Newport Beach Little League: Giants outlast Braves in a slugfest,
20-13
NEWPORT BEACH - The Braves opened the game by scoring four runs,
but that didn’t seem to faze the Giants, who came back with 13 runs of
their own in the bottom of the first en route to a 20-13 victory in the
Majors Division of Newport Beach Little League.
Tom Koss hit a three-run home run in the top of the first inning for
the Braves, his second in two games to stake the Braves to an early lead,
but the Giants countered with 13 runs in their half of the inning and
would never look back.
Kevin Kottke led the Giants’ offensive muscle with a single, double,
triple, four RBIs and three runs scored. Mark Kanow doubled twice, had
two RBIs and three runs scored. Nick Taylor doubled twice, singled and
had three RBIs. Joe Eberhard finished with a single, double and two RBIs.
Andy Bender collected three hits, scored three runs and had an RBI for
the Giants. Matt Wheatley, Max Prescott and Jerry Kazmierczak each
chipped in with a single for the Giants.
Taylor, Wheatley and Taylor Stone each had three strikeouts for the
Giants.
The Braves’ hitting attack was led by Thomas Dialynas, Grant Kelegian,
Ricky Townsend and Denny Powers, each with a hit. Alex Shafnitz got on
base three times and scored a run for the Braves. Jeff Jones, Dialynas
and Max Frisbie pitched for the Braves.
In AAA action:
* Yankees 9, Braves 8 - A dramatic bottom of the sixth inning ended
when the Yankees squeaked out a run on a two-out, bases loaded walk to
edge the Braves.
Zac Cabin, who also pitched for the Yankees, led the offense with two
RBIs, while Mattias Russo-Larsson made some strong defensive plays behind
the plate. Jake Starnes, Riley Conroy and Gavin Koontz also contributed
defensively for the Yankees.
Josh Starnes, J.P. Fleming, Russo-Larsson and Weston Nielsen, who
allowed only one run in the final two innings, pitched for the Yankees.
Nick Flamson homered and added another hit for the Braves, who also
received timely hitting from David Guibord and Andrew Dunlap. Dunlap and
Flamson pitched well for the Braves.
* Dodgers 10, Giants 5 - Steady pitching and timely hitting meshed for
the Dodgers as they beat the Giants.
The Dodger offense was led by Michael Borchard, two hits and a double
in the Dodgers’ third inning rally. Emery Molnar and Colin Krahe also had
key hits in the third inning.
Dietrich Stauffer, Nick Taormina and Borchard combined for the win,
striking out 10, allowing only two hits.
Borchard pitched two shutout innings to close out the game for the
Dodgers.
The Dodgers’ defense was led by Andrew Iverson, Borchard and Molnar.
The Giants’ offense was led by Jaime Heinecke and Beau Attyah, each
with a hit. Attyah also led the defense with a stellar performance at
catcher, leaving several Dodger runners stranded at third.
* Angels 16, Mariners 9 - The Angels broke open an 8-7 game with eight
runs in the top of the sixth and went on to defeat the Mariners.
Offensive firepower for the Angels was provided by Brian Hurst (two
hits, two walks and four runs scored), Chandler Mitchell (two hits, two
walks, three runs scored), Eric Morris (three hits, one walk, one run
scored) and Doug Watt (three hits, one walk, one run scored).
Morris, Dillon Campbell and Hurst pitched strong innings in the win.
Cory Vitalo (two hits, walk, three runs scored), Ross Evans (two hits,
two runs scored) and Chase Carlile (three hits, two runs scored) led the
Mariners’ hitting attack.
Connor Gaughan and Reed Williams pitched well.
* Yankees 14, Reds 10 - No it’s not a football score, just a couple of
high-powered offenses that battled in a high-scoring duel the Yankees won
over the Reds.
The Yankees received timely hits from J.P. Fleming, Riley Conroy,
Anthony Mainero, Weston Nielsen, who pitched, and Jake Starnes, all
singled and doubled. Zac Cabin and Josh Starnes also pitched for the
Yankees.
The Reds got triples from Cameron Koziara and Robert Conneally, and
received strong hitting from Matt Ruiz, Patrick Vorwerck, Scott Cook,
Brooks Brady and Donald Dalton. Parker Stone pitched for the Reds.
Defensive contributions for the Yankees were provided by Fleming and
Mattias Russo-Larsson.
In AA action:
* Dodgers 12, Red Sox 5 - The Dodgers scored early and often to
outlast the Red Sox.
The Dodgers got to Red Sox’ aces Brent Lawson and Clark Cashion to
take an early 8-4 lead they would never relinquish, on the bats of Nick
Curci, Mason Case and Zach Murtaugh.
The Red Sox defense was led by Jonathan Metcalf, Taylor Epp and Cole
Chatham, whose diving snare of a line drive saved two runs.
* Diamondbacks 16, Cardinals 5 - The Diamondbacks got home runs from
Michael Taormina (2) and Austin Blodgett, and strong pitching from
Brandon Pick to power them over the Cardinals.
Pick pitched three innings, allowing two earned runs, and Taormina
added an inning in relief.
Sam Cubeiro, Eric Hallett and Andrew Machoskie collected key hits for
the Diamondbacks.
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