RIVER CITY NABA

The Rivercats won their first Championship in convincing fashion 12-2 over the defending Champion A's. In the championship game, the Rivercats starting pitcher Marty Morales tossed a complete game notching 11 strikeouts while only allowing two runs in the 3rd after two consecutive walks. His impressive performance earned him the Championship game MVP. On the offensive side, the entire Rivercats team had at least one hit led by Christian Espinosa with a double and two singles

The Mets followed up their second straight Division crown with a 9-3 victory over the Trash Pandas in the 2022 Championship game. The Mets jumped out to an early lead as Evan Klein led off the game with a single and later scored to put the Mets up 1-0 early. The Pandas answered with a run in the 3rd to tie the game at 1, followed by another run in the 4th to take a 2-1 lead, which they took into the bottom of the 5th. In the bottom half of that inning the Mets scored 5 times

The Nationals defeated the Phillies in the 45+ Championship game 20-6. Starting Pitcher Kevin Fautt had the Phils number, going 6 innings while giving up only 2 runs while striking out three. Brian Yamagata and Brian Shaffer both had doubles in the 3rd. The MVP of the game was Chris Taylor who's base hit broke it open late in the game. Congratulations to Manager Todd Pennington and the Nationals!

The A's won 12-4 over the Yankees in the 18+ West Division Championship game. The game MVP was Justin Jordan who hit an early 2 run homer to get the A's rolling and another RBI double in the 6th. Pitcher Ruben Sanabia was dealing and stymied the Yankees with 7 and 2/3rds shutout innings. Tamara Holmes went 2 for 3 and had a key double in the 6th. Philip West had 3 stolen bases including a steal of home in the 3rd. Congratulations to Manager Patty Thibaut and fun loving A's.

The Black Sox downed the Mets 4-2 in a close 18+ East Division Championship game, with MVP starting pitcher Jamal Williams going the distance with 12 strikeouts for the win. Juan Blackwell had a spectacular diving catch in center field in the 6th inning that could have easily been a triple. The Mets had spectacular pitching as well from Ryan Mitchell and Josh Drier with 8 and 7 strikeouts respectively. The Black Sox stole 8 bases which helped them score all four of their runs

The Dodgers Defeated the Giants to win the 45+ Classic Division Championship.

The Smokies Defeated the Brewers to win the 18+ Open Division Championship.

The Reds Defeated the Sacramento Sox 11-10 to win the championship.

The Giants Defeated the Lookouts to win the championship