Congratulations to The 2013 Florida Cup champions Orlando Cardinals!! The Cardinals played solid baseball against excellent competition throughout the tournament. The Cardinals won with top notch pitching, solid defense, timely hitting, and tremendous speed on the basepaths.
The Cardinals went a perfect 5-0 over Labor Day weekend. Their 1st game was against perenial tournament champions Coral Gables A’s, whom they beat 7-4. Their 2nd game vs The Miami Red Sox ended in a solid victory 10-3. On day 2, The Cards faced The Dade Diamondbacks and won 4-0, featuring solid pitching and defense. The Cardinals would again face The Diamondbacks in the 1st round of the playoffs and came out with a 15-5 win to advance to the championship game. The Cards would face the A’s again in an epic battle that would go down to the last pitch. The A’s would leave bases loaded in the 9th inning for an 8-7 victory and The Florida Cup championship.
| 9/2/2013 | ||
| Visitor vs Home Team | Official Score | News |
| Coral Gables Athletics (Open Division) | 7 | A’s leave bases loaded in 9th |
| Orlando Florida Cardinals (Open Division) | 8 | Cardinals survive Athletics comeback |
| A’s leave bases loaded in 9th |
| by Coral Gables Athletics (Open Division) |
| Sloppy base running hurt the team early but the bats kept the A’s in the game as they rallied from being down 8-2. The game came down to the last pitch as the A’s had the bases loaded with two out before the final out landed in the outfielder’s glove. The Orlando Cardinals hung on the squeak out the win. Congratulations to the Orlando Cardinals for winning a tough tournament. |
| Cardinals survive Athletics comeback |
| by Orlando Florida Cardinals (Open Division) |
| The Orlando-based Florida Cardinals earned this Florida Cup championship, beating the Coral Gables Athletics in the finals after having previously defeating them in the bracket play. |
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| Central Florida Vipers (Open Division) | 6 | |
| Coral Gables Athletics (Open Division) | 11 | Coral Gables A’s advance to Championship |
Playoffs
| Dade Diamondbacks (Open Division) | 5 | |
| Orlando Florida Cardinals (Open Division) | 15 | Orlando Cardinals advance to finals |
Diamondbacks Chris Rivero pitched well, giving up 1 earned run in the 1st 2 innings
Diamondbacks Jay Habacht also pitched well, giving up only 1 earned run in 4 innings.
| Dade Diamondbacks (Open Division) | 0 | Dbacks advance to Semi-finals on tie breaker |
| Orlando Florida Cardinals (Open Division) | 4 | Orlando Cards advance |
Diamondbacks Matt Leban records 1 of his 7 strike outs
Diamondbacks Ivan Asension hits a double in the 3rd inning
| Miami Red Sox (Open Division) | 7 | |
| Central Florida Vipers (Open Division) | 9 | Vipers knock out Sox advance to Semi-finals |
| South Florida Rays (Open Division) | 3 | Rain shortened contest boxes out Rays |
| Coral Gables Athletics (Open Division) | 10 | A’s qualify for Semi-finals |
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| South Florida Rays (Open Division) | 2 | |
| Dade Diamondbacks (Open Division) | 5 |
Diamondbacks Albert Ulloa 2 run homer in the 7th inning
Diamondbacks pitcher Mario Figueredo gave up 2 earned runs in 6 innings
Diamondbacks Yusbell Ortega applies the tag to Rays Justin Panko
| Orlando Florida Cardinals (Open Division) | 10 | |
| Miami Red Sox (Open Division) | 3 |
| Central Florida Vipers (Open Division) | 0 | |
| Coral Gables Athletics (Open Division) | 2 |
| Dade Diamondbacks (Open Division) | 0 | |
| Central Florida Vipers (Open Division) | 6 |
Diamondbacks Ricky Ibarz
| Miami Red Sox (Open Division) | 3 | |
| South Florida Rays (Open Division) | 5 |
| Coral Gables Athletics (Open Division) | 4 | |
| Orlando Florida Cardinals (Open Division) | 7 |