Blackout 18U Brown Runner Up in Redding Round Up 18U Tournament.

Weekend Summary

The Southern Oregon Blackout 18U Brown team displayed a showcase of resilience and grittiness against the other teams in the tournament over the weekend as they ended up with a 4-2 record and second place overall.

Blackout went 2-1 on a wet and rainy day on Saturday in Redding (CA) and earned the third seed for bracket play on Sunday.

First game was against a familiar foe in Powerhouse Fastpitch (Medford, OR), who gave Blackout their only loss in pool play. Powerhouse Fastpitch held the lead for most of the game 4-0, but the bats turned hot for Southern Oregon Blackout as they scored four late runs to send the game into extra innings. In overtime, Blackout held Powerhouse scoreless and allowed Southern Oregon to score the winning run to move on to the next game.

In game two, Blackout jumped on High Desert Renegades (Bend, OR) with 4 runs and had to hold down the stretch with great defense to win 4-2.

The championship game was even early on against Firecrackers Leles (Rancho Cordova, CA) until the Firecrackers scored the next 6 runs in a span of two innings to take a 7-1 lead. Southern Oregon Blackout chipped away at the lead and got within 1 run late in the game thanks to a 3-run homerun shot by Amanda Hammer with two outs. Despite the effort, the Firecrackers got the final out and the game was over.