The Ice Cold Pitches entered the Vernon Square Liquor Store Women’s Slo-Pitch League playoffs as the third seed.
They emerged champions Wednesday at Kin Park.
The Pitches swarmed the fourth-ranked Ted Luszcz Bulldozing Dozers 14-3 to claim the playoff pennant in their first year in the league.
Sheila Marchand and Tracy Nickel each went 4-for-4 for the Pitches, while five other batters went 3-for-4 and Kailea Kibblewhite went 3-for-3.
The Pitches advanced to the final by grounding the No. 1 White House Mortgage Gators 8-3 Tuesday night. It was the Gators’ first loss of the season.
Taryn Robertson and Kate Carter each had two hits for the Gators, who got one hit each from Michelle Embleton, Kelly Graham and Melissa Locke.
Other members of the champion Pitches include: Tracy Bell, Brittany Housego, Marcie Fairbrother, Stephanie Worthington-White, Jackie Rivard, Taylor Weixl, Jenny Gartner, Krista Horton, Lindsay Anderson, Courtney Bissell and Janelle Smithson.
The Dozers earned their way to the final by ambushing the No. 2 Dave’s Mobile Mechanic Devils 20-8, then grounding the Gators 22-9 Tuesday.
Facing elimination, the Dozers mercied the Devils in six innings, led by the hot bat of Tara Young, who went 4-for-4 with five RBI.
Kas Oneill hit 3-for-3 with three ribbies, Traci Kenney was 3-for-4 with a double and four RBI, and pitcher Sherry Kineshanko was 2-for-3.
After falling to the Gators by one run in extra innings the week before, the Dozers got their revenge.
Oneill and Young each hit 4-for-5 with a combined five RBI, Vanessa Bostock was 3-for-5 with a triple and three RBI and Michelle Mulholland was 2-for-4 with a triple.
Tiffany Discher and Locke both went 3-for-4 to lead the Gator attack. Graham, Jenn Thatcher and Kelly Jenner, who pitched both games, went 2-for-3.
