Meats Win Ocean City Tournament

Veteran club wins first Tournament Championship

The New York Meats bested league-leading ERL in the finals of the Mid Atlantic Wiffle Wiffs and Waves tournament on Saturday.

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Congratulations to @MeatsNy on their first MAW tournament victory! The short-handed Meats battled all day long, using just two pitchers the entire tournament and defeating ERL 1-0 in the finals. Thanks as well to all 14 teams who made the trip to Ocean City this weekend!

The Meats took a 1-0 lead on a wild pitch by ERL starter Mike Stiles in the 1st inning and held it the whole way beautiful Showell Park in Berlin, Maryland.

Vin Lea threw a complete game shutout for the Meats.

Both teams went 2-1 in pool play prior to the knockout round, with both teams no-hitting Maryland based Old Line Wiffle Club (captained by The Duckpin’s founder and editor Brian Griffiths)

Click here to watch the championshop game with Tim Cooke on the call.

The Meats entered the playoffs as the #6 seed, knocking off the #3 York Yaks in the first round and the 7th-seeded Shortballs in the semifinals.

4th-seeded ERL won a revenge game against the WILL Waves (who defeated ERL in the last pool play game) and the top seeded Longballs in the semis before going on to defeat ERL.

With their win, the Meats take possession of the coveted orange MAW belt and punch their ticket to the MAW Playoffs September 11th in York, Pennsylvania. They join ERL (winners of the last two tournaments) and East Coast Elite as automatic qualifiers for the playoffs.

The remaining Mid-Atlantic Wiffle Schedule:

• June 26th: Wiffle Wars IV (York, PA)

• July 24th: Playoff Qualifying Tournament (York, PA)

• August 7th: Wiffle Bash (Staten Island, NY)

• September 4th: Wild Card Qualifier (York, PA)

• September 11th: MAW Championship Playoffs (York, PA)