HB Breakers win tourney title

The HB Breakers, a local club baseball team, became champions of the

SoCal Super Series Tournament 13-year-old Division by winning their

final three games of the two-day event last weekend in San Clemente.

In the division final, the Breakers defeated the Stingrays, 7-3.

Timely hitting combined with a tough defense and solid pitching

led the tournament title.

Breakers catcher Mickey Moses was named the tournament MVP. Moses

caught all 36 innings played and threw out 14 base runners.

Taking the mound during the tournament were Aaron Amaral, Kyle

Buchan, Bryan Kobylka, Robbie Heron and Ryan Donahue.

Amaral pitched a total of nine innings and did not allow a run.

Defensively, the Breakers were led by second baseman Randy Guite,

centerfielder James Miller, outfielder Johnny McCarthy and outfielder

Jamie Martin.

The Breakers split their qualification games on Saturday, then

came back to win all three of their games played on Sunday.

In a big semifinal win, the Breakers downed the OC Bandits in

eight innings, 5-3.

Guite preserved a 1-1 tie in the seventh inning when he threw out

a Bandits runner at the plate.

In the eighth inning, Martin’s double cleared loaded bases and

gave the Breakers a 5-1 edge.

As a team, the Breakers batted .357 in the tournament and had an

on base percentage of .444.

In Ocean View Little League action:

Minor A Division

Giants 8, Pirates 3

The first-place Giants completed a successful three-day run by

going undefeated as they got past the Pirates.

Lars Jensen and Kevin Stoops combined to three-hit the Pirates and

strike out nine.

Mitchell Grant paced the Giants on offense with a three for three

game, Scot Bailey had two hits and a walk, Austin Barlow singled

twice with a pair of RBIs and Jensen furthered his own cause with a

double and four RBI.

Giants 15, Marlins 4

The Giants ripped off 18 hits to beat the Marlins.

Ryan Lewis went three for three, Mitchell Grant and Kevin Stoops

each had three hits and Trevor Geery, Lars Jensen and Kevin Stoops

each had three RBIs.

Reds 7, Giants 6

Tre Gourdine belted three home runs and collected five RBI in

three at-bats to power the Reds past the Giants.

Lars Jensen went three for three with a pair of doubles, Scot

Bailey doubled among two hits, Mitchell Grant doubled and Kevin

Stoops singled with two RBIs for the Giants.

Giants 3, Dodgers 2

Jake Rubino’s two-RBI hit in the fifth inning provided the Giants

with their winning runs.

Kevin Stoops pitched the first three innings for the Giants and

struck out eight while allowing one run on two hits. His replacement,

Lars Jensen, struck out six and gave up a hit-and-run in his three

innings of work.

In Seaview Little League action:

Minor B Division

Tigers 14, Yankees 8

Christopher Jusuf doubled twice with two RBI and Bryan Flory also

provided a pair of hits as the Tigers downed the Yankees.

Mitchell Clark recorded the pitching win.

Chase Lough had two hits and Logan Montgomery doubled for the

Yankees.

Royals 10, Angels 4

Noah Harrison produced two hits and two RBI, Scott Campbell

singled twice and stole home twice and Dylan Havlicheck doubled to

pace the Royals on offense.

Max Mayer struck out 10 to get the win.

Jake Beardshear’s double led an Angels’ offense that saw Christian

Anderson and Wesley Krautkramer each single.

Dodgers 16, Yankees 8

Jack Koeller got the pitching win and aided his own cause with two

hits and an RBI to power the Dodgers.

Quentin Moscaritolo had two hits and an RBI for the Dodgers.

Daniel Litty had a two-RBI single and Matthew Ferretti hit an RBI

double for the Yankees.