Costa Mesa National Little League: D-backs dominate, 7-1

COSTA MESA - Steady pitching and sound defense came together for

the Diamondbacks as they defeated the Yankees to improve to 13-6 in the

Costa Mesa National Little League.

Brandon Maurer led the D-backs on the mound as he pitched six innings,

allowing two hits while striking out 12.

He got help in the field from Riley Hart, who made three stellar plays

at shortstop in the fourth while doubling, scoring a run and collecting

an RBI on the offensive end. Ryan Redding (single, run scored) and Joseph

Dzida also assisted on the defensive side for the D-backs.

Chase Harrison finished 3 for 3 with two RBIs and a run scored while

Sean Ulrich singled and scored a run for the D-backs.

Also contributing to the D-back win were Troy McClanahan, with anRBI

and a run scored, and Patrick McGuire, who scored a run.

In Farm Division play:

* Rockies 12, Diamondbacks 10 - Trailing by as many as eight runs, the

Diamondbacks made a furious comeback to take a two-run lead, but the

Rockies had the last laugh, scoring four runs to win this second-round

baseball game in the Farm Division.

The Rockies scored eight runs in the first on 10 straight hits.

Many Rockies contributed hits, RBIs and runs.

Robert Murtha singled, doubled, tripled, scored two runs and had an

RBI. Jesse Paz doubled, singled twice, scored twice and had an RBI. Eric

Rasmussen had two base hits and scored two runs, while Hannah Jeyarajah

doubled, singled, scored two runs and picked up two RBIs.

Adam Ward had a hit, scored a run and had two RBIs. Noah Jeyarajah had

an run-scoring base hit and scored a run, while teammate Maliah Murtha

made several put outs at first base on D-back runners. Murtha finished

the game with two singles, two runs scored and an RBI. Matthew Spicer

tagged out a D-back baserunner on his way to second and sparkled at the

plate, singling twice and scoring a run. Nathan Frank picked up two RBIs

for the Rockies on a single and sacrifice as teammate Aaron Wood singled

and scored a run. Alex Mazur provided solid outfield defense for the

Rockies.

The Rockies went scoreless in the four innings following the first, as

the D-backs chipped away at the lead, eventually tying the Rockies in the

fourth and then going ahead by two runs in the fifth.

The D-backs turned several ground balls into outs at first base to

keep them in the game.

Andres Hernandez led all batters with three doubles, three RBIs and

three runs scored for the D-backs. Teammate Tyler Rios added three runs

scored and had three hits. Shane Sass collected three RBI-singles in

three at-bats as teammate Annalise Morgan singled in each of her at-bats,

picking up an RBI as well. D-back player “Cole” doubled, singled and

scored a run. Raquel Friedman doubled, singled, scored a run and picked

up an RBI. Kyle Barnett (RBI) and Ben Tolan (run scored) each had a hit

as did Chase Whiler and Parker Shoaff (RBI groundout).

The Rockies strung together singles and doubles to score four runs in

the sixth to go up, 12-10.

The D-backs had one more chance in the bottom of the sixth, but the

Rockies retired the side in order.