Newport reaches finals in district tournament

A solid district-tournament run unfortunately ended for the

Newport Harbor Baseball Association Pony 14-year-old baseball team

Tuesday after they lost to Tustin, 3-2.

Newport had won its previous two games of the District 2

Tournament after opening with a 6-2 loss to Fountain Valley.

Newport Harbor defeated El Toro, 5-3, and Irvine, 10-5.

Dustin Schuler started for Newport and went five innings while

Tyler Parker came in relief against Tustin.

Nick Frazier doubled to score Newport’s two runs.

In the Irvine game, Frazier pitched 4 2/3 innings striking out 10

while allowing four hits and walking one. Parker and Schuler combined

in relief, striking out four.

Carmen Cimini led the offense going 3 for 4 with a walk, double,

and two runs scored as Schuler had two hits, scored once and had

three RBIs. Frazier went 2 for 3 with a double, walk, two RBIs and

one run scored while Chris Thompson had a hit and scored once with

one RBI.

Blake Fogg and Nathan Cramer got hits as Ricky Nelson, Johnny

Ashen, Michael Cantwell, Parker and Philip Martin scored one run

apiece in the game. Ashen and Martin also had hits.

Defense for Newport Harbor shined in the El Toro win as Frazier

caught two pop ups, prevented the go-ahead run from scoring in the

fourth inning and blocked the plate to stop a runner from scoring in

the third on an assist from Cramer.

Cimini made two putouts for the final outs of the game in center

field.

Cantwell and Parker handled the pitching for Newport Harbor.

Cantwell had six strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings, allowing six hits and

walking four. Parker struck out four in relief, allowing only one

hit.

Cramer led the offense, tripling and singling while collecting two

RBIs and scoring once as Fogg contributed two hits and scored a run.

Frazier had a hit and scored a run and Kevin Gowdy also scored a run.