Eagle Pass 13 Year Old Babe Ruth Baseball Team Earns Berth in World Series Championship Game

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018

While the City of Eagle Pass, Texas and the Eagle Pass Babe Ruth Baseball League have been busy hosting the 2018 Babe Ruth 14 Year Old World Series, the Eagle Pass Babe Ruth Baseball 13 Year Old Team has been playing in and enjoying success at the 2018 Babe Ruth 13 Year Old World Series in Mountain Home, Arkansas, including earning a berth for the Championship Game scheduled today, Thursday, August 16, 2018, at 6 P.M., announced Morris Libson, President of the Eagle Pass Babe Ruth League.

The mighty Eagle Pass Babe Ruth 13 Year Old All-Stars defeated the potent Southeast Regional Champion from Greenville, North Carolina 8-3 in an exciting Semi-Finals Championship game on Wednesday, August 15, 2018, at Mountain Home, Arkansas to punch their ticket into the 2018 Babe Ruth 13 Year Old World Series Championship Game against the pesky Pacific Southwest Champion from Five Cities, California.

During pool play at the 2018 Babe Ruth 13 Year Old World Series, Eagle Pass was competed in the National Division and went 2-2 in pool play to place third and qualify for the Quarter-Finals Championship. In their first pool game, Eagle Pass dropped a heartbreaking loss to Pacific Southwest from Five Cities 4-0, but bounced back in the second pool game to defeat the Arkansas State Champions from Harrison, Arkansas 13-0 while falling in the third pool game to the Southeast Regional Champion from Greenvile, North Carolina 4-2 and defeated the Pacific Northwest Regional Champion from West Linn, Oregon 13-2.

In the Quarterfinals Championship game, Eagle Pass defeated the Middle Atlantic Regional Champion from Broomall-Newtown, Pennsylvania 11-3 to earn a rematch game against the Southeast Regional Champion from Greenville, South Carolina in the Semi-Final Championship game.

Eagle Pass avenged their earlier pool play loss against Greenville, North Carolina in the Semi-Final Championship Game by the score of 8-3 to earn a berth in the 2018 Babe Ruth 13 Year Old World Series against nemesis Pacific Southwest Champion from Five Cities, California.

Eagle Pass seeks to avenge their earlier pool play loss against Five Cities, California in the World Series to win the coveted 2018 Babe Ruth 13 Year Old World Series Championship.

The Eagle Pass Business Journal congratulates the Eagle Pass Babe Ruth 13 Year Old All-Stars and wishes them all the best of luck tonight against Pacific Southwest Champion from Five Cities, California in the 2018 Babe Ruth 13 Year Old World Series. Go for the World Championship, Eagle Pass. Go Eagle Pass Baby!