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Monarchs’ coach David Clanagan went with Stoney Frye who induced a ground out to end the inning.
The score was still 3-2 going into the top of the ninth. Frye gave up two singles and found hijhself with runners on first and second and one out. Frye induced a perfect double play ball. Hackley flipped to Alexander for one, but Alexander’s throw sailed over Vincent Aylor’s head at first and Edinburg led 4-2. Frye got the next batter to pop to center, but Edinburg had built an apparently insurmountable two run lead.
With one out in the bottom of the ninth, William Parker singled, Frye walked and Howard singled, scoring Parker and putting the tying run on second and the winning run on first. By this point, Siers was tiring, and it showed as he walked Reggie Williams and Nils Aylor to force the tying run across the plate.
With the bases loaded and one out, Alexander stepped into the box. He banged a ground ball to Edinburg firstbaseman, Curt Peake, who threw home to force Howard for the second out of the inning. Edinburg catcher, Jamie Walters, looked to complete the double play, but his return throw to Peake was high, and sailed over Peake's head. However, Edinburg’s second baseman, John Gleaton, backing up the play, caught the high throw and threw back to Walters at the plate to try to nail Williams who had motored around from second. Gleaton’s throw was a split second late and up the line, and Williams’ slide took Walters out just as the ball bounced harmlessly off the top of Walter’s catcher’s mitt.
The victory gave the Monarchs their first Apple Valley Baseball League Championship since 1990, and marked the first time ever that the
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