Rockies capture Farm title

The Rockies rebounded from an early lead by the Padres to win the

Costa Mesa National Little League’s farm division championship, 14-7,

June 14.

Jesse Paz led the Rockies with four doubles, while leadoff hitter

Garrett Henscheld had four hits in six innings. After the Padres took

the early lead on hits by Brian and Patrick Cromwell, the Rockies

responded with solid defensive plays from Chayse Shulman and Paz.

Eric Rasmussen called a solid game behind the plate for the

Rockies and also tallied three singles. Hits by Aaron Wood and Al

Mazur helped the Rockies pull away. Garrett Kahre, Adam Ditt and

Armando Trujillo added to the offense.

The defense also shined, especially second baseman Matt Spicer.

With a man on first and the Padres threatening, Spicer moved to his

right to snag a groundball, tagged the runner and threw to first for

the double play.

In the farm division coaches’ invitational game June 14:

* The Dodgers’ Robert Sullivan had a grand slam along with two

other hits while the Rockies’ Paz, the Diamondbacks Cole Mensinger

and the Dodgers’ Kylee Stone also went 3 for 3.

The Astros’ Kyle Barnett and the Rockies’ Shulman each had two

hits along with a triple by the Rockies’ Wood. Dodger Ben Beck drove

in Wood.

The defenses shined as Astro Royce Friedman and Dodger Dezmond

Lewis each played solid while the Padres’ catcher Patrick Cromwell

made two putouts at home. Cromwell’s teammate, Brian Jolivette,

played a strong third base and the Marlins’ Sergio Valenzuela was

solid at shortstop.

The Giants’ Cody Stoddard and the Mets’ Jake Stone and Chad

Fackler each hit home runs.