Sluggers get past Stallions in close one

Philip Sahagun tamed the SoCal Stallions on five hits and the Mizuno

Sluggers held off their nationally-ranked opponent to score a 1-0

victory in 13-and-under Club baseball action at Marina High.

Sahagun’s strong performance included eight strikeouts as the

Sluggers defeated a team that won the recent SuperSeries State

Championship tournament title.

The game’s lone score came in the fourth inning when Trevor

Brigg’s delivered an RBI single.

The Sluggers finished seventh overall in the SuperSeries State

Championship tournament won by the Stallions.

The Sluggers won their tournament pool and advanced to the

championship round behind the pitching of Carl Eberts, MJForsberg,

Scott Baxter and Kyle Hughes with Sahagun coming in to close out

three games.

The key tournament win came over Yorba Linda as Ebert’s line-drive

double scored Hughes with the winning run in a 3-2 decision over

Yorba Linda.

In local softball action:

South H.B. Girls Fastpitch Softball

8-and-under Division

All-American Angels 6, Rally Monkeys 5

Madison Hickman, Karly Tahti and Carly Bradford each had two hits

to lead the All-American Angels.

Kelynn Mullaly, Casey Africano, Sarah Wood and Alex Cook also had

key hits for the Halos.

Nicole Zapotoczny hit a home run and Lauren Deats had two triples

led a Rally Monkeys’ attack that saw Emma Fitzsimmons and Dana Kerins

each finish with two hits.

Deats pitched two scoreless innings for the Rally Monkeys.

Rally Monkeys 9, Green Maniacs 8

Lauren Deats had two hits including a two-run home run and Nicole

Zapotoczny, Kendall Buchoz and Dana Kerins each had two hits for the

Rally Monkeys.

Tara Stuhr, Emma Fitzsimmons, Ilyssa Gatchis and Natalie Rowerdink

each singled.

Sydney Kelley went three for three, Jill Messersmith, Lindsay

Stovall and Amanda Sneed each had two hits and Savannah Roy, Nicole

Watkins and Megan Pasternack each singled for the Green Maniacs.