I did a live blog from Day 4 at the Champions Cup on Saturday, July 18, at Harvard Park and Bill Barber Park in Irvine, Calif. Here’s how it all went down:

RAINED OUT

The remaining games on the schedule for Saturday at the Champions Cup have been called due to rain. The forecast doesn’t look good for tomorrow with a 60 percent chance of rain. You can’t really get mad at the weather because California is in such dire need of rain. ASA Players Association director Lorrie Ivie just told me they are going to try to get makeup games in on Sunday at Harvard Park. We’ll see. Stay tuned.

BATBUSTERS-JACKSON ON TO ROUND 3

Batbusters-Jackson scored four runs in the bottom of the fourth to break the game open and went on to a 5-2 win over Lakewood Firecrackers Gold in a second round game.

Grand Canyon-commit Hailey Freeman had an RBI single, West Florida-commit Jacquelynne Poling had a two-run single and Eileen Barrera added an RBI single during the four-run rally for the Batbusters.

The game was played with a steady drizzle that picked up as soon as the game ended. It’s not quite enough to postpone the games, but its enough for everybody without an umbrella or cover to feel pretty soggy.

MASS RAPIDS ADVANCES

We’re getting hit with light rain over here at Harvard Park, but it might as well be described as a torrential downpour in drought-riddled California. I mean, it never rains in Southern California. I guess the weather gods were trying to make the East Coasters feel welcome.

Speaking of East Coasters, Post University-bound Leslie Denis pitched a four-hitter with two strikeouts and one walk to help Central Mass Rapids Gold (Mass.) shut out The Next Level (Calif.), 4-0, in the first round of single-elimination bracket play.

Casey Maggiore broke a scoreless tie with a sacrifice fly to left field in the top of the sixth and Central Mass Rapids added three runs in the top of the seventh, which included RBI singles from Niagra University-bound Jen Szilagyi and Umass Lowell-bound Ashley Smits.

Central Mass Rapids plays Breeze (Calif.) in Round 2 at 2 p.m.

WELCOME, TO ANOTHER EDITION OF THUNDERDOME!!!

We’ve reached the Thunderdome stage of the Champions Cup. That’s right, it’s single-elimination bracket play, which means two teams enter, one team leaves.

Corona Angels-Tyson (Calif.), Mililani Prep (Hawaii), Firecrackers-Kevin (Calif.), American Pastime Gold (Calif.), KG Hitters-Kiko (Calif.), Salt Lake Pegasus (Utah), North Idaho Xtreme (Ida.), Sorcerer-Williams (Calif.), Courage (Calif.), Cal A’s-Paula (Calif.), Lady Hustle-Marshall (Calif.), Teamsmith-KC (Calif.), So Cal Filly’s (Calif.) and Guava Jam (Hawaii) have emerged as the top contenders to take the Champions Cup 18U title after three days of pool play games.

CHAMPIONS CUP

18U JO SHOWCASE

AT HARVARD PARK/BILL BARBER PARK, IRVINE, CALIF.

SATURDAY, JULY 18, RESULTS

BRACKET PLAY

ROUND 1

• CA So Cal A’s-Marinakis 4, CA Lady Wolfpack-Akire 3
• CA Dirt Dogs-Mizuno/Harger 6, CA San Diego Rowdies Gold 0
• CA San Diego Rebels 5, CA So Cal Dynasty 2
• CA San Jose Sting Gold 6, CA Stealth Fastpitch-Adams 5
• AZ Cats Gold 3, AZ Thundercats-Noland 2
• CA Foothill Gold-S/N 9, CA Quakes Gold 5
• CA Batbusters-Jackson 9, CA IE Dynasty 2
• CA So Cal Pumas 9, OR Racers Racers Fast Pitch 1
• MA Central Mass Rapids Gold 4, CA The Next Level 0
• CA San Diego Power Surge-Berndes 10, WA Illusion-Gray 0
• CA Bears Gold 8, A Easton Elite-Ludlow 0
• WA Illusion-Mendez def. CA Cal Thunder (forfeit)
• CA American Pastime-Garcia 7, CA Lady Wolfpack-Barron 2
• CA So Cal Filly’s 12, CA Destroyers 0
• CA Firecrackers-Lucero 5, NV Las Vegas Blast 3
• HI RR Gold-Hawaii 4, CA Nor Cal Diehards 1
• CA Valley Stompers Gold-JC 3, CA FP 18G 2
• CA Team California 7, CA Nemesis Elite-TH 2
• CA Pacific Coast Predators 5, CA Cen Cal Krush 4
• NY Long Island Bandits Gold 11, CA Rage Gold 2
• CA Hype Fastpitch 3, WA Illusion-H 1
• CA American Pastime-SGV 10, CA San Diego Legacy 1
• CA OC Batbusters-Valdivia 7, AZ Hotshots-Purdy 1
• HI Na Wahine 8, CA So Cal Rebels 0
• CA Firecrackers-Snyder 18, CA Teamsmith-Silva/Hotetz 5
• AZ Lil Saints Gold 7, CA SOC Storm 0
• CA South Bay Diamond Girls 7, CA San Diego Rowdies-Alan 0
• CA Grapettes-TC 5, MA Polar Crush Gold 4
• CA Waves 7, CA Comets-Ceo 2

ROUND 2

• CA American Pastime Gold 4, CA So Cal A’s-Marinakis 1
• CO Stars Gold 7, CA Dirt Dogs-Mizuno/Harger 6
• WA Northwest Lady Sharks Gold 4, CA San Diego Rebels-Hill 2
• CA San Jose Sting Gold 7, WA Acers Gold-Anderton 0
• HI Mililani Prep 4, AZ Cats Gold 0
• CA Cal A’s-White 6, CA Foothill Gold-S/N 0
• CA Batbusters-Jackson 5, CA Lakewood Firecrackers Gold-BP 2
• CA Cal A’s-Blue 2, CA So Cal Pumas 0
• CA SD Elite ’97 def. CA Bears Gold (forfeit)
• CA Case Batbusters 3, WA Illusion-Mendez 1
• CA OC Batbusters-Lara 5, CA American Pastime-Garcia 0
• CA KG Hitters-Kiko 3, CA So Cal Filly’s 2
• CA Firecrackers-Lucero def. CA Courago (forfeit)
• HI RR Gold-Hawaii 8, CA So Cal Breakers-Labs 0

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