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Here’s our TLI for Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020 …
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TFL CHAMPIONSHIPS SCOREBOARD
AT PLANO, TX/AT MCKINNEY, TX
THURSDAY, AUG. 6, 2020, RESULTS
(Rankings are Extra Elite Eighty Club Rankings)
18U DIVISION
LONESTAR BRACKET A
WINNER’S BRACKET
FIRST ROUND
Impact Gold-Jackson 9, CF Intruders Gold-Johnson 2: Olivia Johnson went 2 for 3 with a double, a homer and two RBIs and Bri Ellis had a two-run shot to power #18 Impact Gold.
Texas Dirt Divas 2021 5, Scrap Yard Internationals 0: Brooke Gainous pitched a five-hit shutout with four strikeouts in five innings and Amber Thibodeaux went 2 for 3 with a double, a run scored and an RBI to lift the #45 Dirt Divas.
SECOND ROUND
Impact Gold-Jackson 17, Texas Dirt Divas 2021 0: Turiya Coleman went 3 for 3 with three runs scored and an RBI, Johnson went 2 for 3 with a double and three RBIs, Kennedy Reynolds went 2 for 3 with a homer, two runs scored and three RBIs, Mya Holmes went 1 for 2 with a double and two RBIs and Haleigh Carter went 2 for 2 with a triple, two runs scored and three RBIs as Impact Gold overwhelmed the Dirt Divas.
Impact Gold faces the Hotshots in the semifinals on Friday at 8 a.m.
LOSER’S BRACKET
FIRST ROUND
CF Intruders Gold-Johnson 5, Scrap Yard Internationals 0
SECOND ROUND
Hotshots Premier-Dumezich 9, CF Intruders Gold-Johnson 0: Elia Hebel hit a two-run homer and Kasidi Pickering went 3 for 3 and combined with Sam Landry on a one-hit shutout to lead the Hotshots.
LONESTAR BRACKET B
WINNER’S BRACKET
FIRST ROUND
Texas Bombers Gold-Smith 5, Texas Blaze United-Slimp/Cain 4: Bri Warren hit a two-run homer and JJ Smith had a solo blast as the #16 Bombers rallied for three runs in the bottom of the fifth to pull out a walk-off victory over #26 Blaze United.
Hotshots Premier-Dumezich 4, Aces Express Gold-McCorkle 3: Alexa Langeliers, Kasidi Pickering and Elia Hebel all homered to help the #33 Hotshots knock off #51 Aces Express.
SECOND ROUND
Texas Bombers Gold-Smith 7, Hotshots Premier-Dumezich 1: Pecan Villa went 2 for 2 with a homer and two RBIs and Sophia Simpson allowed two hits, no earned runs and struck out eight in four innings to get the win as the Bombers beat the Hotshots.
The Bombers face Aces Express in the semifinals on Friday at 8 a.m.
LOSER’S BRACKET
FIRST ROUND
Aces Express Gold-McCorkle 8, Texas Blaze United-Slimp/Cain 0: Rayna Lewis hit a grand slam and Kaitlyn Dutton threw a three-hit shutout with three strikeouts in four inningsas Aces Express defeated Blaze United.
SECOND ROUND
Aces Express Gold-McCorkle 6, Texas Dirt Divas 2021 0: Shaelyn Sanders pitched a two-hit shutout with six strikeouts in five innings and Tricia Yarotsky went 2 for 2 with a homer, two runs scored and two RBIs as Aces Express took down the Dirt Divas.
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