A dizzying month-and-a-half of baseball comes down to a couple of days to finally decide the question American Legion baseball fans have been asking all summer: Between Kennewick, Twin City and Yakima Valley, which is the king of the Central Washington League?
The Kennewick Bandits (16-4) and Twin City Titans (15-5) square off in home-and-home doubleheaders, starting today at 5:30 at Southridge High and then moving to Richland on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the Yakima Valley Pepsi Pak (17-5) is trading twinbills with its rival, the Yakima Beetles (11-11). The swept the Beetles on Monday, 9-3 and 10-1.
The Beetles are the only team among the four who know their postseason fate. They are locked into the CWL's fourth seed to regionals and will travel to Bellingham on Saturday.
Meanwhile, the Bandits, Titans and Pepsi Pak will sort it out over the next two days.
If Yakima Valley wins the CWL title, it would host a regional at Selah. If either Kennewick or Twin City is the champ, the regional would be played at Parker Field in Yakima.
The second seed from the CWL travels to the Colfax reigonal, while the No. 3 heads to Bellevue. State is the following week in Tacoma, with two teams from each of the four regionals advancing.
The Titans can only win league by taking at least three games off the Bandits and have the Pak finish behind them, since Yakima Valley took three of four games off Twin City early in the season.
If the Bandits and Titans split, the Pak can win the league by taking three games off the Beetles. They would be tied with Kennewick, and though they split during the season, the Pak would win the second tiebreaker (a better record against the No. 3 team, the Titans).
If Kennewick takes three games off the Titans, then it would win the league title even if Yakima Valley swept, going to the third tiebreaker, least runs allowed.
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Scratch -- Game 1: Kennewick 782 (Megan Weir 133, Daicee Singer 171, Xochitl Garcia 138, Danielle Gonzales 139, Karissa Shiflet 201), Davis 660 (Samantha Juarez 130, Crystal Garcia 149, Gissel Ozuna 148, Lesly Paz 143, Jasmine Herrera 90). Game 2: Kennewick 817 (Blair Westerman 166, Singer 144, Samantha Mettling 126, Gonzales 157, Shiflet 224), Davis 673 (Juarez 147, Erica Ganbis 126, Ozuna 144, Paz 138, Kaylia Brooklyn 118).
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The Suns' all-state senior forward will recall watching the ball come off her left foot and make the slow, excrutiating journey inside the right post. She'll remember Southridge coach Greg Sambrano calling for the ball before the ensuing kickoff, making sure to set it aside so she could cherish the memory later.
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