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Deltas rally past Tides to reach championship

Deltaville Deltas Travis Crump (#15) avoids the tag of the Tappahannock catcher in a play at the plate to score Deltaville’s first run on Saturday night. (Photo by Macs Crittenden)

 

Alexander Crittenden drove in four runs, including the final two of a five-run eighth-inning rally, to push the Deltaville Deltas ahead of the Tappahannock Tides by the score of 9-2 on Saturday night.

Defeating the Tides — the second place team in the Richmond NABA East Division — in Saturday night’s postseason semifinal matchup earns the Deltas their third consecutive trip to the NABA Championship series this week. They’ll take on the winner of the West Division semifinal, which will be either the top seeded Richmond Brewers or the two-time defending league champion Richmond El Heaters. That semifinal was delayed by heavy rains in Richmond over the weekend, and was played Tuesday night.

The three-game champion-ship series will begin in Richmond 7 p.m. today, Thursday, Aug. 11 at Deep Run High School. Games two and three are scheduled as a Saturday doubleheader to take place at LC Bird High…

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Stephen Blue
Stephen Blue
Stephen Blue is assistant coach of the Deltaville Deltas, and manages the team's statistics and media. He first played at Deltaville Ballpark as a Little Leaguer in 1991, and joined the Deltas as a player in 2004.