Top Gun World Series Qualifier Game 1: NSA Warhawks 11U 7, 919 Nationals 4

The 919 Nationals traveled to Goldsboro for their first-ever 11U tournament and looked totally overmatched. But enough about the first inning.

Multiple defensive breakdowns spotted the NSA Warhawks a five-run first. The Nats played solid baseball after that, but the early five-run deficit was too much to overcome, and NSA took a 7-4 victory in the first game of pool play.

With a variety of fall activities going on, 919 was joined by Lawson Wheeler to fill out the roster. He spent most of his time wondering why everyone in the 10U dugout was so insane, including such very astute questions as, “If his name is Brady, why does everyone call him Phil?”

There wasn’t much time to think about the defeat, because the second game of pool play was coming up right away.

Game 1 Nationals scoring plays

First inning

Bryce singled and stole second and third. He scored on Gavin’s double. Lawson singled home Gavin.

Score after one inning: Warhawks 5, 919 Nationals 2

Second inning

Joey and Asher put together back to back singles, then stole third and second, respectively. Gavin cracked a two-out, two-run double.

Score after two innings: Warhawks 7, 919 Nationals 4

Pitching Performances

Andrew worked through some defensive issues in the first.

Asher threw two strong innings.

Gavin threw two hitless innings.

Lawson closed it out with a hitless sixth.

Game 1 Web Gems

• With a runner on second in the third, Gavin fielded a grounder up the middle while navigating around the runner, then threw to first to get the out.
• Brady made a great scoop on a low throw on the very next hitter.
• Brady ran over and made a nice catch of a foul ball near the fence in the fourth.
• Brady—wait a second, did he do everything?—made another nice scoop on a low throw to get an out in the sixth.

Game 1 line score	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H
NSA Warhawks	5	2	0	0	0	0	7	5
919 Nationals	2	2	0	0	0	0	4	7