08/22 - Wilmington, DE Post 1 wins 2018 American Legion World Series

08/22 - American Legion Baseball World Series - Championship, awards, etc - August 22, 2018

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Tuesday's note - More fine pitching! Delaware Post 1 takes the American Legion Baseball World Series 1-0 in 8 (eight) innings!

Tuesday's Championship - college / high school assignments are mine and may not be accurate!

+G15 - Wilmington Post 1-1 (38-4), Las Vegas Post 40-0 (50-17) - 8 innings

box - https://www.legion.org/uploads/baseball/2018/WS15.pdf

*Las Vegas/40 (0-4-1); SP/nd-Josh Sharman (Desert Oasis/19; 7ip, 0R, 4H, 2BB, 8K); 2nd/LP-Aaron Roberts (Desert Oasis/19 - California; 1/3ip, 1R/1er, 1H, 1BB); 2H (Zach Czerniawski (Desert Oasis/19));

*Wilmington/1 (1-5-0); SP/WP-Chris Ludman (St Marks/17-Delaware; 8ip/cg, 0R, 4H, no-BB, 3K, 1-HBP); 2H (Austin Colmery (St Marks/17); Nate Thomas (St Elizabet/18 - St Joseph)); GWRIBI (Colmery);

*American Legion - https://www.legion.org/baseball/242952/delaware-wins-1st-alws-title-state-history

2018 American Legion Baseball World Series awards - and links to prior winners https://www.legion.org/baseball/242955/2018-american-legion-world-series-awards-announced

*George W. Rulon American Legion Player of the Year Award - Chris Ludman of Wilmington, DE Post 1 - https://www.legion.org/baseball/awards/player (will be recognized at Cooperstown)

*James F. Daniel Jr. Memorial Sportsmanship Award - Sam Goodman of Dubuque County, IA Post 137 - https://www.legion.org/baseball/awards/sportsmanship

*Bob Feller Pitching Award - Jimmy Gambino of Las Vegas, NV Post 40 (25 strikeouts) - https://www.legion.org/baseball/awards/pitching

*Dr. Irvin “Click” Cowger RBI Award - Bryce Marsh of Randolph Coounty, NC Post 45 (15 RBIs) - https://www.legion.org/baseball/awards/rbi

*American Legion Baseball Slugger Award - Sam Link of Dubuque County, IA Post 137 (.555 batting average) - https://www.legion.org/baseball/awards/batting

*American Legion Baseball Big Stick Award - Austin Colmery of Wilmington, DE, Post 1 (21 total bases) - https://www.legion.org/baseball/awards/bigstick

*Jack Williams Memorial Leadership Award – Wilmington, DE, Post 1 coaching staff - https://www.legion.org/baseball/awards/leadership

*STAT CREW All-Tournament Team –

1B - Jack Merrifield of Gonzales, La., Post 81

2B - Brayden Caskey of Gonzales, La., Post 81

3B - Edarian Williams of Las Vegas Post 40

SS - Nate Thomas of Wilmington, Del., Post 1

Catcher - Parker Schmidt of Las Vegas Post 40

Utility – Sam Link of Dubuque County, Iowa Post 137

Utility – Eric Ludman from Wilmington Del., Post 1

OF – Austin Colmery from Wilmington Del., Post 1

OF – Jason Sharman from Las Vegas Nev., Post 40

OF – Trevor Marsh from Randolph County, N.C., Post 45

P – Jimmy Gamboa from Las Vegas, Nev., Post 40

P – Sam Goodman of Dubuque County, Iowa Post 137

P – Chris Ludman of Wilmington Del., Post 1

*2018 All-Acadenic team - https://www.legion.org/baseball/242897/2018-american-legion-baseball-all-academic-team-announced

Braiden Ruffin, North Platte, Neb., Post 163 - Captain

The regional winners are:

