Congratulations to the Grays on winning their first MABL championship in franchise history, beating the White Sox three games to two in the best-of-five Championship Series.

MABL Finals Game 5 recap:

With one out and a man on second (TJ Gardner) in the top of the 1st, the White Sox looked to strike early, as Omar Ortiz hit what appeared to be an RBI-single up the middle, until CF Steve Baldassari fired a seed to his catcher Tad Beagley who tagged out Gardner at home and then proceeded to gun down Ortiz trying to steal second on the throw home, for the inning-ending, tone-setting, double play.

Feeding off the early momentum roused by the defense, the Grays plated a run in the bottom of the 1st, but saw the Sox answer back with two runs of their own in the top of the 2nd.

Down 2-1, the Grays responded in mighty fashion, scoring six runs in the bottom of the 2nd to take a 7-2 lead. The Grays added three more insurance runs in the bottom of the 3rd, one in the 4th, and another one in the 5th en route to a 12-6 victory and the team's first MABL championship.

Congratulations to the Grays on winning the 2012 MABL 18+ Division title, and hats off to Matty O and the White Sox on a fine season.