August 13th, 2026   Game 1 of the best of 5 B Pool Final
Braves take a 1 - 0 final series lead with a come from behind 9 - 5 victory in game 1.
The Braves started slowly giving up 3 hits and 3 runs off of starter Ken Lavallee in the top of the first inning. They answered back with 2 runs on one hit and an error by the Longhorns in the bottom of the first inning. Both teams settled down for the next 3 scoreless innings.
All was quiet til the top of the fifth inning where the Longhorns scored two more runs on two hits and a failed pickoff attempt at second base that allowed Longhorns Chase Young to steal home giving the Longhorns a 5 - 2 lead at the middle of the fifth inning.
The Braves bats then came to life in the bottom of the fifth scoring 5 runs on 5 hits including doubles by Andrew Blocker and Aiden Brook and a triple by Trey Sellen, ending the 5th inning with a 7 - 5 Braves lead.
Braves starter Ken Lavallee went the distance giving up no runs on 1 hit in the final 2 innings while the Braves added 2 insurance runs in the bottom of the sixth inning for the 9 - 5 win.
Game ball went to Ken Lavallee for his 5 out of 7 shutdown innings, giving up 5 earned runs on 7 hits with 8 K's facing 30 batters, in the complete game victory.
An honourable mention to Dylan Plett who after making a fielding misplay in the first inning, came back to scorch the ball at the plate with a fifth inning single with, Jeremy Voth on first from a leadoff single, and then leading off the sixth with a double to the gap in right center field.  These timely hits by Plett ignited the Brave's scoring onslaught in the fifth and sixth innings that sealed the victory.

Game two goes
5:00 PM Sunday August 16
at Braves Field Dugald