Eagle Pass Babe Ruth Baseball 14 & Under All-Stars Sweep Southwest Regional Championship, World Series Bound

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2019

The mighty Eagle Pass Babe Ruth Baseball 14 & Under All-Stars swept the competition at the 2019 Southwest Regional Championship held during July 18-21, 2019 at Moncada Baseball Park in Eagle Pass, Texas, punching a ticket to the upcoming 2019 Babe Ruth Baseball 14 & Under World Series in Demopolis, Alabama in August.

The Eagle Pass All-Stars opened tournament play against arch-rival Del Rio All-Stars on July 19, 2019 and dominated Del Rio by the score of 6-1. Strong pitching and timely hitting propelled Eagle Pass over the pesky Del Rio All-Stars.

In their second tournament game, Eagle Pass faced the Wharton, Texas All-Stars on Saturday, July 20, 2019 and shut out the visiting Wharton team by a score of 10-0 as a result of a dominant pitching performance and strong hitting, advancing to the Championship game.

After Del Rio and Wharton faced off in an elimination game in the double-elimination tournament, Eagle Pass hosted the Wharton All-Stars for the Championship game on Sunday, July 21, 2019, defeating Wharton by blanking them once again by the same score of 10-0.

The Eagle Pass All-Stars were crowned as the 2019 Babe Ruth Baseball 14 & Under Southwest Regional Champions, earning an automatic berth in the Babe Ruth Baseball 14 & Under World Series Championship scheduled to be played in Demopolis, Alabama.

The Eagle Pass Business Journal congratulates the Eagle Pass Babe Ruth Baseball 14 & Under All-Stars on winning the 2019 Southwest Regional Championship and advancing to the Babe Ruth 14 & Under World Series in Demapolis, Alabama. Best of luck to the Eagle Pass All-Stars at the Babe Ruth World Series. Go Eagle Pass!