Red Sox wins three

The Red Sox continued their winning ways in Newport Beach Little

League Majors Division, scoring three victories to thrust themselves into

the American Divison championship game.

Red Sox 10, Giants 0 - Michael Ford, Kevin Holland and J.R. Dion

connected for first-inning hits and all scored, and an inning later

Jordan Goulding singled and scored on a double by Ford to set the pace.

Dion and Kevin Holland combined to shut out the Giants with seven

strikeouts and no walks. Kai Youngman, Jacob Goulding and Drew Brahs

backed them up with strong defense.

Danny Moscovitz and Phillip Bannan pitched well for the Giants, and

Tommy Hutchison, Nick Taylor, Mopscovitz and Jaffer Katten all had hits

for the Giants.

Red Sox 6, Mariners 3 - Dion struck out eight in three innings and

Holland and Ford finished it off on the mound with solid efforts.

The Red Sox scored all six runs in the third inning with Brahs, Ford,

Holland, Dion, Grant Gerdau, Regan Riley and Jacob and Jordan Goulding

providing the firepower.

Tim Leber and Youngman were solid on defense.

Bobby Manning and Nick Freeman each had two hits for the Mariners. Tom

Solis also had a key hit for the Mariners, who got a solid effort from

pitchers Willy Harrison, Devon Kelly and Solis, combining to shut out

ther Sox in five of the six innings.

Red Sox 9, Reds 4 - The clincher for a berth in the championship game

came with some familiar names in the mix.

Dion went 4-for-4 and scored four times; Holland had a base hit and

scored three times; Gerdau and Goulding each had a hit and scored a run;

Leber and Youngman each had a hit and an RBI.

Ford, Holland and Dion combined on the mound and struck out six, and

defensively, Jordan Goulding stood out in the field, while Riley, behind

the plate, allowed no passed balls and made several standout stops to

prevent potential Reds scoring.

Brett Bartlett led the Reds, on base three times and scoring twice.

Jake Lemmerman had two hits and scored once, and Blaine Nielsen and

Andrew Silva also had hits. Brian Burke and Nielsen pitched for the Reds,

combining for eight strikeouts.