It was in the dark, but the Rebels finished with a successful tournament and Silver Bracket Championship game.

The SW Championship tournament in Irving, TX got off to a rough start for the FW Rebels on Saturday but ultimately resulted in some of the better hitting games the Rebels have had all year Sunday.  The Rebels went 0-2 Saturday and then 2-0 Sunday which earned the team a berth in the Silver championship game which was abbreviated due to the lights going out.  The offensive onslaught that occurred Sunday is setting the squad up nicely for the final three tournaments of the season including the TSB World Series 6/26-6/30.

Game 1

Texas Barons Hankins 6

FW Rebels 4

Challenging conditions made it to where the Rebels pitching staff couldn't throw many strikes.  In a shortened 1:15 timed game, the Rebels staff faced 19 Baron hitters and walked 9 of them, and hit another.  The Barons only put 4 balls in play yet scored 6.  After falling behind 4-0, the Rebels staged a rally in the bottom of the first to tie the score.  Quentin Enos' bases clearing double scored Coleman Peck, Wyatt Baccus, and Evan Smith who had all walked.  With two outs, Carlos Guerrero doubled home Enos to tie it up.  But that was that.  The Rebels didn't threaten again and lost 6-4.

Game 2

USA Prime Mitchell 13U MAJ 9

FW Rebels 2

Much like the first game, the Rebels fell behind early and couldn't stage much of a comeback.  Pitchers again struggled to to throw strikes walking five and hitting five more!  It was 8-0 before the Rebels even came up to hit in the 2nd inning.  The Rebels did score two runs in the final inning.   Coleman Peck walked to open the inning and Evan Smith singled.  With one out Charlie Rusk reached on an error by the Prime SS that enabled Peck and Smith to score.  But that was it and the Rebels fell 9-2.

 Evan Smith (Left) and Wyatt Baccus (Right) show off the bat, and baseballs they used to hit the first back to back home runs in FW Rebels history.

Game 3

FW Rebels 16

NTX Tribe LaTorre 3

The visiting Rebels wasted little time breaking this game open.  The Rebels sent 14 to plate in the first inning and scored 9 runs.  Evan Smith doubled in Jace Franke to open the scoring.  Charlie Rusk then hit a bases loaded double down the left field line that scored Wyatt Baccus, Smith, and courtesy runner Evan Wainright who was running for Quentin Enos who was hit by a pitch.  Carlos Guerrero singled followed by a Coleman Peck walk.  Bryson Snow laced a single to right to score Guerrero.  After Kameron Mantyh walked, Christopher Calabrese got an RBI ground out.  Evan Smith capped the scoring off with a 2-run single.

The Rebels scored three more runs in the top of the 3rd to make it 12-1.  Caden Spurling singled with one out and then Wyatt Baccus blasted a 2-run home run to deep right center field.  Evan Smith, the next hitter, smacked a line drive lazer over the left field fence for the first back-to-back home runs in FW Rebels history.

Kameron Mantyh was dominant on the mound pitching a complete game victory allowing just 3 runs on 5 hits.

For the Rebels, Smith went 3-3 with 5 RBI.  Charlie Rusk also went 3-3 with 3 RBI. Wyatt Baccus, Kameron Mantyh, and Christopher Calabrese each had multi RBI games.

Game 4

FW Rebels 14

USA Prime Duck  0

Carlos Guerrero started on the hill for the Rebels and held the Ducks scoreless over 3 innings of work.  Guerrero allowed just a single and struck out 5. 

The Rebel bats stayed hot.  Jace Franke led off the game with a hard single to left and then he stole second.  With two outs, Quentin Enos hit a clutch RBI single to center to make it 1-0.  Enos scored on a groundball off the bat of Carlos Guerrero that was an error by the Prime second basemen.

The Rebels tacked on 4 more in the bottom of the 2nd inning.  Bryson Snow led off with a single and moved to second after a 1-out single by Evan Wainright.  Jace Franke then crushed a towering fly ball down the left field line that fell just short of the wall for an RBI double.  Wyatt Baccus then hit a missile to short that knocked the fielder's glove off enabling Wainright to score.  Franke scored on a sacrifice fly off of the bat of Evan Smith.  Enos then singled in Baccus to cap off the scoring and give the Rebels a 6-0 lead.

The Rebels put the game way out of reach in the third as they scored 8 runs. Bryson Snow and Quentin Enos both doubled in the inning while Wyatt Baccus, Charlie Rusk, and Carlos Guerrero all had base hits.

The 14-0 victory moved the Rebels into the Silver bracket championship game.

Game 5

Caballeros Baseball 4

FW Rebels 0

Due to the obscene delay and incompetence of those running the tournament, the Rebels 6pm championship game didn't start until 8:30.  45 mins later, and the lights went out...and that was that.   Wyatt Baccus, Quentin Enos, and Charlie Rusk all hit safely in the 2-inning game.  And Carlos Guerrero hit a smash triple play liner that ended the 2nd inning.