Washington County starter Will Flaherty threw six shutout innings and Owen Samogala drove in three runs leading the hosts to a 7-0 win over Bay County. Mon Valley was eliminated by Palmview in the morning elimination game. Sebastian Quiles held Chinese Taipei to just two hits and Abdamil Robles singled home Quiles’ courtesy runner in the fourth inning for the game’s only run to move to Guaynabo to the Division Finals. Tijuana batted around twice in the fourth, scoring a dozen runs, in a blowout win over Bronx.
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Elimination Bracket
Palmview 11, Mon Valley 4
Palmview pounded out 14 hits against three different Mon Valley pitchers, rolling to the elimination game win. Gael Zambrano, Alex Leon, Javier Garza each drove in a pair of runs. Zambrano had four hits including a double. Leon doubled twice among his three hits. Demaris Tolliver singled in a pair of runs for Mon Valley. Kennedy Nash and Zach Plymire each had an RBI.
Washington County 7, Bay County 0
Owen Samogala doubled to the gap with two out in the third, driving in a pair of runs, and Will Flaherty tossed six shutout innings, helping Washington County, PA stay alive. In the fifth, three straight two-out hits plated three more runs, more than enough to eliminate the North Zone champions. With Flaherty’s courtesy runner on first, Bryan Schmeltz tripled off the fence in left-center, Samogala doubled to right and Macksim Nonack singled, giving Flaherty plenty of breathing room. The righthander pitched out of trouble in the second, having allowed a single and a double after one out. A strikeout, one of seven in the game, and a line out ended the threat. Faherty allowed just two other hits and no walks in getting the win. Tristin Coney worked the seventh innings to preserve the win.
Winners’ Bracket
Guaynabo 1, Chinese Taipei 0
Sebastian Quiles tossed a complete game two-hit shutout to lead the Caribbean champions past Chinese Taipei. In a scoreless game in the fourth, Quiles doubled with one out and gave way to Keniel Nieves as a courtesy runner. After a flyout, Abdamil Robles singled Nieves home with the game’s only run. Guaynabo managed just five hits off six different C-T pitchers. Quiles walked two while striking out seven batters, facing only two batters beyond the minimum over the final five innings.
Tijuana 16, Bronx 2, 5 inn.
With the game tied at 2, Tijuana sent 18 batters to the plate in the fourth, scoring 12 runs on eight hits, taking advantage of three hit batters and four walks. Romeo Briones homered for the third time in the World Series in the fourth. Carlos Pardo had three RBI, Moyses Salido and Bryan Espinoza drove in a pair along with Briones. Salido got the complete-game, five-inning win, holding the East Zoe champions to two hits while striking out a dozen batters, including the final seven outs of the game.