Every Little Leaguer dreams of notching the game-winning hit in a championship game, and for Natick's Bennett Griesmer - who was a Little Leaguer not too long ago - that dream was realized last night at Mahan Field.

Knotted in a scoreless tie with Franklin in the bottom of the seventh inning with a runner in scoring position and a chance to win the Central Mass. Senior Babe Ruth World Series, Griesmer - the youngest player on the Redmen roster - came to the plate.

The 15-year old delivered.

The Natick High sophomore-to-be swung at the first pitch and drove the ball to right-center field plating Connor Channell for the 1-0 win, clinching Natick's second CMSBR World Series title and first since 1995.

"You think about things like this before every game," said Griesmer after his walk-off hit. "If the situation comes up you just try and execute. I just got a pitch that I liked and went the other way with it."

Griesmer is no stranger to late-inning heroics. It was his walk-off single in Game 1 of a first-round series that lifted his Redmen past Sudbury.

"I went up to him before the inning and told him he would come up with a chance to win the game," said Natick manager Jim Tomasetti, who is now the second youngest manager to win the CMSBR World Series. "I don't know if I really meant it tonight, the way we were hitting, but there he was with a chance to win it for us and he came through."

While it was Griesmer's RBI single that sent the Natick faithful into a frenzy, it was the performance of both starting pitchers - Natick's Brett Farrell and Franklin's Zack Price - that had the crowd in awe for most of the evening.

Farrell earned the win with a complete-game, 97-pitch gem. He allowed just one hit, surrendered only two walks and struck out six in a masterful outing.

"My curveball wasn't working very well in the early goings," said Farrell. "They're a good fastball hitting team so I was a little nervous. But we have a great pitching staff and it feels great to shut that team out two nights in a row."

Price also went the distance, throwing 94 pitches. The right-hander used a dominating curve ball and allowed just five hits, three walks and struck out five.

"He pitched awesome tonight," said Franklin manager Scott Towne. "He was hitting all of his spots and was great all night."

Price's dominance was particularly noticeable in the middle innings when he set down 15 of the 17 batters he faced between the second and seventh.

Things went south for Price in the home half of the seventh, though.

Shortstop Matt Sefton led things off with a bloop single to right and catcher Pat Grady was then plunked to put runners on first and second with no outs. Channell pinch ran for Sefton and was waved around by Tomasetti on Griesmer's clutch hit.

Griesmer finished 2-for-3 for the Redmen, who finish the summer 22-2. Left fielder David Kortjohn and Grady were each on base twice with a single and a walk apiece.

Price notched the only base hit for Franklin, which wraps up the 2008 campaign at 20-5. The loss marks the second straight year the Panthers have lost in the CMSBR World Series.

"We didn't hit," said Towne, whose club was blanked 5-0 in Game 1. "That's the way things go, but we'll be back next year."

As for Tomasetti, the 25-year old skipper couldn't say enough about the character his squad displayed throughout the summer.

"We just jelled from game one," said Tomasetti. "These guys had what it takes to win this league. They're great kids, just great human beings. They pitched well and played good defense all year. They capped it off tonight and they deserve it."