A’s beat Mariners’ clinch first half title

The A’s captured the first half title in the race for the overall

Majors Division championship of Huntington Valley Little League by

blanking the Mariners, 6-0.

The Mariners looked like they would grab command early by loading the

bases in the first inning on a double by Shay Rousello and an Adam

Martinazzi single. But Alex Barnes came on in relief for the A’s and got

out of the jam and then preceded to shut out the Mariners the rest of the

way.

Drake Thorn and Luke Patrick also singled for the Mariners.

The A’s were led by Cody Moran and Robert McKinley as each went three

for three. Mike McDougal and Chas Boule each had two hits and Race

Parmenter and Paul McBeth each doubled.

In other games:

Mariners 2, Rangers 1

Mariners pitcher Justin Draeger threw the league’s second no-hitter of

the season. He struck out six in the complete game victory. The Rangers’

lone run came when Trevor Briggs reached base on an error and later

scored on an error. The Rangers’ Tony Ciarelli also pitched a strong game

and yielded two hits, both singles by Shay Rousello.

Mets 1, White Sox 0

Pitchers Shawn Stiffler and Nick Mazzone teamed to tame the White Sox.

Stiffler pitched five innings and only gave up one hit, an infield single

by Anthony Vida. Mazzone worked in relief and recorded the save. White

Sox pitchers Justin Thompson and Michael Bogard also gave strong

performances and limited the Mets to three hits, singles by Dave Folger,

Richard Levinson and Josh Reisinger. The Mets’ Huntington Hardesty ended

the game with a diving catch in right field.

Diamondbacks 9, Angels 4

The D-backs, despite getting just three hits, racked up nine runs and

took advantage of several Angels errors. Clayton Prestridge had two hits

and scored two runs, Kord Weber’s bases-loaded double cleared the bases

and Devin Huskins pitched a complete game victory for the D-backs. Derris

Douty had an RBI double, Tim Doupe singled twice and Erik Morentin, Jacob

Augeri, Johnny Olive, Kasey Crandall, Jess Hallford and Josh Schnitker

all singled for the Halos.

Angels 7, Mets 4

Michael Chairez tripled and scored twice to lead the Angels; Dave

Folger went three for three, Josh Reisinger doubled and Tim Higgins

singled twice to lead the Mets.

Rangers 10, Diamondbacks 8

The Rangers pounded out 12 hits, with Weston Stephens getting a double

among three hits, Brian Gianone doubled and singled, Trevor Briggs

doubled and Eric Frempter singled twice. The D-backs had nine hits

including two doubles by Tanner Phillips, doubles by Devin Huskins, Kord

Weber and Dalton Keikka and two hits by Clayton Prestridge.

White Sox 6, Diamondbacks 5

Sean King led the White Sox with three hits, including a triple, Chris

Kindness doubled and singled and Michael Bogard doubled to lead the White

Sox. Barry Luke and Clayton Prestridge each singled twice and Prestridge

scored twice.