It took all night, but by 9.15 Tuesday evening, the Marlins had beaten Yankees in the second game of a doubleheader 6-5 to win the Rocky Mount Parks and Recreation Little League championship.
The Marlins, the only team unbeaten in the city's year-ending tournament, played the Yankees at 5.30 and all they had to do was beat the Yankees and they were the champs.
Sam Toler and his Yankees were not willing to go down without a fight and beat the Marlins 4-1 in game one setting up the winner take-all second game and doubleheader.Tyler Barrett Darren Simpkins each had two hits in the victory.
Momentum clearly was on their side as the Yankees scored twice in the bottom of the first to lead the Marlins 2-0 in game two. The Marlins scratched five runs across the plate in the top of the second and they would never give up the lead, but almost.
In the bottom of the third, the Yankees had the bases loaded and at one point nobody out, but with one out, they hit a pop-up to short right field that was going to be trouble for the Marlins. But second baseman Scooter Jones caught the ball almost on the right field line and threw the tagging runner on third out at home and the Yankees got, nothing when they were poised to take the lead.
The Marlins scored one in the fifth and the Yankees had two in the fifth and one in the sixth but only one run in the bottom of the sixth left them one run short and the Joe Bell led Marlins are the city champs of Rocky Mount Little league.
The Marlins can give as much credit to their defense for the victory as their glove work that kept them from giving up the lead .
Peyton Myrick and myself did the Midget League championship last week and two games today for the Stretchlon Sports Show. You could not have asked for any better games than these three. The Marlins won the 9-10 year old Midget League title 12-10 by putting two runners out at home in the last inning and tonight the Yankees had their chances. but they came up a run short.
I hope later in the week we will be able to provide for you all of the All-Stars players representing Rocky Mount in the playoffs this year.
Post 58's Legion team is home at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Gryphon Stadium.
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