Michael Wells blasted the deciding run out of the ballpark to earn the Canberra Cavalry the title of Australian Baseball League champions on Saturday night.
Canberra beat Perth Heat 7-6 in game two to ensure the Claxton Shield will reside in the ACT for the first time in the national title's 78-year history.
Glory ... The Claxton Shield. Source: News Limited
The top-seeded Cavalry swept the two-time reigning champion 2-0, having won the opening game of the final series 6-4.
Canberra first baseman Aaron Sloan was named MVP of the series, hitting .625 and scoring three runs on the weekend.
The home side used five pitchers on Saturday night, with Brodie Downs earning the win after pitching 1.1 innings of scoreless relief with one strikeout.
Sean Toler picked up the save for the Cavalry to record his second save of the series.
The Heat got on the board first as a result of wild pitching from Canberra's John Holdzkom and a two-run RBI single from Michael Ohlman.
The Cavalry were quick to return fire with a lead off home run from Kody Hightower to cut Perth's lead to one.
The Cavalry took advantage of a Perth error in the second to eventually score four runs on the inning and tacked on another in the third to hold a strong lead.
But Perth tied the game in the fifth and the score remained 6-6 until Wells hit a solo shot in the seventh to win in front of a sell-out and record-breaking crowd of 2,043 at Narrabundah Ballpark.
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