Padres handle Reds, 17-12

The Padres battled back from a 9-6 deficit to overtake the Reds,

17-12, in the Costa Mesa National Little League Farm Division

championship game June 5.

The Padres scored four runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to

take a 13-10 lead they wouldn’t relinquish.

The Reds took a 3-0 lead in the first, but the Padres scored five

times in their half of the inning.

Garrett Deutsch (3 for 4, three runs) led off the inning with a

triple and scored first run on a single by Bill Crosson (3 for 4,

three RBIs).

Four consecutive singles by Dante Capoccia (4 for 4, two doubles),

Mitchell Clevidence (1 for 4, one run), Kohler Ponsford (4 for 4,

three RBIs) and Ted Zoerner (3 for 3, three RBIs) brought home four

more runs.

Harrison Stern led the defense at catcher.

The Reds battled back in the third, scoring six runs to take a 9-6

lead.

The Padres then tied the score at 9 with RBIs by John Santoyo (two

RBIs) and William Reed (3 for 3, two doubles).

After one run by the Reds, the Padres scored four runs in the

bottom of the fourth to take a 13-10 lead.

The Reds battled back, scoring two runs in the top of the fifth,

to diminish the deficit to a single digit.

The Padres then rallied for four more runs, led by hits from Ryan

Bonker (2 for 3, two runs), Reed, Deutsch, Crosson and Christian

Darrow (2 for 4, two RBIs), giving them momentum into the sixth

inning. After a strikeout and a single, Deutsch caught a pop-up and

threw to Capoccia for a game-ending double play.

In Majors playoffs:

* Padres 5, Phillies 0: Eusebio Castillo struck out 12 in a

two-hit shutout to lead the Padres over the Phillies, 5-0, in the

Costa Mesa National Little League Majors Division tournament opener

May 26.

Backing him up by making plays in the infield were Kevin Thomas,

Ryan Cherney and Gian-Paul Stebbins.

The Padres combined for 12 hits, getting contributions from

Stebbins, Castillo, Ryan Burns, Ryan Barnett, Thomas, Colin Kincaid,

Cherney and Jesus Rodriguez.

Stebbins went 3 for 3 with two singles and a double.

In Minor B play:

* Dodgers 25, Braves 7: The Dodgers’ offense piled up a

season-high 19 hits in the victory May 26.

Christian Vazquez, Jeff Carlyle and Eric Pfautz each had three

hits while Robert Marrone, Kaimon Brust and Eddie Chervony each had

two.

Starter Nathan Pearson gave up five runs and four hits and Pfautz

pitched the last two innings in relief, getting some strong defense

behind him.

Right fielder Shane Sutton threw out a runner trying to stretch a

single into a double.

* Padres 6, Braves 4: The Padres won in extra innings.

Brandon Dieckhoff pitched five solid innings and Matt Thomas came

in to pitch the sixth and seventh for the Braves.

Lisa Hyndman and Josh Tierney both made catches in the outfield

while Gabe Ruan and Charles Nelson each made strong plays in the

infield.

Dieckhoff, Tierney, Ryan West and Colin Moran all tallied hits for

the Braves.

In Farm play:

* Padres 16, Reds 4: The Padres scored eight runs in the sixth to

pull away for the victory May 26 and advance to the championship.

Tyler Owens and Garrett Deutsch shared Player of the Game honors,

each finishing with three hits, three runs scored and six RBIs. They

each had key RBI doubles in the sixth.

Kohler Ponsford started the sixth with one of his three doubles.

Mitchell Clevidence doubled to knock in Ponsford to start the

scoring.

Three consecutive singles by William Reed, Ryan Bonker and John

Santoyo continued the inning. Ted Zoerner then doubled to left field

for an RBI. Dante Capoccia knocked in the final runner with a two-out

single to right field.

Christian Darrow (2 for 4, one run) and Bill Crosson (2 for 4, one

RBI) provided key hits to start the scoring in the first and fourth

innings.

Harrison Stern showed his defensive strength at catcher.

Capoccia played strong at first, recording six putouts, including

plays from Deutsch and Owens.

Reed caught a line drive to prevent a run-scoring double in the

fifth.