NHBA: CdM 14s edged by Anaheim
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Tony Altobelli
PLACENTIA - The Corona del Mar Pony 14 All-Star team nearly pulled
off a nice, little comeback, but fell short, 9-6, in the first round of
the District Tournament to Anaheim Friday night.
“These kids battled all the way to the end and that was nice to see,”
Manager Kevin Quick said. “One early mistake snowballed into a four-run
hole and we made a couple of baserunning mistakes late in the game, but I
liked our effort out there tonight.”
Tyler Lance went 2 for 4 with two runs scored and two RBIs for CdM,
while Blake Allred reached base three times, scored twice and drove in
one run.
CdM trailed, 7-0, going into the bottom of the fourth inning, but the
locals scored two runs in the fourth and four more in the fifth to pull
to within one.
However, a costly baserunning error prevented further damage in CdM’s
four-run fifth inning and in the sixth, CdM had runners on second and
third with nobody out, but could not score.
In the sixth a slow roller to the shortstop fooled the CdM runners and
an out was recorded at third base. Another runner was thrown out trying
to steal third and suddenly, the game-tying threat was gone.
“Our runner trying to steal got a terrible jump and I was hoping he
was going to go back to second,” Quick said. “We were coming into this
tournament hoping to do well and we’re still not out of it. It’s just
going to be much harder now.”
CdM will play again today against Saddleback at 1:30 p.m. in
elimination action.
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