The hitters from Springfield Township Parks and Recreation team in the 15-18 Division Boys team were not going to let their championship game being rained out slow them down.
They went on to play the championship game and post a 5-1 win over Rumble V from Lake Orion, July 31.
The boys went into the game first place in the league and having only one loss. Rumble V was in second place during the season.
Luke McAllister pitched five innings for Springfield allowing zero runs and DJ Hillman pitched last two innings, allowing one run ending in a 5-1 victory over Lake Orion.
The team played in the 15-18-year- old league sponsored by Premium Truck and Auto Body. There team has several young players and two who just graduated high school and are going to college this fall.
The team is Nate Barba, Kyle Dunlap, Alec “Red” Fair, Cameron Lewis, Derek “DJ” Hillman, Luke McAllister, Grant McEachern, Devin Reyes, Tyler Rice, Roy Russell, Frank Stevens and Zach Tison. They were coached by Lee Reyes and assistant Jeff Dunlap with Brady Cummings as team manager.

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