{"id":2823,"date":"2008-08-04T14:16:51","date_gmt":"2008-08-04T21:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=2823"},"modified":"2008-08-18T14:20:02","modified_gmt":"2008-08-18T21:20:02","slug":"patsy%e2%80%99s-repeats-at-asa-men%e2%80%99s-major-champs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=2823","title":{"rendered":"Patsy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Repeats at ASA Men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Major"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Patsy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Repeats as ASA Men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Major Champs<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.asasoftball.com\/communications\/getStory.asp?nid=1666\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.asasoftball.com\/images\/home_top_left.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A game winning home run by Thomas Makea coupled with stellar pitching by Adam Folkard led Patsy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s to back-to-back ASA Men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Major National Championship titles in Steven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Point, WI.<\/p>\n<p>Although Patsy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s was forced to the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153if necessary\u00e2\u20ac\u009d game by the never give up Rivershark Twins from Pennsylvania, Makea\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s blast in the top of the eighth proved to be difference at Zenoff Park.<\/p>\n<p>Patsy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s largely dominated the competition, outscoring opponents 31-3, but drama took center stage on Sunday afternoon as the Twins, led by pitcher Frank Cox\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s three hitter, forced Patsy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s into the if game after a 6-0 victory.<\/p>\n<p>In game two, after five innings of near perfection by both team\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s pitchers, the Twins struck first with an RBI double from Steve Mullaley in the bottom of the fifth but Patsy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s bounced back in the top half of the sixth with a two-out, RBI single by Frank DeGroat. The game remained knotted at 1 run apiece until Makea\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s dramatic game winning blast. Makea led the offense attack with two hits in the title game and Adam Folkard was dominant throughout the entire Championship picking up three wins and was named the Championship\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s top pitcher while Patsy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Brad Rona was named the MVP hitting .467 and driving in 6 runs.<\/p>\n<p>Championship Game Recap<\/p>\n<p>Patsy&#8217;s 2,<\/p>\n<p>Rivershark Twins 1<\/p>\n<p>Patsy&#8217;s 000 001 01 &#8212; 2 4 1<br \/>\nRivershark Twins 000 010 00 &#8212; 1 4 0<\/p>\n<p>WP&#8211;Adam Folkard. LP&#8211;Frank Cox. SO&#8211;Todd Martin 6, Cox 1; Folkard 8. BB- Cox 1, Folkard 1.<\/p>\n<p>HBP&#8211;Patsy&#8217;s, Michael Tanner, Louis Joglar. 2B&#8211;P, Thomas Makea, Stephen Ratu; Rivershark Twins, Steve Mullaley. HR&#8211;P, Thomas Makea.<\/p>\n<p>Records: Patsy&#8217;s 5-1, Rivershark Twins 5-2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patsy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Repeats as ASA Men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Major Champs A game winning home run by Thomas Makea coupled with stellar pitching by Adam Folkard led Patsy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s to back-to-back ASA Men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Major National Championship titles in Steven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Point, WI. Although Patsy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s was forced to the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153if necessary\u00e2\u20ac\u009d game by the never give up Rivershark Twins from Pennsylvania, Makea\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2823"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2823\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}