2023 Senior American Legion World Series Schedule/Scoreboard

August 9, 2023

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