Tacoma Cobra Kai

First Place

Red Rubber Showdown 7

Tacoma Cobra Kai came up I-5 and played two former Red Rubber champions on their way to their first title. They started their day with a shutout as the kept the veteran Slim Kickins at bay for 5 innings. Their defense was great, but they had plenty of offense as well, kicking their way to 8 runs. In the 3rd game of the day, they had a back and forth battle with defending champions I Touched All Your Bases. Cobra Kai's defense stepped it up late and pulled out a tie that was just enough to put them into the playoff round.

In the semi-finals, Cobra Kai got put up against their rivals Team Fiesta En Los Pantelones. The two teams had known each other for years and played a heated battle. Cobra Kai had just a little bit more in the end and picked up a trip to the finals to play BIG TAB.

In the finals, the first and second place teams from the Desperado division met up. It was a tight game that came down to the bottom of the fifth inning. In the bottom of five, BIG TAB was down 3 runs and mounted enough offense to make Cobra Kai sweat. They scored one run early in the inning to get within two runs before putting runners on 2nd and 3rd with 2 outs. Cobra Kai then induced a pop fly to left field for the 3rd out of the inning and the championship.