Rallying from a pair of deficits to first send the game into
extra innings and then to win in the seventh inning, the Classic
Oak Designs Red Sox edged the New Hope Community Church
Diamondbacks 9-8 to capture the Morgan Hill Pony Baseball Pinto
division City Championship on Thursday at Britton. The National
League Diamondbacks got to the championship game by dominating
their competition with sharp defense and strong hitting, led by the
coaches Charles Alaniz and Robert Moulden. The American League Red
Sox played solid baseball throughout the playoffs with games won in
the last innings of play, led by coaches Geno Hagiperos, Tom Burg
and Marlon Spencer.
Rallying from a pair of deficits to first send the game into extra innings and then to win in the seventh inning, the Classic Oak Designs Red Sox edged the New Hope Community Church Diamondbacks 9-8 to capture the Morgan Hill Pony Baseball Pinto division City Championship on Thursday at Britton.
The National League Diamondbacks got to the championship game by dominating their competition with sharp defense and strong hitting, led by the coaches Charles Alaniz and Robert Moulden.
The American League Red Sox played solid baseball throughout the playoffs with games won in the last innings of play, led by coaches Geno Hagiperos, Tom Burg and Marlon Spencer..
Trailing the Diamondbacks by three runs late in the game, the Red Sox began what could have been their last at-bats of the season as a steady rain began to fall.
The Red Sox’ Zachary Riveron led off the comeback with a sharp infield single. Dylan Gutierrez followed with another single and big Kristian Knowles banged a towering two-run, ground-rule double to bring the Sox within one run.
Then, Ronnie Salinas reached on a clutch single and catcher Eric Dunbar tied the game with a single up the middle the game went into extra innings.
The Diamondbacks sent up their fourth, fifth and sixth-place batters in the bottom of the seventh.
With one out, Kevin Omyejekwe lined a triple to left field and Tony Hyer hit a drive up the middle to score Omyejekwe.
David Miller hit an RBI single to score Hyer, and Keith Arbogast hit a clutch two-out RBI single to extend the Diamondback lead back to three going into the seventh inning.
But the Red Sox rallied in the top of the seventh. Ben Hagiperos hit a lead off single to start the Red Sox rally. Then Patrick Mueller stepped into the batter’s box and slammed a towering two-run homer over the left field fence to bring the Sox within a single run.
Zachary Riveron also reached on a single and Dylan Gutierrez hit a single up the middle to put the winning run on second base.
Kristian Knowles tied the game with a one out sacrifice to the right side, and Andrew Salinas slammed a hard grounder to score the winning run and claim the City Championship for the Sox.
Early in the game, strong pitching by the Diamondbacks’ Josh Alaniz shut down the Red Sox hitting machine. Alaniz went the first two innings, allowing only one hit and getting five strikeouts.
Travis Moulden came on in relief of Alaniz in the third and struck out the side.
For the Red Sox, Patrick Mueller kept the Diamondbacks scoreless through two innings with five strike outs and the help of some solid defense by first baseman Riley Burg. Ben Hagiperos came on in the third and struck out three.
In the fourth, the Diamond Backs scored four runs on hits from Domian Phelan, Kevin Omyejekwe, Tony Hyer, David Miller, Stephen Brenny and Aubrey Sellers.
The Red Sox fought back to come within two runs on hits from Jake Armijo, Dante Spencer, Ben Hagiperos and Patrick Muller.
The Diamondbacks would pick up one more in the fifth after a lead-off triple by Travis Moulden and an RBI single by Nick Penzetta to extend their lead to three runs going into the top of fifth.
Mustang division: Cubs win NL pennant
A four-run rally in the bottom of the third inning boosted the Cubs to the Mustang division National League pennant with a 7-4 victory over the Mets on Saturday.
The Cubs’ offense came alive in the second inning, with a leadoff solo home run by Adrian Garcia into center field.
The Cubs’ Matt Cummings then drew a walk, stole second and third and took home on a passed ball.
Dylan Kral added a solo home run on a 2-1 pitch that he lofted deep to centerfield, giving the Cubs a 3-0 lead.
The Mets got their offense on track in the third inning, taking a 4-3 lead on a two-run single by Aiden Styczynski and a two-run home run by Aaron Armijo into center field.
The Cubs wouldn’t stay down for long, though, adding four runs in the bottom of the third on an RBI triple by Andrew Bueno, an RBI single by Mitchell Pasek, and a single by Adrian Garcia, who stole second and third, and took home on a passed ball for a 7-4 lead.
The Mets started a rally in the sixth inning, but Cubs’ center fielder Sam Raney made a great catch on a sharply hit line drive, and Bueno got two strikeouts to preserve the win.
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