Baseball wins and a boxer changes class
Cards over Halos
The Hollister Little League Cardinals, of the National League,
connected on 14 hits in a 10-7 victory over the Angels in the
inaugural city tournament championship last Saturday at Veterans
Memorial Park in Hollister.
The Cardinals were the champions of the first half of the season
as well, compiling a 9-3 record, and finished the regular season at
15-9.
Baseball wins and a boxer changes class
Cards over Halos
The Hollister Little League Cardinals, of the National League, connected on 14 hits in a 10-7 victory over the Angels in the inaugural city tournament championship last Saturday at Veterans Memorial Park in Hollister.
The Cardinals were the champions of the first half of the season as well, compiling a 9-3 record, and finished the regular season at 15-9.
The Angels finished as the second half champions in the American League at 10-2. They too finished at the regular season with a 15-9 mark.
“I think they played well all season,” Angels manager CR Gonzales said. “They just kept working hard all year and I’m very proud of them.”
The Angels took a 1-0 lead in the top half of the first after Weller Maxwell hit an RBI double, but the Cards responded in the bottom half when Riley Lange, Stephen Davis and Tyler Biersdorff all knocked in runs to give the Cardinals a 4-1 lead.
“We were a team of making contact, limiting strikeouts and putting the ball in play,” Cards manager Todd Freitas said. “As a team, we did not hit one home run all year.”
The Angels actually hit two homers in the game. Josh George hit a two-run blast to straight-away center field in the second inning and Daniel Gonzales did the same in the fourth, this time to left field.
Each two-run homer brought the Angels to within one run, but each time the Cards pulled away in the end.
“The team came back and put runs on the board and got the momentum back on our side,” Freitas said.
A’s claim fourth straight title, beat Tigers
The San Benito Babe Ruth Athletics continued their winning trend in the championship game last weekend when they defeated the Tigers 15-1 in five innings to earn their fourth straight title.
“It’s a good little tradition,” A’s manager Joe Ocampo said. “It was all a team effort. Everyone scored runs and everyone hit the ball. Our pitching kind of shut it down for us.”
A’s starter Dillon Di Napoli went five innings, allowing just one run on five hits, and he got all the run support he’d need when the A’s plated eight runs in the third inning.
“The kids fought hard. We were facing Dillon and he’s one of the best pitchers in the league,” Tigers manager Jerry Sepulveda said. “If we’re gonna win that game, we’ve got to keep it close and hope for a couple of breaks. But unfortunately it didn’t work out that way.”
After three straight bases-loaded walks to start the third inning, the A’s got an RBI single from Emmett King and a two-run double by Anthony Ocampo to take a commanding lead.
“But it was a good season for both teams,” Ocampo said. “You don’t get [to the championship] just because.”
Guerrero decides to move up a class
Two-time world champion Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (22-1-1, 15 KOs) finalized a decision Monday to vacate his IBF Featherweight title and move up to the Jr. Lightweight division.
The Gilroy fighter has struggled to make weight in his last two championship bouts, and has a desire to fight some of the bigger names in boxing, namely Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez.
The Web site Fightnews.com has Guerrero positioned ninth in their rankings among Jr. Lightweight contenders.
