Delta State, 6-5 winners over Minnesota State Friday, takes on West Chester Saturday at 7 p.m. for the Division II college baseball championship in Cary at the USA Baseball National Training Complex.
As part of the festivities there is a Family Fun Day comprised of inflatables, face painting and games. After the game, there will be fireworks.
Located in Mississippi, Delta State rallied from a 5-0 deficit with five runs in the bottom of the eighth and Michael Vinson’s bases-loaded walk-off single in the ninth to earn the right to play West Chester. Delta State head coach Mike Kinnison is making his ninth appearance in the National Finals with Delta State, including his fifth as head coach. He has also been to the National Finals with the Statesmen as an assistant coach and before that, as an All-America shortstop.
Located in Pennsylvania, West Chester defeated North Carolina team Catawba 2-1 with a Josh Heyne bases-loaded sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth that brought home the winning run. Fred Breidenbach retired the final 11 batters he faced and finished with a complete game six-hitter as West Chester earned a spot in the championship game for the first time in school history.