The season for the 14-year-old San Benito Babe Ruth All-Stars ended Thursday one round short of a second-consecutive berth in the Pacific Southwest Regional championship game. Needing to win two games to advance to play Friday, San Benito could muster a victory in only its first game and was eliminated.
The San Benito 14-year-old Babe Ruth All-Star team struggled in the start of the Pacific Southwest Regional tournament in Surprise, Arizona on Tuesday. Behind five errors, San Benito fell to the Tucson Bobcats 7-3 in the opening game of the tournament.
Despite falling to Modesto in the championship game of the 16-18 Babe Ruth All-Star Central California State Tournament on Sunday, the San Benito baseball team advanced to Thursday’s Pacific Southwest Region tournament in Watsonville thanks to an at-large bid.
The San Benito 16-18 Babe Ruth All-Star team escaped with a 2-1 win over Ripon on Thursday in the first round of the Central California State Championship tournament in Hollister.
The 2012 Little League All-Star season kicked off Saturday with the District 9 tournament in three age groups. All eight Hollister teams played at least one game, and no team has been eliminated.