Photos: Colt World Series | Marion defeats Covina, California in championship game
When Covina’s Dougie Zuniga ripped a fly ball into the right-centerfield gap with the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh and Marion up by two runs, everybody in Rent One Ball Park thought the game was over. And they were all right. And they were all wrong.
The Marion team tips their caps to the Marion fans who stuck around for the finale of the 2022 Colt World Series to see the home town team win the title.
Marion -- the 2022 Colt World Series Champions.
Teammates give Morgan Fricker an early shower after the dugout had been cleared.
Marion swarms Morgan Fricker in right field after winning the Colt World Series.
Tanner Middendorf only needed the three runs in the first inning as he was able to shut down the explosive offense of Covina, earning himself the tournament ERA Award in the process.
Cruz Harlan makes the throw across the diamond to get the first out of the seventh inning.
Cam Raddatz applies the tag that won Marion the 2022 Colt World Series Championship.
Mychael Menicucci (42) and the rest of Marion's dugout couldn't believe the play they'd just witnessed from Morgan Fricker to win the Colt World Series.
Morgan Fricker stands in shocked excitement after realizing the play he'd made just won Marion the Colt World Series.
The Marion dugout comes out to congratulate Cam Raddatz after he scored in the first inning, putting the host team up 3-0 after Morgan Fricker's two-run single.
Cruz Harlan made one of the two highlight plays of the night when he dove backward to catch what could've been a two-run, game-tying single in the sixth inning.
Morgan Fricker was the hero of the night, driving in two runs in the first inning that would prove to be the last two runs Marion would get and then making a highlight-reel diving catch in the seventh inning and starting a 9-4-5 double play to win the game for the home team.
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