SHOCKWAVE Baseball

Summerville, SC - July 20-July 24, 2011

The Shockwave 13U were able to beat the heat and finish 2^nd in a 19 team USSSA Global World Series held in Summerville, SC. Shockwave finished pool play with a perfect 4-0 record and entered bracket play as the two seed. 

In the first bracket game, the Shockwave won on a walk off single by infielder Lake Lybrand. Other key plays in the game included a sacrifice bunt by Nicky Winterstein and a two out hit by Cordes Baker. Brice Kirven pitched a solid 5 innings and Baker closed the door. Layne Ailstock also made many nice defensive plays at first base to help secure the win. 

The Shockwave then came out Sunday and found themselves down 4-0 to the Motor City Hitdogs from Detroit Michigan. The Shockwave never lost focus and was able to come back and win the game 8-6. Justin Spittler was able to throw a complete game.  The Shockwave then ran into a solid Mavericks Baseball team from Florida. The Mavericks ended the perfect run and the Shockwave finished 2^nd in the Global World Series. The Shockwave finished with a 6-1 record.

The bulk of the pitching for the Shockwave was done by the following: Treyce Bouknight (10.1 innings), Justin Spittler (10 innings), Brice Kirven (8 innings), Grant Connell (7 innings), and Cordes Baker (5 innings).

The hitting stars for the Shockwave were Justin Spittler (.556), Lake Lybrand (.421), Layne Ailstock (.385) and Brice Kirven (.350).

This second place finish was a total team effort and other team members included Rhett Bane, Justin Davidson, Joey Allen and Jamison Wright.