Ashton Cochran tied the game with a two-run double in the sixth inning and Maddex Sims drove in the game-winner in the bottom of the seventh as the Post 32 Beckley Bash defeated Clarksburg Post 13 6-5 Friday at the West Virginia American Legion state tournament in Morgantown.

The loss eliminated Clarksburg (10-13).

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