Courtesy Auto downs Quicksilver 5

Mike Sciacca

Courtesy Auto scored six runs and ran roughshod on the base paths in

the first inning Monday and never looked back in beating Quiksilver,

14-5, in Laguna Beach Little League baseball action.

Michael Maxsenti’s two-RBI triple began the onslaught, Travis Woloson

had an RBI triple and also stole home. Doubles by Logan Schoembs and

Spike Jackson and the base stealing of Chase VanPetegem aided the six-run

outburst.

Charlie Jackson singled and stole three bases in the second inning --

including home, and Clark and Woloson did the same as Courtesy Auto

opened up a 9-1 advantage.

Quiksilver drew to within 9-4 when Will Marquette doubled and later

stole home. Robbie McKnight and Sean Pigden each stole home.

Courtesy Auto responded in the fourth inning with an RBI single by

Clark and a two-RBI triple by Maxsenti to make it a 13-4 game.

Schoembs stole three more bases in the fifth inning, including home,

to score the final run for Courtesy Auto.

Quiksilver also scored its final run with a steal of home plate, this

time by Mattingly.

In other games:

Rotary 13, SportsWorld 1

Doubles by Roy Herbert and Austin Hyden and a three-run home run by

Chris Smith -- all in the bottom of the fifth inning -- broke open a

close game and sent Rotary on its way to a 12-run victory.

Rotary was clinging to a 2-1 lead heading into its fifth at-bat when

the trio of Herbert, Hyden and Smith came up with their clutch hits.

Pitching and defense dominated play early, and it took Ross Hamera’s

bases loaded walk to give SportsWorld a 1-0 second inning lead. That lead

could have been worse, but Rotary starting pitcher Nick Witte came up

with three consecutive strikeouts to get out of the jam.

Rotary responded in the bottom half of the frame and drew even when

Herbert walked and scored on Will Bonsey’s single to left field.

Rotary then grabbed its first lead in the third inning when Witte

aided his own cause when by beating out an infield single and reached

third base on an error.

He later scored on Jack Monroe’s perfectly executed bunt.

Hyden relieved Witte in the fourth inning and shut down SportsWorld

the remainder of the way. He extended his consecutive scoreless innings

streak to eight over the last three games. During that stretch, he has

struck out 16, walked one and given up just two hits.

Shane Springer singled off both Rotary pitchers and finished with two

hits to lead SportsWorld.

In the game-turning bottom-half of the fifth inning, Rotary sent 14

batters to the plate and racked up all 11 runs with two outs in the

inning. Hyden came up with a two-RBI double, Smith hit his three-run shot

and Bonsey had an RBI single to score the game’s final run.