A mercy-rule laugher that was never in doubt — Connor Chang led wire to wire and just kept adding on. The story was self-inflicted: (Stitch)² ran into ten rally-killing outs, snuffing out every flicker of a threat before it could breathe. Meanwhile Kian D had the perfect day at the plate, a hit every single trip, fueling crooked number after crooked number. There was never a comeback brewing — just a home nine watching the runs pile up until the game was called. Final: 15–1.
The faster starter ran away with it. cryo led throughout, jumping czz early and never surrendering the lead. The dagger came in the middle innings — a big crooked-number rally that turned a comfortable game into a rout. czz got life from vishnu m, but once he cooled the bats went silent, and the visitors couldn't string enough baserunners together to matter. cryo cruised home 11–3.
dan.k.memes did all their damage up front — a big first few innings put runs on the board in bunches, and from there dan simply coasted. The contrast on the bases told the tale: dan left the yard clean, zero rally-killers, while Fez ran into four outs on the bases that gutted rally after rally. Fez actually hit with runners in scoring position, but never had enough men aboard to make it count. The early cushion held all the way to a 9–4 final.
anurag seized control early and never really let go. After one early lead change, the visitors broke it open and led comfortably by the middle innings, the offense working over the home nine. sumin didn't roll over — they scratched back late with a push of their own — but the deficit was too much, and the tying run never came to the plate. anurag's early separation was the whole game in a 9–5 win.
The tightest game of the day, and a proper see-saw. The lead changed hands several times, the clubs knotted up around the midpoint with neither able to pull clear. xpoes was playing a bat short — Rohan G a late scratch — yet still rallied to hang around and threaten deep into the game. But Gid's situational hitting was the difference: elite with runners in scoring position, they cashed in the clutch chances late to finally break the tie. A short-handed underdog made it a fight, but Gid pulled it out 8–6.
THE UPSET. ChessFun came in loaded but lost their star when Eric L was a late scratch, and jonathan made the lineup hole hurt. The home side led early and still led at the midpoint, riding a first-inning rally, even as the lead changed hands a few times in a scrappy back-and-forth. jonathan nearly gave it back — they ran into four rally-killing outs of their own — but held firm down the stretch. The early rally plus ChessFun's missing bat was the story of a 6–4 stunner.