Breakers win Halloween Haunt tourney

The HB Breakers, a local 12-and-under club baseball team, won the

Halloween Haunt tournament last weekend.

The Breakers went 5-0 and outscored their opponents, 36-11.

They defeated another Huntington Beach-based team, the Mizuno

Sluggers, 8-3, in the tournament final at Mile Square Park.

Kyle Ball, Josh Lesinski, Sean Guite, Kyle Boswell, Tyler Buckles

and Tony Giovinette provided outstanding pitching throughout the

tournament.

As a team, the Breakers batted .317 and had a .427 on-base average

in five games.

In two qualification games played Saturday night in Riverside,

with wildfires visible in the distant hills, the Breakers defeated

the Mission Viejo Bandits, 9-4, and rival HB Riptide, 4-0.

The Breakers pounded out nine hits against the Bandits, led by

Aaron Ochoa’s home run, a triple by Boswell and a double by

Giovinette. Guite notched the pitching win.

In blanking the HB Riptide, Lesinski and Boswell dominated on the

mound, with Lesinski not allowing a hit in facing just 10 batters in

his three innings of work.

Boswell and Ochoa each had two hits and Boswell, Guite and Cody

Morad each drove in runs.

The tournament wrapped up Sunday at Mile Square Park in Fountain

Valley. The Breakers ripped the Saddleback Patriots, 11-1, in a

five-inning, mercy rule contest and in the semifinal round, edged the

Desert Valley Storm, 4-3, in 10 innings.

In the title game, they downed the Mizuno Sluggers, 8-3.

A five-run outburst in the bottom of the fourth inning put the

Breakers in control. Boswell and Lesinski each singled to start the

rally and, with bases loaded, Chris Lien hit an RBI single to tie the

game at 3-3.

Guite followed with a two-RBI single to give the Breakers a 5-3

advantage and Madden and Ball each had an RBI to complete the

five-run inning.

Ball and Guite combined pitching efforts for the Breakers in the

title game.