Region 1: Eric Langley of Sweeny, N.H., Post 2

Region 2: Matthew Kohan of Newark, Del., Post 10

Region 3: David Borges Jr., of Denver Post 455

Region 4: Grayson Stevens of Russellville, Ark., Post 20

Region 5: Luc Bressett of Barrington, Ill., Post 158

Region 6: Stoene Spilde of Stephen/Argyle, Minn., Post 353

Region 7: Blake Moore of Laramie, Wyo., Post 14

Region 8: David Kelch of Tucson, Ariz., Post 7

*2018 American Legion Graduate of the Year - Brian Duensing - https://www.legion.org/baseball/awards/graduate

*Two 4-team pools (Stars, Stripes) play round-robin; top 2 from each pool play semi-final and championship games -

*Stars pool -

Las Vegas/NV Post 40 - 2-3 / 50-17 - runner-up

Midland/MI Berryhill Post 165 - 3-1 / 47-10 - 3rd place

Meridian/ID Post 113 - 1-2 / 39-18

Randolph County/NC Post 45 - 1-2 / 30-18

*Stripes pool -

Wilmington/DE Post 1 - 3-1 / 38-4 - American legion World Series Champions

Gonzales/LA Post 81 - 3-1 / 44-7 - 3rd place

Dubuque County/IA Post 137 - 1-2 / 13-5

Braintree/MA Post 86 - 0-3 / 24-11

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American Legion Baseball main page - https://www.legion.org/baseball

*Team "previews" - https://www.legion.org/baseball/242868/closer-look-eight-teams-alws

American Legion Baseball World Series page - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/2018alws

August 16 / Thursday -

+G1 - Wilmington/DE Post 1-3 (43-5), Dubuque County/IA Post 137-0 (12-4) -

+G2 - Gonzales/LA Post 81-1 (34-4), Braintree/MA Post 86-0 (24-9) -

+G3 - Midland/MI Berryhill Post 165-7 (45-9), Randolph County/NC Post 45-2 (29-18)

+G4 - Las Vegas/NV Post 40-10 (49-14), Meridian/ID Post 113-0 (38-17) - 5 innings

August 17 / Friday -

+G5 - Gonzales/LA Post 81-5 (35-4), Wilmington/DE Post 1-4 (43-6) -

+G6 - Dubuque County/IA Post 137-9 (13-4), Braintree/MA Post 86-1 (12-10) -

August 18 / Saturday - High School / college assignments are mine - may not be accurate!

+G7 - Midland/MI Berryhill Post 165-3 (46-9), Las Vegas/NV Post 40-2 (49-15) -

August 19 / Sunday -

+G8 - Meridian/ID Post 113-6 (39-17), Randolph County/NC Post 45-4 (29-18)

+G9 - Gonzales/LA Post 81-3 (44-6), Dubuque County/IA Post 137-2 (13-5)

+G10 - Wilmington/DE Post 1-4 (36-4), Braintree/MA Post 86-3 (24-11)

+G11 - Midland/MI Berryhill Post 165-5 (47-9), Meridian/ID Post 113-2 (39-18)

+G12 - Randolph County/NC Post 45-10 (30-18), Las Vegas/NV Post 40-6 (49-16)

August 20 / Monday -

+G13 - Wilmington Post 1-5 (37-4), Midland Berryhill Post 165-4 (47-10) - 10 innings

+G14 - Las Vegas Post 40-6 (50-16), Gonzales Post 81-1 (44-7)

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Some Media links -

Shelby, NC Star - http://www.shelbystar.com/sports (schedule / scores and game articles)

The American Legion - https://www.legion.org/baseball (recaps for games 1-4)

Las Vegas, NV Review Journal - https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/51sbaseball/las-vegas-team-falls-in-american-legion-title-game/

Delaware Online - https://www.delawareonline.com/story/sports/baseball/2018/08/22/delaware-post-one-wins-american-legion-world-series/1059478002/

WDEL, Wilmington, DE - https://www.wdel.com/news/video-de-post-one-wins-american-legion-world-series-championship/article_3caf63ca-a5a6-11e8-8447-bbb25e5eb35f.html

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