The Adelaide Armada are Australian Senior League Champions and will represent the Australia Region at the Senior League World Series following a 4-0 victory over Hills at Albert Park Baseball Complex in Lismore.
Ky Hampton was the star of the show as he tossed a complete game shutout for the Adelaide Armada, striking out three and scattering five hits across seven dominant innings.
Adelaide Armada Manager Zac Stokes was full of praise for Ky’s performance.
“Ky was absolutely amazing today,” Stokes said.
“The plan is always to attack with him. Ky doesn’t like to walk hitters, he has great velocity and some solid off-speed pitches which ensures he can work hitters out.”
Ky’s opposite number Mitchell Vickery was exceptional on the mound for Hills, tossing 6.2 innings, striking out one and only giving up two earned runs.
The Armada’s trademark all week has been scoring runs in bunches and today was no exception, with the third inning proving the catalyst. Curtis Mead was the rock all week for the Armada lineup, and today was no exception, picking up two hits in the leadoff spot.
Hills fought all day however they couldn’t quite get over the line, however the perennially strong charter can hold their heads high.
Curtis Mead got the third inning going with a leadoff double, before catcher Mason Clavell drove in the opening run of the ballgame. From there, it was all the Armada as a pair of errors and a single from Will Kortekaas saw the Armada take four run lead and never looked back.
The Armada will now represent the Australia Region at the 2017 Senior League World Series in Easley, South Carolina. They’ll be the first South Australian team to represent the Australia Region at any Little League level, and the second Australian team to play at the Senior League World Series.
Stay tuned to littleleague.org.au for updates from the Armada’s next journey at the Senior League World Series.