Little League in full swing

Scotts Valley Little League
Majors Division
Rays 10, Giants 3
Highlights: Rays’ Joe Murray three hits, Eric Beraut two hits, Jacob Utic four walks; Utic pitched 3 2/3s innings and struck out seven while giving up two hits, no walks and one run. Giants’ Seth O’Brien singled and doubled, Tyler Stone and Cooper Rains doubled, Mitchell Gaspar doubled and made five putouts at shortstop.
Rays 2, SLV Giants 0
Highlights: Rays’ Jasper Stemm singled home Tyler Renn, Reilly Merlo doubled high off the right center field fence, scoring Jacob Utic, who walked; winning pitcher, Jacob Utic. SLV Giants Tommy Chestnut and Jacob Auldridge singled, Matt Robistelli walked three times.
Giants 17, SLV Braves 11
Highlights: Giants’ 8-run 7th inning, Mitchell Gaspar 3-run homerun and 3-run double, Tyler Stone doubled and singled twice to knock in four runs, Carson Spence double and single and scored three times, Owen Rockow two singles, A.J. Streller double and two walks, Seth O’Brien and Cooper Rains each walked three times, Anthony Locatelli walked twice.
Rays 11, Cardinals 7
Highlights: Rays’ Jacob Utic had two hits and a walk, Reilly Merlo had two hits, Jasper Stemm and Joe Murray both singled and walked, Chris Copriviza had two hits. Cardinals’ Greg Neiger and Cameron McGrew each had two hits, Andrew Christensen doubled and walked, R. J. Erwin was 2-for-2.
AAA Division
Braves 11, Orioles 6
Highlights: Braves’ Brenden Hite and Cameron Kufchak both reached all three times and had RBI singles, Rob Sheard singled in two runs, Max Chambers singled in another run, Hite and Garrett Hormel both scored twice; Orioles’ Ian Gallagher, Ben Lemus, Luke Streller each had two singles and Masachika Sato singled in two runs.
Diamondbacks 13, Phillies 0
Highlights: D’backs Jacob Vehger was 2-for-2 and Zac Yates was 3-for-3 including a triple; pitchers Max Smith, Yates, Alex Reynolds and Soren Burns combined to strike out 12.
Diamondbacks 5, Marlins 0
Highlights: D’backs Zac Yates fanned nine in five innings, Max Smith struck out three in the sixth, Matthew Wu was 2-for-2, Nick Endres and Soren Burns both singled. Marlins’ Trevor Stocker and Jack Ponza both singled.
Marlins 7, Orioles 5
Highlights: Marlins’ Kieren Ruf doubled twice, knocking in two to break 5th inning 4-4 tie, Zach Snider singled and Christopher Shaw, Dallas Eisenhut, Jimmy Reed and Jack Ponza walked twice, with Ponza notching a one-pitch save. Orioles’ Ben Lemus doubled home two runs, Kaden Pryor RBI double, Jackson Sutter, Luke Streller and Ian Gallagher walked twice, Jarrett Bare hit-by-pitch twice.
A’s 11, Braves 10
Highlights: A’s Cameron DeLeeuw singled home E.J. Bright to cap a five-run bottom of the sixth rally, Venny Petrini had a single and RBI double, Phillip Garrison had a two run single. Braves’ Brody Affolter, Garrett Hormel, Brendan Magee, Erik Olson and Brenden Hite each scored twice with Hormel, Magee and Hite each having RBI singles.
Marlins 10, Cubs 3
Highlights: Marlins’ Kieren Ruf doubled and drove in three runs, Trevor Stocker singled twice and drove in two, Zach Snider singled twice and fanned 10 in 4 1/3 innings of pitching, Chris Shaw singled twice and drove in two runs, Casey Collins, Dallas Eisenhut and David Nicholson all singled. Cubs’ Dawson Danner, Henry Danner, Ian Thomas and Joshua Booth all singled.
AA Division
Knights 17, Bulls 10
Highlights: Knights’ Logan Ross and Robbie Hall both doubled, Skyler Hughett had five RBIs, third baseman Gabriel Keith turned an unassisted double play, Mitchell Ross got three runners out at first in the first inning.