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Fairhope Claims BayBears
Classic For Second Straight Year
Southern League
Mobile BayBears
Mobile,
AL (February 24, 2010) -- The big inning was kind to the
Fairhope Pirates during the entire 13th annual BayBears High
School Classic. It also helped propel them to the title on
Tuesday night.
Fairhope (5-0) scored four in
the fourth inning and sixth in the fifth to beat St. Paul's
(4-1) 15-5 and claim a second straight title.
Fairhope becomes the first
back-to-back champion of the Classic since Daphne won three
straight from 2000-2002. After Fairhope put up a run in the
first, St. Paul's took a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the
inning as Dominick Francia scored on an error and Nathan
Morris plated a run with an RBI-double.
Chase Domino tied the game at 2
for the Pirates in the second as his sacrifice fly plated
Justin Hathcock, but the Saints jumped back in front in the
bottom of the frame on an RBI-single by DJ Johnson.
Fairhope got to the Saints
pitching staff in the third as starter Blake Mathews exited
after a lead off walk and Domino blew the inning open three
batters later with three-run home run to right off Dalton
Rentz.
Fairhope increased the lead to
9-3 an inning later as Daryl Norris produced a sac fly and
Kaleb Naseman added a two-run single to cap the inning.
St. Paul's made it 9-4 in the
bottom of the frame as Francia drove home a run with a sac
fly, but Fairhope hit the big inning again with a sixth-run
inning in its next at-bat.
Norris highlighted the inning
with a two-run triple, but Domino and Cody Etheridge also
drove in runs in the frame. Peyton Fuller picked up the win
for the Pirates going five innings, scattering eight hits.
Domino, the Chris Boyett Silver Slugger winner for the
tournament, and Naseman each had three hits for Fairhope.
Domino added five RBI. Norris drove in four for Fairhope,
Etheridge drove in three and Wes Kent added an RBI. Johnson
went 3-for-3 with a homer and two RBI for St. Paul's.
2010 BAYBEARS HIGH SCHOOL
CLASSIC AWARDS:
- JAKE PEAVY MVP AWARD: Garrett
Pitts, Fairhope
- LARRY ANDREWS PITCHING AWARD:
Darryl Norris, Fairhope
- CHRIS BOYETT SILVER SLUGGER
AWARD: Chase Domino, Fairhope
- JOE TOOMEY COACH'S AWARD:
Terry Dixon, Mary G. Montgomery
2010 BILL MENTON
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM:
(Named in Honor of former Alabama State Senator who
recently passed away at age 90. Mr. Menton was an Assistant
General Manager for the Mobile A's and the "voice of the
original Mobile Bears in the 1940s and 50s. He helped create
Little League Baseball in Mobile in the late 1950s.)
Baker - Alex Summers
McGill - Toby Thomas
Foley - Taylor Wheaton
Mary G. Montgomery - Dustin Evans
Davidson - Johnny Eaton
Cottage Hill - Trey Cockrell
Thomasville - Logan Bishop
Robertsdale - Josh Baxter
Murphy - Brian Sims
Faith Academy - Jonathan Brown
Gulf Shores - Bradan Bateman
Theodore - Brandon Hallford
UMS-Wright - Chase Williamson
Baldwin County - Justin Miller
Spanish Fort - Patrick McGavin
Bryant - Tyler Mills
Satsuma - Jacob Noble
Daphne - Dillon Schaniel
Fairhope - Daryl Norris
Fairhope - Garrett Pitts
Fairhope - Wes Kent
Fairhope - Evan East
Fairhope - Chase Domino
Fairhope - Peyton Fuller
St. Paul's - Nathan Morris
St. Paul's - Tanner McGill
St. Paul's - DJ Johnson
St. Paul's - Dominick Francia |
