It was a long day of baseball at Dwyer Stadium Saturday as offense dominated in all four games leading up to a 19-1 tournament championship win for the Batavia Blue Devils over the pitch-weary Oakfield-Alabama Hornets.
This was the 15th year for tournament, sponsored by the Batavia Rotary Club.
To reach the finals, Batavia beat Attica 8-6 and O-A beat Notre Dame 10-9, erasing a 7-0 deficit for the comeback victory.
In the consolation game, Attica downed the Irish 14-10 in a game punctuated by numerous complaints about the ball-strike calling of the home plate umpire.
Zach Hale was named tournament MVP after fanning 15 in the nightcap.
And nightcap it was. The game was scheduled to start at 7 p.m., but with the high-scoring games prior to the championship game, the Blue Devils and Hornets didn't take the field until 8:15 p.m.
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It would have been nice to
It would have been nice to see a BHS vs. ND final in this one. A father from ND told me preseason, "...if you thought our basketball team was good, wait until you see our baseball team this year. We have never had this much depth on the mound..."
I know both ND's coaches got tossed out of the Attica game. Was it for allowing excessive black shoe polish?
Congratulations, BHS. It's nice to see a public school win this tournament.