Today, in Holman Stadium at the Jackie Robinson Training Complex in Vero Beach, Fla., the Chicago White Sox Nike RBI program won their second consecutive junior baseball division championship of the 2023 Nike RBI World Series. Chicago won in decisive fashion with a 11-0 mercy-shortened victory over the Dodgers Dreamteam Nike RBI program.

The White Sox Nike RBI program has now won their sixth overall championship in Nike RBI World Series history and the fourth in the junior division. The White Sox Nike RBI program has won at least one Nike RBI World Series baseball championship (junior & senior divisions) in five of the last seven tournaments.

Chicago’s starting pitcher Ameer Rule and shortstop Joey Ireland were named the MLB Develops Chevy Co-MVPs of the Junior Division Championship Game. Rule pitched a complete-game, one-hit shutout, only allowing his first hit with two outs in the last frame. Ireland played an exceptional defense along with a tournament-high seven RBI on two singles and a double.

All Box Scores, Stats and Stats Leaders can be found: mlb.com/rbiworldseries 

• Footage

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• Photos

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• Photo credit: Jared Blais / MLB Photos

Nike RBI alumni who have appeared in the Major Leagues in 2023 include Jackie Bradley Jr. (currently a free agent), Taj Bradley (Tampa Bay Rays), who participated in the 2016 RBI World Series Jr. Division, Isaiah Campbell (Seattle Mariners), J.P. Crawford (Seattle Mariners), Chase DeJong (Pittsburgh Pirates), (Hunter Greene (Cincinnati Reds), Mike Harris II (Atlanta Braves), who participated in the 2016 RBI World Series Jr. Division and the 2017 and 2018 RBI World Series, Josh Harrison (Philadelphia Phillies), Eloy Jimenez (Chicago White Sox), Ramon Laureano (Oakland A’s), Anthony Rendon (Los Angeles Angels), Dominic Smith (Washington Nationals), Dillon Tate (Baltimore Orioles) and Alek Thomas (Arizona Diamondbacks). Bradley (Texas Rangers Youth Academy RBI – ‘16), Crawford (Venice Boys & Girls Club RBI – ‘09), Green (Venice Boys & Girls Club RBI – ’13), Harris II (Cincinnati Reds Nike RBI – ‘17), Jimenez (Dominican Republic RBI – ’12), and Smith (Venice Boys & Girls Club RBI – ‘09) have each played in the RBI World Series.  

The Nike RBI program, which has served approximately 2 million young people since its inception, is administered by Major League Baseball and designed to give young people from underserved and diverse communities the opportunity to play baseball and softball, while also encouraging academic achievement and success and teaching the value of teamwork and other important life lessons. Nike RBI currently serves youth in over 150 programs in approximately 200 cities worldwide. MLB and its Clubs have designated more than $40 million worth of resources to the Nike RBI program, and all 30 Clubs support Nike RBI leagues. For more information about the Nike RBI World Series, please visit MLB.com/rbiworldseries.