With the score tied at 2 in the bottom of the 7th inning, USA centerfielder Adam LaLonde singled through the left side scoring Blake Miller from second base for the game winning run — and 2006 AAU Championship.<\/p>\n
Travis Price went the distance for Team USA to pick up the win. Rick Lang was the hard luck loser, pitching well in relief for Team Minnesota. <\/p>\n
In Sunday’s semi-finals, Team USA topped Kitchener Hallman Twins, Ontario, Canada 4-1, and Team Minnesota topped Heflin 6-4.<\/p>\n
Team Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n 1st Place – Team USA MVP<\/strong> – Frank DeGroat, New Jersey, Team USA Final score, 3-2 Team USA; Adam Lalonde game winning hit in botom of 7th inning, scoring Blake Miller from second base.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" With the score tied at 2 in the bottom of the 7th inning, USA centerfielder Adam LaLonde singled through the left side scoring Blake Miller from second base for the game winning run — and 2006 AAU Championship. Travis Price went the distance for Team USA to pick up the win. Rick Lang was the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755"}],"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=755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n2nd Place – Team Minnesota
\n3rd Place – Heflin NY and Kitchener Hallman Twins<\/p>\n
\nMVPitcher –<\/strong> Travis Price, Southern California, Team USA<\/p>\n