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September 7th was Day 6 of the tournament.
In the first game, #11 American Legion Post #28 ended their 5-game winning streak by losing 9 – 2 to #1 seed Atlantic Orthopaedics.
The championship game was a rematch between #7 Touch of Italy and #1 seed Atlantic Ortho. In a back and forth game, Touch of Italy entered the bottom of the 7th trailing by 2 runs. After scoring a run, Touch of Italy was down to its last out with 2 on base when Barry Mederrick hit the game-winning 2-RBI double.
Congratulations to team manager Mike O’Brien and assistant Rob Thornton and all the Touch of Italy players on winning the tournament championship. This was the first year that Mike and Rob managed a team.
The document 2023_Tournament_Bracket_-_Final.pdf was attached to this post.
Day 5 of the tournament saw 2 more teams eliminated and left 3 teams to vie for the tournament championship.
Diamondblade Tileworks, the #3 seed, won its first game of the day against #13 seed Community Bank Delaware. #11 seed American Legion Post #28 continued its frantic run through the Loser’s Bracket by upsetting #6 seed Giant of Millville in their first game.
Diamondblade and Post #28 then played each other, and Post #28 pulled off another upset defeating the #3 seed by a score of 10 – 6.
The document 2023_Tournament_Bracket_-_Day_6.pdf was attached to this post.
Only 3 games were scheduled for Day 4 of the tournament.
In a major upset, #7 seed Touch of Italy knocked #1 seed Atlantic Orthopaedics out of the Winner’s Bracket. #3 seed Diamondblade Tileworks beat #2 seed Ocean View Family Restaurant to eliminate them from the tournament. #10 seed American Legion Post #24 was also eliminated from the tournament.
The document 2023_Tournament_Bracket_-_Day_5.pdf was attached to this post.
FOUR MORE TEAMS ELIMINATED ON DAY 3 OF THE TOURNAMENT
All tournament games were postponed on Tuesday, 8/29 due to rain, but they were all made up on Wednesday.
4 more teams were eliminated on Day 3:
- Phoenix PT
- Logo Motive
- Greene Turtle
- B & E
The document 2023_Tournament_Bracket_-_Day_4.pdf was attached to this post.
TWO MORE BIG UPSETS ON SECOND DAY OF THE TOURNAMENT
The #2 seed Ocean View Family Restaurant team and the #3 seed Diamondblade Tileworks team both lost on the 2nd day of the tournament and fell into the loser’s bracket.
So after the 2nd day, 4 of the top 5 seeds have lost.
Two teams were eliminated from the tournament today – #4 seed Millsboro Bowling Lanes and #14 seed Edward Jones Investments.
The tournament continues on Tuesday, August 29, 2023.
The document 2023_Tournament_Bracket_-_Day_3.pdf was attached to this post.
