CMNLL Majors: Cardinals take care of Dodgers

The Cardinals tuned on the offensive jets for a 13-4 win over the Dodgers in Costa Mesa National Little League Majors Division action.

Garrick Williams had three hits, a walk and three runs scored, while

Eddie Tomasek added two hits and three runs scored for the Cardinals.

Evan Van Geem walked three times, but added a double and two runs

scored, whit Tim Morley, Matt Biagi, Andrew Monette and Peter Frydendal

each came through with key hits for the Cards.

Pitcher Starnes Arnold pitched the four strong innings, before Van

Geem struck out four over the final two innings.

Marlins 3, Diamondbacks 0 - Despite the loss, strong Diamondback play

was turned in by Austin Elliott, Mitch Friedmann, Trevor McDonald, Riley

Hart, Taylor McClanahan and Aaron Quella.

Astros 6, Yankees 3 - Brad Fisher had a three-run triple, Caleb

Burgess had a two-run home run and Jordan Alazar added a triple and a run

scored to lead the Astros.

Other strong play for the Astros came from Drew Bertoni, Matt Pisarski

and Ricky Campo.

Dodgers 5, White Sox 2 - Pitchers Ian Abernathy and Matt Jeranko

combined for 10 strikeouts in the Dodgers’ win over the White Sox.

Offensively, Juan Guzman had two hits and a run scored, while Jeranko

added a double and a single. Other key hits came from Brandon Gimmish,

Abernathy, Steven Dean and Mike McDaniels.

Dodgers 4, Tigers 1 - Mike McDaniels struck out 13 while allowing only

two hits as the Dodgers defeated the Tigers.

McDaniels also came through with a two-run home run.

Juan Guzman had two runs scored, while Justin Long and Bryan Bennett

added a key single for the Dodgers.

In Minor A action:

Marlins 13, Diamondbacks 6 - Pitchers Michael Gillmore and Johnny

Persons combined for 11 strikeouts to lead the Marlins over the D-Backs.

Cory Ames went 2 for 3 with two triples, two runs scored and one RBI,

while Persons added a hit, a run, and an RBI.

Cameron Santana went 3 for 3 with a triple, two doubles and three runs

scored, while Nicolas DePietro (three runs scored), Blake Rowerdink (2

for 3, two RBIs), Evan Kipnis (sacrifice fly) and Christopher Quinlan

(key single) also had big offensive days for the Marlins.

In the Marlins’ 10-7 win over the Cardinals, Cory Ames led the attack

by going 4 for 4 with three singles, a double and three RBIs.

Dodgers 5, Diamondbacks 4- Strong offense was led by Alex Grosek, Nick

Pederson and Aaron Gross as the Dodgers defeated the Diamondbacks.

Troy McClanahan also contributed offensively for the Dodgers with a

double, while Frank DeNoewer came through with a triple.

DeNoewer was also a force on the mound with seven strikeouts over

three innings, while Ryan Maxwell sparked the Dodgers’ defense with a

nice catch in center field.

The Diamondbacks were led by outstanding play from Gilbert Beas, Gene

Garcia, Jonathon Hammond, Cody Woods, Carlos Guzman, Eric Mickelson,

Gavin Montague, Jeffrey Schoettler and Sean Ulrich.

In Minor B action:

Dodgers 11, Cardinals 10 - The Dodgers jumped out to a 10-2 lead

before hanging on for a narrow win.

Brian Maurer, Josh Godich, Andrew Roth and Adam Miller sparked the

Dodger’s five-run first inning, while Nick Fowler, Ryan Borselo and Ryan

Molaskey anchored the defense.

Tony Campo, Kendra Fisher, Luke Roberts and Marc DeFrenza also

contributed to the Dodgers’ 12-hit attack.

Dodgers 10, Devil Rays 3 - Andrew Roth had two doubles and a single,

while Kendra Fisher added a key double to lead the Dodgers over the Devil

Rays.

Additional offense was contributed by Marc DeFrenza, Adam Miller and

Tim Frydendall, while Nick Fowler, Ryan Molaskey, Tony Campo, Ryan

Borselo, Josh Godich and Luke Roberts anchored the Dodgers’ defense.

Rockies 9, Cardinals 8 - Kohl Jones pitched two scoreless innings to

lead the Rockies past the Cardinals.

Ryan Churney and Spencer Roberts each played well on defense for the

Rockies, while the offense was paced by Nick Federiconi, Michael Delaney,

Brian Bray, Spencer Roberts, Sean Anderson and Mitch Pfautz.

In Minor T-Ball action:

For the Astros, in their matchup with the Diamondbacks, strong,

all-around play was contributed by Greer Cisneros, Dennis Piens, Jason

Rodriguez, Alex DeSoto, Kohl Ponsford and Nicholas Rubio.