Delta tops Yorktown to clinch Delaware County Baseball Tournament three-peat

YORKTOWN — In the top of the fifth inning of the Delaware County Baseball Championship, Delta turned to senior relief pitcher Maddox Huffman. It's a position Huffman has grown accustomed to over the years. As a sophomore, he pitched the last two innings of Delta's 5-2 win over Yorktown in the 2024 county title game.

Then last year, the IU-Kokomo commit pitched the final inning of a 10-0 shutout of the Tigers as the Eagles clinched back-to-back county championships. This game, though, was the closest one Huffman has seen in his county tournament career. Delta held a 1-0 lead over Yorktown in the top of the fifth but only had one out with two Tiger runners on.

The Eagles got out of the jam, and Huffman struck out four in the last two innings — including the final two outs of the game — to complete the shutout and give Delta a 1-0 victory over their archrival to clinch a third consecutive Delaware County Championship on Saturday, May 16. "Anytime you're going in to do anything, you've got to believe that you're the best in that moment," Huffman said. "You're the one that can go in there and shut things down.

That's just what you've got to do in those times. " More: Delta, Yorktown win Delaware County baseball tournament semifinal games More: Wapahani, Yorktown pitch shutouts to open Delaware County baseball tournament Huffman earned the save on the mound, while junior pitcher Kye Berger earned the win for his starting effort. Berger struck out three while surrendering three hits and one walk in 4⅓ innings of work.