YAPHANK, NY – Elizabethtown’s Ty Mathis is playing this week in the National Youth Baseball Classic 13-and-Under tournament at the Baseball Heaven Complex on Long Island.
Thursday Mathis and his Canes-Gallaher team qualified for the championship bracket with a 5-4 victory over the Petaluma, CA Athletic Edge that was televised by CBS Sports Network.
Mathis pitched an inning in Tuesday’s 9-0 victory over the Canes-Maxwell team from Maryland. Mathis worked a longer stint on the mound Wednesday morning as Canes-Gallaher defeated the Yeti Baseball Club from Texas 13-4.
Tri-State Arsenal from New Jersey handed Canes-Gallaher their only loss of the tournament 3-0 Wednesday afternoon.
Canes-Gallaher will play the Mid Atlantic Pirates from Virginia Friday at 4 p.m. in a quarterfinal game.
After Thursday’s game Mathis met and was photographed with former major league baseball player and manager Dusty Baker.