LIVE: From the Under Armour Southeast Regional Tournament: Day 5

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A second serving of Juice, please.

That’s right the Chet Lemon’s Juice captured their second straight Under Armour Southeast Regional Tournament. After a long day of baseball and many threats from mother nature the conclusion to this year’s tournament had a familiar feeling. But first lets take a look at how the final day of competition played out.

Starting the day we had eight teams looking to earn a spot in the semi-finals. The Palm Beach Clippers kept their Cinderella story alive by taking out the #8 seeded Miami Fat Cats. In the early upset of the day the Palm Beach PAL beat previously undefeated Line Drive Baseball in a battle that went into extra innings. On the other side of the bracket the most anticipated game of the day was between Chet Lemon’s Juice and the All-American Prospects - Navy. In another extra inning game the Juice came through in the bottom of the eighth inning to win 4-3 and move on. The lowest seed still in the tournament was the Florida Pokers. The Pokers took out two of the tournaments top teams and were looking to take down the boys from Texas, Team DeMarini, but a few early runs were all Team DeMarini needed. They held on to win 4-1.

As the field was cut down to four, the teams geared up for their next game with hopes of gaining a berth in the championship game, which was played at Roger Dean Stadium.

In the first semi-final Team DeMarini’s starting pitcher threw an incredible game. He pitched four hitless innings and his team led 1-0 entering the fifth inning; however, the Juice and their experience were not thwarted by a stellar pitching performance. The Juice finally broke through with some hits knocking the starting pitcher out of the game, which opened the flood gates. The final score of 9-1 was not indicative of how close the game really was, as both teams gave everyone watching some excitement. In the second semi-final the Clippers magical run came to an end as the Palm Beach PAL took them down with strong defense and timely hitting. The championship was now set and the teams hurried over to the stadium field as rain clouds covered the sky.

In the championship game the Juice struck early and often. With Under Armour Undeniable Player of the Game, James Ramsey walking in two consecutive at bats he quickly turned those walks into runs with his blistering speed and teammates clutch hitting. The Palm Beach PAL put up only one run as the Juice captured their second title in as many years with a 7-1 win. We look forward to seeing what next year has in store for the Under Armour Southeast Regional Tournament and we congratulate Chet Lemon’s Juice on another incredible tournament.

If you are interested in reviewing some of the scouting reports from the event, please check out Team One Baseball.