In one of the most exciting weeks in Morgan Hill Pony Baseball this season, five games were decided by one run and 11 by five runs or less.
Scores and highlights:
PONY
Giants 11, Athletics 1
Isiah Campos pitched four innings, allowing five runs. He struck out three batters.
Matt Dariano scored the lone Athletics' run and pitched the seventh.
Diamondbacks 13, Angels 2
Diamondbacks 10, Tigers 5
BRONCO
White Sox 4, Angels 3
The Angels snuck by with the help of Ben Hughes' 2-for-3 batting effort. Hughes scored a run while Garrett Taylor singled, walked twice and scored, and Sean Aitken had an RBI-single, also for the Angels. Teammates Jeremy Urdiales singled and stole home, Anthony Ivery pitched two innings with two strikeouts, Aitken worked three with five strikeouts and Hughes closed out the final two frames with four strikeouts.
For the White Sox, Mike Porras struck out eight in five innings, scored, and tallied two hits, matching teammate Jared Gunsky. Christopher Rositano and Gus Rubio each singled and scored.
Giants 11, Athletics 6
Pitcher Josh Alaniz kept the A's scoreless through the first two innings while the Giants' offense poured in three runs on singles by Dom Zanotto and Ben Hagiperos in the first inning, and a crushing three-run home run by Hagiperos in the third.
The A's fought back with five runs in the fourth. Mike Jarvis doubled and Matt Jarvis, Dylan Kral, Adam Belluomini and Matthew Bellah singled. The Giants put the game away, though, with seven more across the next three innings, coming on hits by Zanotto, Alaniz, Yamat, Wes Guild and a double by Hagiperos.
Giants 20, Yankees 2
The Giants unleashed a 19-hit attack at Britton Field. Damian Phelan and Josh Alaniz had four hits apiece for the Giants while Domenic Zanotto added three hits and four runs and Ethan Cox provided four runs. Rob Yamat pitched four innings, allowing one run, and Taylor Pullen worked the final three innings, fanning three.
White Sox 6, Athletics 5
Pitcher Sam Raney fueled the White Sox early with six strikeouts, while teammate Brandon Sorce spoiled a potential inside-the-park home run with a clutch throw to the plate. Mike Porras struck out five in relief and provided a double. Zach Clinger sparked the White Sox's rally with an RBI-single in the seventh, and Gus Rubio added a two-run single for the lead.
For the A's, Matt Jarvis singled in the first run and was tripled home by Dylan Kral later in the first inning. Kral scattered five strikeouts across four innings and got plenty of defensive help.
The Athletics scored three runs during the next three innings.
Angels 11, Indians 10
The game wasn't decided until the final inning. The Angels' Andrew Wilcox homered and doubled, scoring three times and driving in two RBIs. Anthony Ivery scored three runs and finished a home run shy of hitting for the cycle, and Jeremy Udiales and Steve Navarra both doubled twice, scored and drove in two runs. Sean Aitken singled and scored, Garrett Taylor scored twice, including the game-winning run in the seventh, and Angels' pitchers Ben Hughes and Taylor combined for nine strikeouts. Hughes and Taylor combined with Aitken for a 1-6-3 double play in the fifth.
Alejandro Torres led the Indians with two doubles, a single, an RBI and two runs. Trenton Cisewski crushed a ground-rule double over the ivy wall in left field, drove in a run and scored, and Clay Miller had two hits and three runs. Teammate Bradley Higgins doubled and singled for a run and two RBIs, J.T. Miller doubled, singled and sacrificed for a run and two RBIs and Christian Davies-White scored and drove in a run. Jack Affourtit and Josh Araiza each singled, and Tyler Acosta added another run for the Indians.
Reds 13, Marlins 1
Indians 9, Reds 4
MUSTANG
Yankees 9, Tigers 8
Athletics 10, Angels 6
Athletics 7, Indians 6
Yankees 8, White Sox 5
Cardinals 8, Dodgers 3
Player of the Week:
Mike Porras of the Bronco White Sox is Morgan Hill Pony Baseball's player of the week by virtue of his eight-strikeout performance coupled with his two hits on offense and stellar defensive play at catcher.
Sponsor of the Week:
The sponsor of the week is Carl Schindler State Farm who has sponsored the Bronco Field for two years, thank you to Carl Schindler, who provides insurance services in the area.
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