Burrell Phantoms

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The Phantoms girls played in the Battle of the Burgh this weekend and despite the heat managed to post a 3-1 record in pool play that would earn them the number 2 seed in their Q bracket and a 3-1 record in the championship round. The girls made it to the semi-final with convincing victories over the Lady Firebirds and two number one seeds Renegades and Tri-City Thunder.
Game one of pool play matched the girls up with Gahanna Lady Lions from Boardman, Oh. where they out hit the Lions 12-3 and posted a 8-3 victory. Kelly went 3-3, Bailey and Lindsey 2 hits each, Jaila, Claire and Micaela 1 hit and doubles by Holly and Caroline. In game 2 the girls played Power-Becker and took a 3-1 lead into the 4th where the Power would tie it and then pull ahead in the 5th and add to their lead in the 6 which would hand the girls their only loss in pool play 7-3. Out hit 9-6. Collecting those hits were Micaela single, double, Bailey 2, Melissa and Jaila 1 each. Game 3 versus Rochester(NY)Blue Thunder was a battle with the teams tied at 2 going into the top of the 5th inning and Rochester breaking through with 2 runs to take a 4-2 lead. In bottom of the inning the Phantoms would break it wide open scoring 4 runs on 5 hits to make it 6-4 and hold on for the win. The girls out hit the Thunder 11-7 with hits from Caroline, Kelly, Claire, Melissa, Jaila double, Holly and Micaela single, double, and Mandi 2 hits. Game 4 versus LH Lightning the girls were down 2-1 entering the 3rd where they scored 2 to pull ahead 3-2 and stayed ahead for the rest of this game scoring 3 in the 4th and 2 in the 5th for a 8-2 win. The Phantoms out hit the Lightning in this one 10-9 with hits from Madi, Caroline, Kelly, Jaila, Claire, 2 singles by Lindsey, double by Micaela and 2 doubles by Melissa. In the championship round game 1 against the Lady Firebirds the Phantoms would take the lead 2-1 in the 2nd and never look back enroute to a 5-2 win out hitting the Firebirds 11-8. Collecting hits for the game were Bailey, Holly, Caroline, and Melissa. 2 singles from Lindsey, Claire would go 3-3 and Jaila would single and hit a in the park home run. In championship round game 2 versus the U bracket number 1 seeded Renegades it looked like the day was going to end early. The girls were down 7-2 going into the bottom of the 5th when suddenly the momentum would swing in the Phantoms favor. The girls would score 5 runs to tie the score at 7. Bailey’s double got things started, Melissa walked, Mandi and Lindsey reached on errors scoring Bailey and Melissa. Caroline would hit a 2 run Triple and Kelly would hit a 1 run single. The Phantoms held the Renegades in the 6th and came up to bat needing at least 1 to pull ahead. Claire singled, Micaela singled and Holly walked. With bases loaded and 1 out Melissa singled in 2 go ahead runs and Mandi added another with her sac fly deep to center to score Holly. Lindsey came up with 2 minutes to play, 2 outs and battled with a 1-2 count fouling off at least 5 pitches when time ran out for the Renegades and the Phantoms would win 10-7 to advance to the quarter final game. Quarter Final versus S bracket number 1 seeded Tri-City Thunder was just as exciting with all the scoring done after 3 innings. Thunder jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the top of the 1st with the Phantoms matching it and then some plating 5 runs on 5 hits and an error,  chasing the Thunder starting pitcher and taking a 5-3 lead. In the bottom of the 2nd the Phantoms would score 4 more runs to increase their lead 9-3 with another 5 hits and a walk which would chase another Thunder pitcher from the game. Leading 9-3 after 2 complete innings the Thunder would score 3 in the 3rd but that was all they could manage as the Phantoms were solid in every aspect of this game and came away with a 9-6 victory and a trip to the Semi-final to face the number 1 seed from our Q bracket and the only team to defeat the girls this weekend, Power-Becker. With the rematch set it just wasn’t meant to be. The Power would overpower our Phantoms and move on to the final where they would be the eventual 16U Champs. Great weekend for the girls though especially with the bats hitting 58 singles 14 doubles 1 triple and 1 homerun over the 8 game span averaging 9.25 hits per game and a 6-2 record. WELL DONE!!!