Real Deal Baseball 13U takes home the 2nd place trophy in the USSSA State Championships AAA division. Coach Martinez’s squad went 3-1 on the weekend giving up only 8 runs and played their hearts out. The championship was a 3-2 loss in a 10 inning battle against the So Cal. Thunder out of Agoura Hills. Real Deal took a 2-1 lead in the top of the tenth before surrendering 2 runs on 2 errors in the bottom half of the tenth inning for the loss. Kenneth Pettibone and Jacob Manzur combined for 10 innings of zero earned runs. Congratulations to the 13u team. Follow them on February 6/7 for the continuation of the MLK tourney. For Brackets please look at www.baseballfirst.com.