The 2023 Senior American Legion Baseball World Series begins Thursday, August 10th at Veterans Field at Keeter Stadium in Shelby, North Carolina. The Trenton Acadians (Ellsworth) will represent the state of Maine as Northeast Regional Champions. The field consists of eight teams with the opening rounds being “pool play” in two, four-team divisions (Stars & Stripes). Each division plays one game against one another with the top two teams in each division facing off with the top two in the other division in the semifinals, and the two winners advancing to the championship game the next day. Trenton opens up with the defending WS champions from Troy, Alabama. Here is the full schedule/scoreboard that will be updated throughout-
Stars Division- Ellsworth (Maine), Troy (Alabama), Cheyenne (Wyoming), League City (Texas)
Stripes Division- Brooklawn (New Jersey), Florence (South Carolina), Lincoln (Nebraska), Cedar Rapids (Iowa)
Thursday, August 10
Game 1- Stars- Cheyenne (0-1) 0 vs League City (1-0) 4- FINAL/Jacob Cyr complete game no-hitter
G2- Stripes- Brooklawn (1-0) 9 vs Cedar Rapids (0-1) 2- FINAL
G3- Stars- Ellsworth (0-1) 3 vs Troy (1-0) 13- FINAL
G4- Stripes- Lincoln (0-1) 0 vs Florence (1-0) 3- FINAL/Aydin Palmer American Legion World Series record 14 strikeouts for Florence, South Carolina
Friday, August 11
G5- Stars- Ellsworth (0-2) 1 vs Cheyenne (1-1) 2- FINAL/Julien Romero walkoff single in 7th
G6- Stars- Troy (1-1) 2 vs League City (2-0) 3- FINAL/Kyeler Thomson walkoff single in 7th
Saturday, August 12
G7- Stripes- Cedar Rapids (0-2) 4 vs Florence (2-0) 5- FINAL/Florence, SC wraps up a spot in Monday’s semifinals
G8- Stripes- Brooklawn (1-1) 0 vs Lincoln (1-1) 3- FINAL
G9- Stars- Troy (1-2) 2 vs Cheyenne (2-1) 3- FINAL/Cheyenne, Wyoming scored 3 runs in top of 7th to get the win and joins League City, Texas as semifinalists for Monday
Sunday, August 13
G10- Stars- Ellsworth (1-2) 4 vs League City 2 (2-1)- FINAL/First ever Legion World Series win for Ellsworth (Trenton)
G11- Stripes- Cedar Rapids (0-3) 0 vs Lincoln (2-1) 9- FINAL
G12- Stripes- Brooklawn (2-1) 10 vs Florence (2-1) 4- FINAL
Monday, August 14 Semifinals
G13- Lincoln, Nebraska 2 vs Cheyenne, Wyoming 1- FINAL/Lincoln after being no-hit and losing 1-0 with one out in the sixth inning, gets a two-run base hit after a walk and an error which was their only hit of the game, to advance to Tuesdays championship
G14- League City, Texas 4 vs Brooklawn, New Jersey 1- FINAL/A two-run error in the sixth inning was the difference as League City heads to the title game
Tuesday, August 15 Championship
Lincoln, Nebraska 0 vs League City, Texas 1- FINAL
Written and updated by Chris Lessner
