2004 Virginia State American Legion Baseball Tournament

Tournament Team Update.....

Winchester Post 21 (host) Vs Spotsylvania Post 320 (district 12) at 8 PM
Centreville Post 1995 (district 17) Vs Roanoke Post 3 (district 9) at 5 PM
Forrest Park (Dumfries) Post 28 (district 16) Vs Lakeside-Richmond (district 11) at 1 PM
Denbigh Post 368 (district 3) Vs Danville Post 325 (district 10) at 10 AM

All opening games scheduled for Tuesday, 8/3.

Watch for Danville. Two pitchers (Inman and Thompson) that are legit--and led Tunstall to AA state title.

The entire Post 325 team from Danville is legit. They have been for years. Manager John Bailey and his staff always put together strong teams. We look forward to the competition and wish all teams the best of luck this coming week.

Post 21 Baseball
Winchester, VA

On day 3 of the state tournament Winchester will play Danville in the winners bracket.

In the loosers bracket Denbigh plays Centreville and Lakeside/Richmond plays Roanoke

Wednesday's Scores

Winchester 7 - Centreville 4
Danville 13 - Lakeside/Richmond 3 (7 innings)
Denbigh 12 - Forrest Park/Dumfries 8
Roanoke 12 - Spotsylvania 5

Post 21 Baseball

Day 3 Results

Denbigh defeated Centreville (score unavailable)
Lakeside defeated Roanoke (score unavailable)
Denbigh defeated Lakeside (score unavailable)
Danville 9 - Winchester 8 (10 innings)

Winchester plays Denbigh on Friday at 10 AM with the winner taking on Danville at 1:30 PM.

Exactly where was the Danville/Winchester played? I thought an earlier post stated it was to be at James Wood HS. Wanted to watch the game but couldn't find it.

Coach 45.... the game was unexpectantly moved to Bridgeforth Field due to a lighting problem at JWHS. The Park Service would not allow us to use the field because 8 lights were out and they were afraid of a law suite if someone was injured due to poor lighting. It was a last minute decision and we didn't have time to notify anyone. People were at JWHS until 8:30 advising people who showed up where to go. We also advertised on WINC and a couple of other local stations. In the end it was unfortunate because I'm sure a lot of people missed out on a great game. Once again, my apologies.

Coach Flynn
Post 21 Baseball
Post 21 Baseball

Day 4 Tournament Results

Winchester 26 - Denbigh 10
Winchester 14 - Danville 8

Winchester and Danville will go at it on Saturday for the VA State championship at 1:00 PM. The game will be played at James Wood High School's R. Charles Hott Field.

Post 21 Baseball

Did thompson or Inman pitch for Danville? If so, very suprised to see that many runs.

Winchester Post 21 defeated Danville Post 325 6-5 in 10 innings to win the 2004 Virginia State American Legion championship.

Post 325 was up 3-0, but Post 21 rallied for 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th to tie the game. Danville responded in the top of the 10th with a 2-run hommer, however, Winchester scored 3 times in the bottom of the 10th to win the game.

WOW... is all I can say!

In a dramatic finish, Post 21 out lasted Danville Post 325 to win the State championship 6-5 in 10 innings. Danville had taken the lead in the top of the 10th on a 2 run homer off Jason Byrne.

In the last of the 10th, Post 21 loaded the bases off starter Will Inman. Patrick Wingfield's single up the middle chased Inman and brought in Jake Thompson. With the bases loaded and 2 outs and 2 strikes, Brent Lockhart's single up the middle scored the winning runs for Post21.

Lockhart had tied the game in the last of the 9th with a bases loaded double. Lockhart had 5 RBIs in the game while winning pitcher Pat Wingfield had one.

Legion Post 21 will now travel to Boyerstown, PA for the Mid Atlantic Regional on August 12th.

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