Oregon Park 9U Travel Team: 2009 DD District 2 Champions

The Sharks looked to defend their district title, again facing friends and former teammates.  This time it was the Oregon Park Raptors, who advanced to the District Championship game with a big win over the Georgia Explosion.  The Sharks were the home team and quickly put down the Raptors in the 1^st inning.  Jeff (pitcher), Kyle (short stop) and Braedon (2^nd base) all made plays and threw to Mikade at 1^st base for outs.  The Sharks were fired up and came out swinging.  Blake and Braedon both reached base, Kyle tripled bringing both of them in to score.  Jarrett, Matt and Mikade all singled, resulting in a 5-run inning for the Sharks. 

The Sharks defense would stand tall in the 2^nd inning.  Brett made a catch in left field, short-stop Kyle flipped to Jarrett at 3^rd base for an out and with the bases loaded, Mikade caught a fly ball at 1^st base to end the inning.  The 2^nd inning was big for the Sharks.  Blake started things off with a triple.  Hits from Braedon (RBI), Kyle, Jarrett (RBI), Jeff (RBI), Mikey (RBI) and a bases clearing hit from Matt (3 RBI’s) resulted in the maximum 7 runs and a big 12-0 lead for the Sharks.

The Raptors plated 1 run in the top of the 3^rd, but great defense would again shut them down.  Brett made a nice running catch in left field.  Blake caught a fly ball at short-stop and alertly threw home to catch a runner trying to advance.  The Sharks added 2 runs to their lead to go up 14-1, with hits from Zach Stewart, Blake, Braedon (RBI) and Zach Elmy (RBI).   Holding the Raptors scoreless in the top of the 4^th inning with defensive plays from Mikey (3^rd base), Brett (left field) and Blake (short stop), the Sharks were able to put this one away in the bottom of the 4^th.   Hits from Jeff, Mikey (triple, RBI), Matt, and a game winning line-drive from Mikade put the Sharks up 16-1.  SHARKS ARE DISTRICT 2 CHAMPIONS!  A GREAT NIGHT FOR OREGON PARK BASEBALL!