Leeds Daniel Falkner gets back to first base ahead of the throw in Game 1 Friday.
After winning Game 1 8-3 and then quickly grabbing a 10-1 advantage in Game 2 on Friday, White Plains had to wait an entire weekend to finish the job, owing to severe weather conditions that forced the series to be postponed two innings into Game 2. They finished things quickly by outscoring Leeds 4-2 in three innings on Monday; a three-run blast off the bat of first baseman Kyle Bowen.
That homer made the final 15-3, enough for umpires to call the game due to the mercy rule.
"It's a relief," said White Plains head coach Chad Hudson. "We felt good with what we'd accomplished (on Friday), but you never know until you come back and get the outs."
Hudson was particularly pleased with the way his team dealt with the layoff.
"We talked about (the score) being 1-0," he said. "We wanted to make sure we kept the pressure on offensively. We didn't want to say, 'We're ahead 10-1, let's just get outs,' — we wanted to score. I thought we hit the ball great."
The win on the mound went to Caed Turner, who went the full five with five strikeouts. Bradley Chasteen, on the hill for nine of the 10 White Plains runs on Friday night, took the season-ending loss.
"It's not really a testament to our season, to lose in five innings," Leeds head coach Ashley Carlisle said. "We had a tremendous season, our third 20-win season in a row. We played well together as a team and had a lot of people step up for us."
With the win, White Plains (29-4) can now turn its full attention to defending champ Madison Academy, who will come to town Friday. Hudson said the game will likely begin at 5 p.m.
"Here's the deal: Leeds is a good team, one of the best we've faced all year, and we want to enjoy this," he said. "On the other hand, we know Madison is great — they're the defending champs for a reason.
"We're just excited to have them coming to our place to play in front of our fans. Our fans have been so good to us all year, and we're excited to have them."
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