Jordan Braa tripled with one out in the seventh inning and a pinch-runner scored the winning run on a wild pitch to give Casa Grande a 4-3 victory over Rancho Cotate on Wednesday in the championship game of the Adam Westcott Memorial Tournament at Casa Grande.
The Gauchos' Spencer Finkdohner, the tournament's co-most valuable pitcher with teammate Dino Cristiani, allowed one earned run and four hits in six innings. Casa Grande's Anthony Biasi, who went 1-for-3 with a double, was named the most valubale hitter of the eight-team tournament.
In the third-place game, Vintage beat Cardinal Newman, 7-6, on Ethan Speizer's two-out, two-run double in the bottom of the seventh. Karl Kobler, Ryan Hylbak and Jonathan Flinn each had two hits for Newman.
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Mike Franceschi, Chaz Mathias and Tony DeAmarco each drove in a run and Ian Johnson got the victory to lead El Molino to a 4-3 win against St. Joseph's.
The Lions will meet Northgate, a 4-2 winner against Elsie Allen, in the tournament championship game at 1:30 p.m. today at El Molino.