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Senior Caleb Schmniedel batted .446 with 21 RBIs and went 5-2 with a 1.93 ERA in helping lead Zama to its second straight Far East Division II baseball tournament title.

Senior Caleb Schmniedel batted .446 with 21 RBIs and went 5-2 with a 1.93 ERA in helping lead Zama to its second straight Far East Division II baseball tournament title. (Everett Lopez/Special to Stripes)

A silence fell over Zama’s baseball team, every eye of every player glued to the ball as it sailed off the bat of E.J. King’s Colin Schrader over the fence for a grand slam home run.

The round-tripper knotted the Far East Division II Tournament final at 7-7 in the top of the sixth inning, and capped the Cobras’ comeback from an early 7-0 deficit.

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