Forty-Fives win 16-inch ASA Major Nationals.

MOUNT PROSPECT, IL - The Forty-Fives went 9-1 on the weekend to win the 16-inch ASA Major Nationals. The Forty-Fives had two easy victories by the 10-run rule before being sent to the consolation bracket by losing to Maxim in the quarter-finals. The Forty-Fives won five games in the consolation bracket to come back and beat Maxim two times by a total of 23 to 5 runs. Larry Downes and Mark Holstein were named co-MVPs.

Maxim looked impressive by starting the tournament winning their first six games by a total of 81 runs scored to 8 runs against only to be beaten twice by the Forty-Fives. The Lemonheads finished in 3rd place and Punch finished in 4th place.

The Forty-Fives finished an impressive 99 and 20 on the season, also winning the Westchester Tournament of Champions and the Forest Park No-Glove Nationals to go along with a 20-4 record in Westchester and a 16-6 record in Mount Prospect. In all three of those tournaments, the Forty-Fives came out of the losers bracket to beat Maxim twice in the Championship game. The Forty-Fives also finished 2nd in both the North-South Classic and the Chicago Championships and 3rd in the ASA State Championship. On the year, Maxim and the Forty-Fives faced off 19 times, with the Forty-Fives winning 12 game and Maxim winning 8 games. The only other teams to beat the Forty-Fives more than one game on the year were the Bucketheads, Impact and the Lemonheads.