion, post-season tournament.
Donovan Ferguson, fresh off his Coach Pitch baseball team's victory, caught the entire game. His older brother, Damien, played shortstop flawlessly for the first six innings before coming in to take the mound and close the game in the bottom of the seventh.
Damien was 2 for 4 at the plate with 1 run scored and 2 RBIs. He now has scored 25 runs and driven in 25 runs for the season, both tops for the club.
Trevor Edwards, mired in a season long hitting slump, had the big hit of the game. He drove home Michael Brown with the winning run from second base with 2 outs in the top of the seventh inning on a double into left center field.
Damien Ferguson pitched a 1-2-3 scoreless bottom of the seventh to earn his third save in as many opportunities. Damien was told to go with his 2 seam fastball when he took the mound, and to vary its speed and location, because while he was warming up, it was this pitch he was locating best. Additionally, he had very good movement with the ball. Damien did as he was told, and it worked out great. Damien got the first batter to ground out second to first to start the inning. Damien fell behind 3-0 before coming back to strike out the next batter looking for out number 2. He then induced the last batter to popup in foul territory to first baseman Dalton Stephens on a 1 ball, 1 strike pitch, ending the game.
FBC plays YMCA tonight. The winner of this game moves into the Championship Round of play.
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