Times Observer photo by Matt Spielman Tallahassee, Florida’s Preston Cooksey was named the Babe Ruth 13-year-old World Series Most Outstanding Player.

JAMESTOWN, N.Y. — When everything was wrapped up at the Babe Ruth 13-year-old World Series last week at Diethrick Park, the top four teams’ statistics showed why they finished in the top four places.

While it didn’t have the most prolific offense of the week — it still batted .286 — Tallahassee, Florida committed just five errors and pitched to a 1.59 earned run average on its way to winning the championship.

It truly was pitching by committee for the Southeast Region champions. Eight players saw time on the mound for Tallahassee, with Nicholas Volpe tossing 7 1/3 innings, holding opposing hitters to a .083 average and striking out seven. Cooper Bishop led Tallahassee with 10 strikeouts on the mound while Michael Volpe also had seven strikeouts.

In the field, Tallahassee catchers Ethan Sapiera and A.J Henry combined to handle 43 chances flawlessly while Bishop, Parker Rudd and Dylan Daughtry also committed zero errors while handling at least 10 chances apiece.

At the plate, Bishop led Tallahassee with a .455 average that included a triple. Pennington hit .353 with a double while Preston Cooksey, the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player, hit .529 with a double, a triple and eight RBIs.

Stamford, Connecticut, which went 5-2 during the week and lost to Tallahassee in the championship game, outscored its opponents 29-24 during the week. The New England Region champions were forced to play six straight days because their bye came Sunday, Aug. 17 and they did not receive a bye into the semifinals after finishing as the No. 2 seed in the National Division. Stamford reached the final with slim one-run victories over Centennial, Colorado and Eagle Pass, Texas.

Price, Utah, which went 5-2 with a win in the consolation game over Eagle Pass, hit .316, pitched to a 3.65 ERA and accumulated a .917 fielding percentage. Jacen Cowley, who won the tournament batting title, hit .529 with seven RBIs and six runs scored; Jace Bosone hit .500 with a double, a triple, eight RBIs and eight runs scored; Jaxton Smith hit .458 with a double, two triples and nine runs scored; Mason Powell hit .400 with three doubles; and Rigdon Rhoten hit .381 with three doubles.

Rhoten threw the most innings for Price and pitched to a 1.27 ERA while Nate Tatton pitched to a 2.63 ERA.

Jacen Urbanik, Price’s primary catcher, did not make an error in 31 chances.

Eagle Pass, the No. 1 seed in the American Division, hit .302 for the week, pitched to a 2.40 ERA and had a .921 fielding percentage collectively as a team. Joshua Montes led the Southwest Region champions with a .438 average while Julian Palacios hit .412 with three doubles and eight runs scored. Jesus Calderon hit .389 with a double, and Leandro Mares hit .350 with two doubles and a triple, six RBIs and six runs scored.

Julian De Hoyos had a miniscule .808 ERA and struck out 11 batters in 8 2/3 innings to lead the Eagle Pass pitching staff. Calderon and Mason Villarreal threw eight innings apiece. Calderon’s ERA was 1.75 while Villarreal’s was 2.63.

De Hoyos did not make an error in 24 chances while Montes made just one in 19 chances and Mares made one in 16 chances.

Of the remaining six teams, Broomall-Newtown, Pennsylvania had the highest batting average at .242, Centennial had the lowest ERA at 1.65 and Port Angeles, Washington had the highest fielding percentage at .919.