Cardinals take care of Astros, 6-2

The Cardinals used the long ball Saturday to get past the Astros,

scoring a 6-2 victory in Majors Division play at Ocean View Little

League.

Nick Mendoza started the game with a first inning home run, and Jeff

Mollica contributed to the Cardinals’ lead with a two-run home run in the

fourth inning.

The pitching of Brett Sterbens and Chris Palmer tamed the Astros.

In other games:

Angels 9, Mariners 7

Andrew Zar matched three hits with three RBI, Justin Chambers had two

hits and two RBI, Thomas Burns had a single and RBI, Michael Cherf scored

the winning run in the fifth inning, and in a relief effort, Chambers

pitched shutout ball the final two innings to lead the Angels; Tomas Yoo

singled and doubled with two RBI, Andy Chersin doubled with two RBI, and

Dylan MacDonald doubled for the Mariners.

Reds 4, Dodgers 0

Jeff Van Doornum and Hank Conger both doubled, and Conger worked with

James Kang to record the pitching shutout for the Reds; Stephen Donahue

had two hits to lead the Dodgers.

In other games:

Reds 5, Cardinals 1

Hank Conger smacked a two-run home run as the Reds remained undefeated.

Dodgers 6, Angels 4

Greg Gonzalez sent the Dodgers on their way to victory by hitting a

three-run home run (his third homer of the season) in the opening inning,

pitcher Stephen Donahue made the blast stand up by striking out 12 in six

innings of work, and Nick Bermel, Stephen Blue, Travis Geery, and Jeff

Lambert added to the offensive cause by getting two hits apiece.

Jon Grothe, who also threw three solid innings, had a hit and two RBI, to

lead the Angels.

Astros 12, Mariners 3

Dallas Walters hit his fourth home run of the year and also pitched three

innings, David Jacobs had two hits, and Kris Bernard doubled for the

Astros; Andy Chersin tripled and doubled, and also struck out seven in

four innings of pitching.