Chicago White Sox RBI has won the Junior Baseball Division Championship at the 2019 Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI) World Series after defeating Miami Marlins RBI. Following their 3-0 victory at a renovated Holman Field at the Jackie Robinson Training Complex – the permanent home of the RBI World Series – in Vero Beach, Fla., Chicago finished the tournament with a 4-2 record. This is Chicago’s third title since 2016, having won the Junior and Senior Division Championships in 2016 and 2018, respectively.

Chicago starting pitcher Yashion Boswell was named the Most Valuable Player of the Junior Division Championship Game. Having posted an impressive 2.10 earned run average during pool play and playoff games, the righty limited Miami to just four hits over seven shutout innings. The Lynwood, Ill., native also fanned three during his clutch performance. A box score accompanies this release.

The Senior Baseball Division Championship Game between Miami Marlins RBI and Arizona RBI is following this game, beginning at approximately 11:30 a.m. ET will stream LIVE on MLB.com.

The RBI program has provided a path for many players to enter the college and professional game. MLB Clubs have drafted more than 200 RBI participants throughout the program’s 31-year history, and many others have been given the opportunity for higher education through baseball and softball scholarships. There have been more than 95 RBI alumni selected between the 2013-2019 MLB Drafts. Specifically, in 2019, eight alumni of MLB’s Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI) Program selected in the Draft. RBI alumni who have appeared in the Major Leagues in 2019 include the following: Justin Upton (Los Angeles Angels), CC Sabathia (New York Yankees), Eloy Jimenez (Chicago White Sox), Anthony Rendon (Washington Nationals), Ozzie Albies (Atlanta Braves), Jackie Bradley Jr. (Boston Red Sox), J.P. Crawford (Seattle Mariners), Dominic Smith (New York Mets), Josh Harrison (Detroit Tigers), Hector Santiago (New York Mets), Touki Touissant (Atlanta Braves), Nomar Mazara (Texas Rangers), Steven Souza, Jr. (Arizona Diamondbacks) and Chris Iannetta (Colorado Rockies). Jimenez (Dominican Republic RBI – ’12), Mazara (Dominican Republic RBI – ‘11), Crawford (Venice Boys & Girls Club RBI – ‘09) and Smith (Venice Boys & Girls Club RBI – ‘09) have each played in the RBI World Series.

The 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. RBI currently serves young men and women in over 300 programs in approximately 200 cities worldwide. MLB and its Clubs have designated more than $40 million worth of resources to the RBI program, and all 30 Clubs support RBI leagues. For more information about the RBI World Series, please visit MLB.com/rbiworldseries.