The Mustangs, a 13U club, compiled a 3-1 record through two days
at Wilcox High, capping their impressive run with a
come-from-behind 10-5 victory over the Bay Area travel team in
Sunday’s championship game
SANTA CLARA — The Morgan Hill Mustangs took first place in last weekend’s Nations Baseball Scarecrow Classic tournament.
The Mustangs, a 13U club, compiled a 3-1 record through two days at Wilcox High, capping their impressive run with a come-from-behind 10-5 victory over the Bay Area travel team in Sunday’s championship game.
Composed of South County players who compete in Morgan Hill Pony Baseball leagues during the summer, the Mustangs won the title game after falling behind 5-2 against the Voodoo, a team from the Los Altos/Mountain View area. Morgan Hill chipped away at the deficit with runs in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings. The Mustangs broke a 5-5 tie with five more runs in the top of the seventh inning before closer Justin Dziuba closed out the bottom half on just five pitches.
Morgan Hill opened the tournament with a slow and sloppy game but bounced back Saturday afternoon with a solid 9-5 victory over the West Valley Vikings. The teams met again Sunday with the Mustangs seeded No. 2 and the Vikings No. 3. Morgan Hill showed its first triumph was no fluke, winning 7-4.
Each of the Mustangs’ victories was a team effort. The squad includes John Austin, Zach Clinger, Evan Dean, Richard Geraffo, Garrison and Graham Grisedale, Asa Jacob, Adam Jennings, Justin Nelson, Andrew Wilcox, Domenic Zanotto and Dziuba.
NOTE: If you would like to support the Mustangs, they will be holding a fundraising crab feed Nov. 21 at Poppy’s, 30 E. Third Street in Morgan Hill. Proceeds will help send Morgan Hill’s 12U team to the prestigious national tournament in Cooperstown, N.Y., in 2010.
