St. Louis Park Traveling Baseball Team Takes 2nd in Tourney

St. Louis Park Patch reader Andi Eberle recently got the low-down on a local team having some success and emailed in the following:

St. Louis Park Traveling Baseball's 13AA Black team continues to have a successful season.  Adding onto two first place tournament wins, the team took seconnd place in the Gopher State Tournament of Champions held July 8-10 in Burnsville. 

The team, seeded 14th, was one of two teams that came out of pool play undefeated.  They beat OMG, Edina Gold, and No. 3-seeded Burnsville Gold to advance into bracket play on Sunday.  The team came ready to play as they ran over Prior Lake Blue (No. 6 seed) with a score of 19-0 in 4 innings.  They then beat Wayzata Gold (No. 2) in a close game to advance to the championship game.

They played the No. 1 seed Minnetonka Blue and lost 7-6 in a fabulous game, where the lead switched a couple times. 

"Every single player on the club had significant contributions at the plate and in the field throughout the tournament," noted head coach Rob Eberle.

Congratulations to the SLP 13AA Black Traveling Team!

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