1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Trosky National 2024	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	1	5	0
MBA Navy 2024	0	0	3	0	3	3	X	9	9	0

Win: Cooper Hansen Loss: Bryce McKnight

Box Score | Play-by-Play | Cumulative Stats

PHOENIX — MBA Navy 2024 captured its first-ever gold medal with a 9-1 victory against Trosky National 2024 in the championship game of the 15U National Team Championships Arizona on Wednesday at Peoria Sports Complex.

Cooper Hansen tossed a six-inning complete game for MBA Navy and allowed just one run and struck out three in an impressive performance on the big stage. The 5-foot-11 southpaw received plenty of support from his offense, which produced six runs across the final two innings to seal off the run-rule win.

MBA Navy scored nine unanswered runs after Trosky National put the game's first run on the board via a seeing-eye single off the bat of Tatum Marsh. MBA Navy responded immediately with three runs in the bottom half of the frame courtesy of Zach Edwards' two-RBI triple and Kale Fountain's RBI-double off the wall in left.

The game remained 3-1 until the fifth when Drake Piersall roped a double into the left-field corner and plated three runs — Easton Barrett, Burke-Lee Mabeus and Edwards.

MBA Navy extended its lead to 8-1 in the sixth after Barrett's triple brought home two more runs, and he later came across to score the game-ending run on Mabeus' single to left.

MBA Navy concluded the 2021 15U National Team Championships with a perfect 9-0 mark and an 85-30 run differential.

Trosky National suffered its second loss and finished the tournament with a 7-2 record. The silver medal marks Trosky's second Top 3 finish as a program at the National Team Championships Arizona, joined by a gold-medal finish in the 15U tournament in 2018.

TB SoCal Baseball (6-2) and Saddleback Cowboys (6-2) earned a split of the bronze medal.

 

Key Moments

• Tatum Marsh (Trosky) sent a single through the left side to bring home the game's opening run in the top of the third.
• Zach Edwards' (MBA) two-run triple in the bottom of the third put MBA Navy out in front by a run.
• Kale Fountain (MBA) missed a home run by inches and settled for an RBI-double off the left-field wall to extend MBA Navy's lead to 3-1 in the third.
• Drake Piersall (MBA) plated three runs with a double down the left-field line to make it 6-1 in favor of MBA Navy in the fifth.
• Easton Barrett (MBA) recorded a two-run triple in the sixth to make it a seven-run ball game.
• Burke-Lee Mabeus (MBA) laced an RBI-single to left to represent the game-ending hit by run rule in the sixth.

 

Notable Information

• "We've been around these guys since they were 8 years old. They have that bond and they're connected. It's a special group." — MBA Navy 2024 head coach David Piersall
• "(In Utah) we don't have the abundance of kids (other states) have, but the kids that do take it seriously are as good as anybody. Those kids can compete with anybody as long as they're all together in one spot." — MBA Navy 2024 head coach David Piersall

 

On Deck

• MBA Navy 2024 concluded the 15U National Team Championships with a spotless 9-0 record and a plus-55 run differential.

• Trosky National 2024 finished the tournament with a 7-2 mark and earned the program's second-ever medal at the National Team Championships Arizona.

 

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