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“A tie is like kissing your sister.”

The Astros in the Rookie Division of the Marco Island Baseball League are too young to remember the old sports adage, but that is what happened to them.

Earlier in the season the Astros tied the White Sox. Because of that tie a last-game win over the Yankees on Saturday stopped them from tying for first place.

The Astros downed the Yankees, 9-6, leaving them just a half game out of first place.

The Yankees won the title with a 6-3 mark, followed by the Astros at 5-3-1. The Mets finished the season 4-5 and the White Sox, 2-6-1. There was no report from the coaches on the final game between the White Sox and the Marlins.

In the Minor Division the Cubs capped its championship season with a 17-5 win over the Dodgers, while the Indians edged the Marlins, 3-2.

Astros, 9, Yankees, 6

It was a wild opening inning as the Astros scored four turns first. Then the Yankees scored five times, the most allowed in an inning.

Singles from Cameron Jones, Howie Jordan, Brian Kocak, Michael Scola and Kezia Martin scored runs and Vanderjagt cleaned up with a home run.

In the second, the Astros scored four more times in the second inning to secure the victory.

For the game Jones and Spencer Jenkins led the Yankees with two his each.

“It was a great season for the Yankees,” coach Brian Kocak said. “The kids had a great time and are looking forward to playing again next season. I want to thank the parents and my assistant coaches, Howard Jordan, Mike Vanderjagt and Greg West, for all of their dedication and support.

Indians, 3, Marlins, 2

In one of the closest games of the season, the Indians and the Marlins went down to the last inning. The Marlins scored twice in the final inning to tie the game, only to see Cole Cleary slam a game-winning home run.

The Indians took the lead in the first inning on hits by Perter Servente and Cleary.

Strong pitching by Gage Wheeler kept the Marlins in the game.

The Marlins nearly had a bigger final inning. With two runs in and the bases loaded, Indians catcher Liam Hollowsky made the game-saving play with a put out at home plate.

Indians coach Bill Hollowsky said, “This was definitely the closest game we’ve had, with no errors. We couldn’t have played better.

Cubs, 17, Dodgers, 5

The Dodgers rallied, but couldn’t knock off the undefeated Cubs.

Dodgers Coach Kevin Hennings said, “It was tough with our best pitcher missing the game, but our kids never gave up. The kids came back with a couple of rallies to put runs on the board.”

Coach Andy Delgado said, “all season long the kids played with great team effort. The entire team hit and fielded well.”

Finals standings showed the Cubs at 8-0-1, Indians, 4-4-1, Marlins, 4-5 and Dodgers, 1-8.