DBAT Mustangs Head to Farmington
The DBat Mustangs, based in Dallas, Texas, took home the championship in the 2010 Arizona Connie Mack World Series Qualifier. The win sends the Mustangs straight to the nation's premier amateur baseball tournament, The Connie Mack World Series in Farmington, N.M. August 6-13, 2010.
DBAT finished 3-0-1 in pool play, defeating Cherry Creek (CO), Hoots Baseball (CA), and the Dallas Angels. As the 10 team bracket play commenced, the Mustangs exacted some revenge on the Dallas Yankees, who had taken two meetings the prior week in a Regional Qualifier in Dallas, by a score of 10-2. After a victory over the Trombly Braves, the Mustangs would enter the final field of 6 as one of only two unbeatens.
Saturday's showdown with the Arizona Firebirds was a great game, with the Mustangs prevailing 4-3. Later that evening, DBAT would eliminate the AZ Angels White, and Trombly would drop the Firebirds, setting up Sunday's championship.
Trombly, needing two victories, played a great defensive game, and battled against Mustang starter Archie Bradley, a likely 2011 1st round pick. It took an extra inning, but the Braves would prevail 4-3 in 8.
In the final game, DBAT would lose the coin flip (incredibly, DBAT Coach Ken Guthrie was 0-10 in coin flips during the week), but would scratch out a run in the top of the first to take an early lead. The Braves immediately scored a pair in the bottom half, and then pitching took over. Five scoreless frames later, DBAT would enter the 7th trailing 2-1. The Braves, who had made virtually every play defensively for the past 3 days, suffered a pair of defensive miscues, and DBAT took advantage to score a pair to take the lead 3-2. Duke signee Robert Huber came on to close things out with a perfect seventh.
These were two of the best amateur baseball games I have had the pleasure to witness
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