San Lorenzo Valley Little League
Majors Division
Red Sox 8, Orioles 6
For the Sox, Steven Markey tripled and scored twice, once on a single from his brother Chris who scored on a single by Andrew Chestnut.
For the O’s, RJ Kindred had two singles late in the game and Cody Edgemon had two hits and an RBI. Sox pitcher David George induced a grounder to second to end the game.
Rangers 9, Nationals 5
Julian Auldridge walked one and struck out nine for the complete game win. He had two hits and a walk to help his own cause. Chris Anderson, Jacob Auldridge, and Julian Auldridge scored eight of the team’s nine runs. Anderson was 2-for-2 and scored three runs and Jacob Auldridge was 3-for-3 with three runs.
The Nationals’ Nick Thorne doubled in Reid Olmsted and Olmsted’s double drove in Charlie Hayes who had singled.
Minors Division
A’s 5, Diamondbacks 1
A’s pitchers Marco Nell and Aden Rich struck out nine and walked five in the win. The A’s catchers threw out three runners on the base paths. For the A’s Michael Manley singled, Cooper Austin singled and Dylan Arroyo singled during a rally. Andrew Gudnason and Jackson Parmenter had hits for the D’Backs.
Dbacks 15, A’s 14
In a back-and-forth championship game, the D’Backs walked off with the win.
Trailing 5-4 in the third, the D’backs Jackson Parmenter drove in Casey Crouch with an RBI triple and later scored.
The A’s responded in the fourth with five runs to lead 9-6. Nathan Balducci, Jackson Keuny, Dylan Arroyo, Aden Rich and Eli McMilin all hit in the rally.
In the sixth with the D’backs up 10-9 Kueny reached on a fielder’s choice, and with two outs, Arroyo doubled in Kueny followed by hits by Verutti and Marco Nell tripled to put the A’s up by two.
The D’backs tied it when Ryan Convisser walked and with two outs, Casey Crouch singled and then Parmenter doubled in the tying runs.
In the 7th, the A’s scored twice to take a 14-12 lead on hits by McMilin, Matthew Carney and JJ Jackman. In the bottom half four walks and an Andrew Gudnason single scored Jack Boynton with the tying run, and Andre Giardana with the walk-off championship run.
AA Division
Cardinals 11, Giants 4
The Cardinals took a 3-0 lead and never looked back to win the championship. For the Cardinals, Erika Kindred was 3-for-3 with a double, an RBI and two runs scored; Michael Kelly was 3-for-3 with a double, three RBI and a run scored and pitched 2.1 scoreless innings; A.J. Sitterly was 3-for-3 with a run; Jason Chinello was 2-for-2 with two runs; and Tyler Olson-Diehl was 2-for-2 with a double, two RBI and two runs scored.
For the Giants, Jayden Hunter was 3-for-3 with two doubles and two runs scored, Damian Aguilar was 2-for-3 with a double and two RBI; Triston Dean was 2-for-3 with a run; Luke Reason was 2-for-3 with an RBI and Zack Stretch knocked in a run.
Scotts Valley Little League
Majors Division
A’s 8, Phillies 7
Tyler Costere hit a sacrifice fly to bring home Philip Garrison with the winning run in the bottom of the sixth for the A’s to end the game.
Ryan Bariteau had knocked a 2-run homer in the top of the sixth to tie the score for the Phillies.
For the A’s Costere had a 2-run double and Masachika Sato drove in two runs with a single. Garrison had two hits and an RBI, and scored three times.
For the Phillies, Ramon Nunez had two hits with an RBI and scored a run, while Brody Affolter and Garrett Hormel each scored twice. On the defensive side, Mitchell Boe and Evan Foy both made diving catches of fly balls in right field for the Phillies.
AA Division
Yankees 20, Orioles 10
The Yankees scored in each of the final three innings to win a back-and-forth game. Gabriel Kieth and Blake Engelking had multiple hits while Veronica Reynolds, Ben Tapia, Cameron Roberson, Skyler Highett and Austin Smith all added hits for the O’s. Jostin Barber, Ryan Beam, Jaden Meulman, Abdoulaye Sow and Nicky Sutter all had multiple hits while Carson McElrone and Tim Miller each added hits for the Yankees.
Scott Murray, Marc Shargel and John Barber contributed to this report.
