A Tie That Sealed the Week
The final showdown of the 12U National Team Training Camp unfolded on a crisp afternoon, with the Stars and Stripes locked in a 1‑1 deadlock that underscored the intensity of the five‑day competition.
Ten different arms took the mound, beginning with Aiden Izquierdo opening for the Stripes and Dominic Floyd answering for the Stars, while Maguire Wright later delivered a masterful two‑inning relief stint that kept the Stripes in contention.
Antonio Rolando sparked the offense with a single up the middle that drove in Ransom Rasmussen, giving the Stripes an early lead, and later in the sixth Carver Brown doubled to the right‑field corner before Jaxon Knox’s hard groundout tied the game.
The afternoon also featured extra‑base hits from Aiden Green and Cooper Thissen’s closing seventh inning that produced two strikeouts, while Chrischian Blanton and Koda Graziadei added the only stolen bases, with Blanton reaching base twice via walks.
Four pitchers — Izquierdo, Maguire Wright, Kohen Davis and Cooper Thissen — recorded multiple strikeouts, highlighting the depth of talent, and the Stars closed the week with a 2‑1‑1 series edge over the Stripes, sending the top 24 participants into the November phase of camp.