{"id":9729,"date":"2019-10-18T11:20:41","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T15:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.birminghamgiants.com\/?p=9729"},"modified":"2019-10-18T11:27:05","modified_gmt":"2019-10-18T15:27:05","slug":"13u-birmingham-giants-finish-second","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.birminghamgiants.com\/?p=9729","title":{"rendered":"13u Birmingham Giants finish second"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Playing in Montevallo, Alabama the Birmingham Giants 13u Baseball team posted a 2-2 mark, finishing 2nd on sunday. In game 1 of pool play, the Giants faced off with the Spain Park Jags. Talon Whetstone started the game on the hill, allowing just 2 hits and 1 run over 5 innings, while striking out 5, and at the plate Cole Foster (1), Jaizhus Brooks (1), and Brody Jackson (1) had hits in the 3-1 win. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.birminghamgiants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/13u-state-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9731\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.birminghamgiants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/13u-state-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.birminghamgiants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/13u-state-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.birminghamgiants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/13u-state-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.birminghamgiants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/13u-state-80x60.jpg 80w, http:\/\/www.birminghamgiants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/13u-state-265x198.jpg 265w, http:\/\/www.birminghamgiants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/13u-state-696x522.jpg 696w, http:\/\/www.birminghamgiants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/13u-state-1068x801.jpg 1068w, http:\/\/www.birminghamgiants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/13u-state-560x420.jpg 560w, http:\/\/www.birminghamgiants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/13u-state.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In game 2 of pool play, the Giants sent Brody Jackson to the hill, tossing 3 innings allowing 3 hits and 2 earned runs, while striking out 2, before Jaizyhus Brooks closed out the final inning of the 4-3 loss. Offensively Talon Whetstone (1), Aiden Agee (1), and Will Mize (1) had hits for the Giants. The 1-1 record moved the Giants into bracket play the Jags.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"http:\/\/www.birminghamgiants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/42307860_714166952276209_3637411582553620480_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9732\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.birminghamgiants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/42307860_714166952276209_3637411582553620480_n.jpg 720w, http:\/\/www.birminghamgiants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/42307860_714166952276209_3637411582553620480_n-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.birminghamgiants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/42307860_714166952276209_3637411582553620480_n-696x928.jpg 696w, http:\/\/www.birminghamgiants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/42307860_714166952276209_3637411582553620480_n-315x420.jpg 315w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Aiden Agee started the game on the mound allowing just 2 hits over 4 innings, while striking out 3, and Aiden Agee (1), Will Mize (2), Jaizyhus Brooks (1), Brody Jackson (1), and Chris Jackson (1) all had hits in the Giants 5-1 win.  The win moved the Giants into the finals to meet Caba White.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"http:\/\/www.birminghamgiants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/72924388_10220395567588845_4441293889722122240_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9733\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.birminghamgiants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/72924388_10220395567588845_4441293889722122240_n.jpg 720w, http:\/\/www.birminghamgiants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/72924388_10220395567588845_4441293889722122240_n-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.birminghamgiants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/72924388_10220395567588845_4441293889722122240_n-696x928.jpg 696w, http:\/\/www.birminghamgiants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/72924388_10220395567588845_4441293889722122240_n-315x420.jpg 315w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After the first 2 innings of the 4 inning contest, the Giants held a 4-2 lead, but were unable to hold it, falling 10-4. At the plate Talon Whetstone (1), Aiden Agee (1), Jaizyhus Brooks (1), Cayden Knight (1), Devin Schmalz (1), Chris Jackson (2) had hits for the Giants in the loss. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Playing in Montevallo, Alabama the Birmingham Giants 13u Baseball team posted a 2-2 mark, finishing 2nd on sunday. In game 1 of pool play, the Giants faced off with the Spain Park Jags. 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