​Jul. 15—EPHRATA — The Ephrata Tigers Baseball Club’s summer baseball season in the Tillage League came to an exciting conclusion Sunday as the team took second in the postseason tournament.”The weekend was a really good way for us to finish our summer season,” said Tigers Head Coach David Tempel. “It didn’t turn out the way we wanted to in the end, but I’m very proud of this group and these guys for all the work they put in this summer.”AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAfter a convincing 2-0 victory over Monarch Baseball Club Thursday afternoon, the Tigers got right back to the field Friday afternoon to face the Milton Freewater Twins.The Tigers maintained their momentum from the previous day and took the lead in the top of the second inning with a single run and then extended that lead with three runs in the top of the fourth. With an additional two runs before the end of the game, Ephrata won their second game of the tourney 6-0.Cale Fronsman started on the mound for Ephrata where he threw three strikeouts followed by Caleb Froewiss who threw one strikeout, Jaxson Uribe who threw one strikeout and Mayson Stredwick who threw two strikeouts. Combined, the Tigers’ pitching staff only allowed three hits.”Put together some really good pitching performances, shut them out again,” said Tempel. “Any time you can shut a team out in a tournament is kind of a testament to your defense and your pitching.”AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementOn Saturday afternoon, Ephrata faced a familiar opponent as Monarch Baseball Club battled their way through the consolation bracket to play for a chance at the championships. This game proved to be a strong defensive showing as both teams remained scoreless for the majority of the game.The Tigers closed out the game after a wild pitch from the Monarchs allowed C Iverson to score in the bottom of the seventh, giving Ephrata the 1-0 victory.Froewiss pitched all seven innings against the Monarchs where he allowed two hits and threw two strikeouts.”Caleb Froewiss threw an absolute gem, 75 pitches, 7 innings,” said Tempel. “Very clean defensively.”AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThe championship game came Sunday afternoon against the Kittitas County Cowboys. The Cowboys got off to a strong start, getting two runs in the first inning, two runs in the third and three runs in the fourth while holding Ephrata scoreless.Ephrata climbed back into the competition with five runs in the top of the fifth with Mayson Stredwick and Andrew Rowlands drawing a walk, Caleb Froewiss hitting a fielder’s choice scoring one run and Clayton Wolther singling to score two.The Cowboys extended their lead in the bottom of the fifth and added three more runs in the bottom of the sixth. The Tigers worked to close the gap in the top of the seventh where they scored a single run but were unable to come back and fell 12-6 to Kittitas County.Fronsman, Wolther, Uribe and Stredwick pitched throughout the championship game and had a combin