MBC Finally Bests Seattle Select Black

Three years in the making and MBC finally beats SS Black 11-5. MBC relied on good pitching, good defense and great hitting.

MBC jumped out early and hard in the first inning. Nick Salle led off with his first hit (of the inning!) and was followed by a bunt single from Alex Mitchell. After a rare Tino Peleti strike out, Stuart Fairchild (who else) singled hard to load the bases. Quin Burcham hit a hard smash into the hole between short and third that was gloved by the SS Black third baseman, but the force of the shot spun him a bit and his throw to second was wide of the mark. Ethan Clements, Nick Reeves, David Becker and Keenan Heller all followed with RBI singles bringing Nick Salle to the plate again for another single. Before Seattle Select Black knew what hit them, they were down eight runs.

In the second, Tino led off with a single and Stuart was walked. Quin Burcham then hit a towering drive to deep right center for a double to score them both. Nick Reeves singled, but hit it too hard to score Quin who has been voted most likely to be thrown out at home by Baseball America. A nice double play on Adam Hinthorne's rocket to short ended scoring hopes for the inning.

Tino had three hits on the night, both Nick's, Keenan and Quin had two hits.

Stuart Fairchild kept SS Black at bay for three innings, pounding the strike zone and keeping the game moving. Ethan Clements relieved in the fourth and threw on hit ball the rest of the way fanning five.