Braves rough up Red Sox

Pitchers Max Frisbie and Camden Nicholson held the first-place Red

Sox scoreless through five innings as the Braves secured a 9-3

triumph in recent Newport Beach Little League Majors action.

Nicholson began the scoring with an RBI single in the first inning

and was followed by Grant Keligian’s double and single.

Parker Stone, Dillon Campbell, Andrew Fulcher and Noah Molnar

contributed to the Braves’ hit attack.

The defense was led by Jeff Jones, Frisbie, Jack Gerdau, Josh

Harrison, Michael Hayde and Kevin Tsou.

Mitch Sands hit his first home run for the Red Sox, who were also

led by Merrit Scott.

In other Majors play:

* Nicholson homered, tripled and singled for the Braves as they

defeated the Giants. Tsou and Harrison each added doubles in the

Braves’ attack.

Jeff Jones pitched a complete game to earn the victory and doubled

to left field.

Keligian, Frisbie and Hayde also contributed to the offense, but

the defense again shone.

Nicholson teamed with Hayde and Noah Molnar to turn a double play

to preserve the win. Stone, Frisbie, Gerdau and Andrew Fulcher

supported with strong defense as well.

In AAA action:

* Yankees 16, Red Sox 11

The Yankees won for the sixth time in seven games with a torrid

offense led by Preston Risser’s double and two RBIs, along with

timely hitting from Nick Gooding, Tanner Trauthen, Trevor McGhie and

Michael Haeri (triple).

Jack Murphy, Benny Townsend and Patrick Pearson showed strong base

running skills and solid defense by Eric Frazier and Jeremy Fox

helped preserve the win.

Bryce Ashton, Risser and Graeme Fraser combined for eight

strikeouts and limited the Red Sox to six hits. Fraser struck out the

side to end the game.