1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
BPA Black	3	1	1	0	1	2	0	8	13	3
San Diego Show	1	0	0	0	3	1	1	6	9	3

Win: Noah Clausen Loss: Jacob Connelly Save: Jack Hagen

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PHOENIX — Jackson Waller and Ryan Cainzos totaled six combined hits and three RBI to power BPA Black to an 8-6 win against San Diego Show on Day 2 of competition at the 2021 17U National Team Championships Arizona.

Waller, a 6-foot infielder, set the tone for BPA Black with singles in each of his first two at-bats. He came around to score the first run of the game when Ethan Presley reached via an error.

BPA put up three runs in the opening frame, which included a stretch of six of seven batters reaching base safely (three singles, two HBP, one error), and never relinquished the lead. Cainzos laced a single to left in the second to make it a 4-1 game, and BPA's lead grew to as much as 6-1 before San Diego Show jumped on the comeback trail.

Luke Rhee's two-run single up the middle in the fifth brought San Diego Show back within striking distance and a bases-loaded walk drawn by Duke Ekstrom cut the deficit to just two runs.

However, BPA Black continued to battle at the plate and forced numerous deep counts against San Diego Show starter Jacob Connelly, who worked 5.2 innings despite a rocky first frame. BPA put two more runs on the board courtesy of Waller's third hit of the afternoon, a two-RBI single to center.

San Diego Show brought the potential tying run to the plate in the bottom of the seventh, but BPA's Jack Hagen induced a fielders' choice grounder to end the game.

BPA Black (3-0) remains undefeated through its first two days at the 17U National Team Championships.

San Diego Show fell to 1-1-1 at the tournament with the loss.

 

Key Moments

• Jackson Waller (BPA) scored the game's opening run when Ethan Presley reached via an error.
• Noah Clausen (BPA) delivered an RBI-single to bring home BPA Black's third run of the opening frame.
• Dean West (Show) singled and came around to score via an error to put San Diego Show on the board in the bottom half of the first inning.
• Ryan Cainzos (BPA) recorded his second of three hits, an RBI-single, to extend BPA Black's lead to 4-1 in the second.
• Ethan Presley's (BPA) run-scoring single gave BPA Black its largest lead of the game at 6-1 in the fifth.
• Luke Rhee (Show) produced a two-run single in the fifth to spark a rally for San Diego Show.
• Duke Ekstrom (Show) drew a bases-loaded walk to bring San Diego Show within a pair of runs in the fifth.
• Jackson Waller (BPA) plated a pair of runs with a single in the sixth to make it an 8-4 game.
• Jack Hagen (BPA) sealed the win for BPA Black after he induced a fielders' choice grounder to close the game with the potential tying run at the plate.

 

Notable Information

• "We definitely needed to grind out our at-bats and we kept going at it. We did a decent job of that and came away with a W, so that's all that matters." — BPA Black head coach Rion Santamaria
• "We just have to be ready to play every single time we're out here. Every time we show up it's an opportunity to play. We have to take advantage of it because you never know what's going to happen next." — BPA Black head coach Rion Santamaria 

 

On Deck

• BPA Black (3-0) awaits its next opponent (TBD - seeded pool play) on Day 3 of competition.

• San Diego Show (1-2) awaits its next opponent (TBD - seeded pool play), as well.

 

Social

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