Comeback heroics key upset Championship win in 3-Pitch Final

The 2016 Georgian 3 Pitch Finals were held on Wednesday August 3^rd with the top four teams in regular season play meeting in the semi-finals and winners advancing to the championship game.

The first semi-final saw  #1 ranked No Glove No Love take on #4  Two Girls One Bat in a game that came right down to the wire.   No Glove looked to be in trouble, trailing 5-1 going into the bottom of the 4^th inning, but a huge seven run inning gave them and 8-5 lead.   Two Girls responded with two runs in the 5^th, but No Glove scored two runs in the 6^th to hold a 10-7 lead heading into the 7^th.    No Glove got the first two batters out, but then gave up four runs to trail 11-10 going into their last at bat.  However,  three consecutive doubles plated two runs to give No Glove a walk –off 12-11 win and a spot in the finals.

The second semi-final had the #2 Louisville Tuggers taking on #3 Blue Balls and the game quickly turned into a slugfest.   After a scoreless first inning,  Blue Balls scored two runs in the second and 10 runs in third to put pressure on Louisville.  Not to be outdone, Louisville scored 6 and 7 runs in those innings to hold a 13-12 lead heading into the 4^th.    Louisville stretched that lead to 17-14 heading into the 6^th inning, but Blue Balls were not done.  With two outs,  Blue Balls went on a tear to score 7 runs and take a 21-17 lead, then scored five in the top of the 7^th to go up 26-17.     Louisville scored four in the bottom of the 7^th, but it wasn't enough, and Blue Balls emerged with a 26-21 upset win – and a berth in the final.

The final looked as though it would be a rout for top rated No Glove.    Through four innings, No Glove played stellar defense and scored runs in each of their at bats to hold an 8-1 lead going into the 5^th. 

Cue the comeback kids though. 

As they did in the semi,  Blue Balls found their batting stroke and scored six runs in the 5^th to make the score 8-7.  They then added three in the 6^th and five in the 7^th.  Meanwhile, No Glove had no answer and were held scoreless in the 5^th and 6^th.  Heading into their last at bats in the 7^th,  No Glove found that a seven run lead had turned into a seven run deficit.  It proved too much as they could only muster one run in the 7^th, giving Blue Balls and huge 15-9 comeback win – and the 2016 Georgian 3 Pitch championship!