Baseball: Six Teams Head Into Single Elimination at Babe Ruth 14-Year-Old World Series Including Unbeaten Defending Champion Tallahassee

Purcellville (Aug. 26, 2010) - After five days of exciting pool play at Fireman's Field six teams moved on to today's single elimination play in the Babe Ruth baseball 14-Year-Old World Series including defending 13-Year-Old World Series champion Tallahassee, Fla. which was the only team here to go 4-0 thus far.

Tallahassee and Waite Park, Minn. (3-1) both received byes into Friday's semifinals. In the quarterfinals tonight: Bryant, Ark. (2-2) will face Pleasanton, Calif. (3-1) at 5:30 p.m. Williamsport, Penn. (2-2) takes on Vancouver, Wash. (2-2) at 8 p.m. Despite the 4-0 mark, Tallahassee has been involved in three one-run games.

Bryant, which started out the tournament 0-2, handed Waite Park its first loss on Wednesday in a 15-12 slugfest. With a 3-way tie in the National Division pool, Vancouver was awarded second place on fewest runs allowed (18 total compared to 23 for Arlington, Mass. and 32 for Bryant). Third place then went to Bryant based on its head-to-head win over Arlington.

Remaining Teams: How They Fared
American Division
1. Tallahassee FL:
W, 5-4 vs. Williamsport PA
W, 15-4 vs. Winchester VA
W, 6-5 vs. Pleasanton CA
W, 9-8 vs. Lexington KY
(35 runs scored, 21 allowed)

2. Pleasanton CA:
W, 11-3 vs. Williamsport PA
W, 20-4 vs. Lexington KY
L, 5-6 vs. Tallahassee FL
W, 8-6 vs. Winchester VA
(44 runs scored, 19 allowed)

3. Williamsport PA
L, 4-5 vs. Tallahassee FL
L, 3-11 vs. Pleasanton, CA
W, 12-7 vs. Winchester VA
W, 9-2 vs. Lexington KY
(28 runs scored, 25 allowed)

National Division
1, Waite Park MN
W, 8-1 vs. Arlington MA
W, 11-6 vs. Loudoun VA
W, 3-2 vs. Vancouver WA
L, 12-15 vs. Bryant, AR
(34 runs scored, 24 allowed)

2. Vancouver WA
W, 7-0 vs. Bryant AR
L, 2-3 vs. Waite Park, MN
W, 8-6 vs. Loudoun VA
L, 3-9 vs. Arlington MA
(20 runs scored, 18 allowed)

3. Bryant AR
L, 2-4 vs. Loudoun VA
L, 0-7 vs. Vancouver WA
W, 12-9 vs. Arlignton MA
W, 15-12 vs. Waite Park MN
(29 runs scored, 32 allowed)