Not even a rain delay could water down Pepsi Cola’s offensive fizz.

Pepsi scored at least three runs in four of five innings at the plate to roll past Physicians East 14-5 Friday in the third and final game of the best-of-three Greenville Little League City Championship on Wednesday at Elm Street Park.

“I’m so proud of all the kids,” Pepsi skipper Brian Miller said. “It’s a long season. We’ve been after it for four months. To end the season this way for our 12-year-old kids and all our players, I can’t be more happy. I’m so proud of every one of them. Tonight’s game was a complete team win.”

Grady Mabe was the winning pitcher, tossing the last 4.1 innings in relief. He shut down Physician East’s bats after its early offensive production, yielding just two hits and two walks while striking out three.

“Putting a 10-year-old in there and shutting them down for four innings, I can’t be more proud of him and everyone else,” Miller said.

While Physicians East skipper Aaron Givens was rightfully proud of his team, he also gave credit where it was due.

“Pepsi played a great game,” he said. “They earned that championship, and hopefully we’ll be back next year.”

Brickson Windham led off the game with a single up the middle for Physicians East (17-11), the North State League representative and its No. 6 seed, and scored when Wells Davis’ ground ball took a big hop over the infielder and went to the wall.

In the bottom of the frame, Hayes Mulkey got Pepsi started with a single up the middle, and Jameson Mabe drew a walk. Two batters later, Grady Mabe tripled as the outfielder slipped trying to backtrack toward the ball that went over his head, driving in Mulkey and Jackson Mabe. Grady Mabe also scored on the play as the throw to third base went to the backstop, allowing him to race home to put Pepsi up 3-1.

One-out walks were issued to Physicians East’s Isaiah Outlaw and Baylor Keeter in the second inning. Two batters later, Davis’ single and an error allowed Outlaw to score. Gannon Eason was walked to load the bases, and another free pass to Jackson Eason forced Keeter home.

After Pepsi changed pitchers, Lincoln Parker looped a single over the head of Jace Sutton at first base to drive in Davis and Eason to give Physicians East a 5-3 advantage.

Again Pepsi (22-7), the Tar Heel League champions and its No. 1 seed, roared back as James Lucas singled and scored two batters later on a hit by Luke Miller. Mulkey hit a one-hopper to the wall for a double to drive in Miller. Mulkey then scored as Physicians East caught Jameson Mabe in an extended rundown — 2-6-3-1-6 in the scorebook — to put Pepsi back ahead 6-5.

After a 53-minute rain delay, Pepsi’s Jameson Mabe launched a 2-0 pitch high over the left-field wall and off the scoreboard for a two-run home run in the fourth.

“That was a big moment,” Miller said. “He was the best hitter in Little League, so I knew at some point, you could only hold him down for so long. He hit a few off that scoreboard in batting practice, so I knew it was time and that was a big spot for him.”

Beasley then reached on a throwing error and scored two batters later on a single by Sutton for a 9-5 advantage.

During the rain delay — both teams vacated their dugouts and rested in the Elm Street Center across the street from the park — Miller didn’t see much of any discussions about the game or baseball.

“They were eating ice pops and hanging out with both teams, so yeah there wasn’t much strategy going on,” he said.

Pepsi added five runs in the fifth inning, sending 10 batters to the plate and collecting five more hits, finishing with 12 in the game.

Mulkey finished 2-for-4 with a double, two RBIs and three runs scored. Luke Miller was 2-for-2 with a walk, an RBI and three runs scored. Sutton was 2-for-3 with an RBI, and Jameson Mabe was 1-for-1 to go with three walks — one of them intentional — two RBIs and three runs scored.

After the game, Givens told his team to “be proud of what they’ve done.”

“Not a lot of people expected it,” he said in reference to his team’s run to the title series. “I think a lot of our young really stepped up this year and made a lot of plays in the series and playoffs (and) regular season. So I think a lot of people are going to be worried about us next year.”

Miller viewed his team’s run to the title as an unforgettable experience.

“I’ll remember this for the rest of my life,” he said. “I came in as a coach last year and we lost in the second round. To come in and be able to do that this year — my son Luke is 10 — I’m just so proud of everyone and it’s awesome. I can’t describe it.”