15U Home Plate teams split in tournament

London Gresham retired all six batters in two innings
Saturday in the 3-2 win over the Cobb Aces
by the Home Plate Chili Dogs (Black).

PEACHTREE CITY-It was one of those days that one of the Home Plate Chili Dogs would like to forget while another came back to win Saturday afternoon at "The Chuck".
In game one of the 15U Battle of the Southeast, the Excel Blue Sox scored in every inning to defeat the Home Plate Chili Dogs (West) squad 16-5 while the Home Plate Chili Dogs (Black) squad scored twice in
the bottom of the fifth inning to defeat the Cobb Aces 3-2.
The Chili Dogs (Black) will advance to the quarterfinal round Sunday afternoon at the East Cobb Complex to face a team yet to be determined.
The game started off as a pitching duel between Ryan Welborn of Cobb and Chase Arrington of Home Plate (Black) as both began with three solid innings.
Arrington surrendered a single run in the top of the first inning as Drew Fields scored on the front end of an attempted double steal that saw teammate Kaden Stephenson tagged out at second on a throw from catcher Blake Eisenpeter to second base.
Home Plate had a pair of scoring opportunities in the second and third innings, but Welborn managed to get out of each spot with the tying run on third base in each frame.
In the top of the fourth inning, Arrington surrendered a double and was replaced by Jacob Medina who surrendered a sacrifice fly that scored Cobb's second run but minimized the threat with a pair of strikeouts.
During his three inning stint, Arrington allowed two hits and recorded three strikeouts.
In the bottom of the frame, Welborn of Cobb surrendered a single to Elijah Edwards and after a pitching change, the latter moved to second on a passed ball and eventually score on a pair of consecutive groundouts.
In his his three inning stint, Welborn allowed three hits and recorded one strikeout as he invired his infield to participate on seven of the nine outs.
In the top of the fifth inning, London Gresham took over on the mound and went on a string as he retired the side in order and allowed his club to rally.
Kenshaun Mitchell beat the throw to first for an infield single, then stole second and moved to third on a sacrifice bunt by Medina before coming home on a single by Eisenpeter that tied the game at 2-2.
Ben Hollenbeck ran for Eisenpeter and moved into scoring position with a stolen before advancing to third on a groundout and eventually scoring the lead run as he scored when Said Henry reached on a mishandled third strike.
That would be all Gresham needed as retired the side in order with a pair of ground outs and a strikeout.

Carter Hennon had a two-run double for Home Plate (West)
in the bottom of the first inning.

In the first game of the day, Excel scored five runs in the top of the first to take a lead they never relinquished.
Home Plate (West) came back with a pir in the bottom of the first inning as Carter Hennon hit a double that scored Jackson Divido and Carson Gaston.
The Blue Sox scored a run in the top of the second but the Westies came back with a run in the bottom of the frame as Adams Walls was hit by a pitch and eventually scored when a throw from the first baseman to the catcher was errant.
Excel put the game away with five runs each in the third and fourth innings.
Home Plate (West) moved closer in the bottom of the fourth inning as Jameson Inagawa and Divido had RBI singles. 
Divido was 1-for 2 at the plate while Inagawa reached twice on walks for Home Plate (West) while Brady Waugh had two hits and scored for Excel out of Oxford, AL.