A’s trip Yankees

Mark Saar’s powered an RBI single to right-center field in the bottom

of the seventh inning, his hit giving the A’s a 2-1 victory over the

first-place Yankees in an Ocean View Little League Majors Division

contest.

Saar’s hit scored Mile Beran who reached base on a one-out single.

Andrew Bynam, Sean Guite and Matt McWilliams combined to hold the

Yankees to three hits.

Beran led the A’s offense with two hits and singles went to Bynam,

Guite, McWilliams, Ryan Christie and Shaun Dolan.

In other games:

Angels 2, Twins 0

Cody Frame threw a near-perfect game for the Halos as he went the

distance and allowed just one hit while striking out 14.

Minor A Division

Yankees 14, Giants 11

The Yankees took advantage of 10 walks and 11 hits in bolting to a

13-1 lead before holding off the Giants.

Ryan Lewis went three for three with two RBIs, Lars Jensen had two

hits and an RBI, Kevin Stoops doubled among two hits, Mitchell Grant

and Austin Barlow each had two RBIs and Sam Rummel doubled for the

Giants.

Giants 3, Marlins 2

Austin Barlow’s one-out line-drive single to left field scored

Scot Bailey for the game-winner as the Giants pulled out the game in

the bottom of the sixth inning.

Barlow also doubled.

Dodgers 6, Angels 5

Matt O’Connor and Micah Womack produced key hits that led to a

four-run second inning for the Dodgers.

Mark Johnston and Bryan Perez split six innings on the mound for

the Dodgers and O’Connor and Nate Sutton each had run-saving plays at

the plate.

Dodgers 8, Pirates 6

Bryan Perez hit a two-run single in the bottom of the fifth inning

to break a 6-6 tie and give the Dodgers the victory.

Quinn Herndon and Victor Herrera each had an RBI hit in the

opening inning for the Dodgers.

At Seaview Little League:

Minor A Division

Yankees 19, Mets 1

Tony Giovinetti doubled twice, Brett Bryant tripled, Kyle Socsia

singled twice and Jonathan Steele doubled to power the Yankees.

Minor B Division

Angels 15, Tigers 14

Trevor Long got the pitching win for the Angels; Dominic Artiga

had three of the Tigers’ 14 hits.

Royals 8, Dodgers 5

Taylor Going doubled and singled with two RBIs and Max Mayer got

the pitching win for the Royals.

Mayer and fellow pitcher Perry Clitheroe each struck out five.

Angels 11, Yankees 3

Wesley Krautkramer had two hits and three RBIs, Christian Anderson

doubled with three RBIs and Trevor Long notched his second pitching

win of the week to lead the Angels.

Royals 18, Yankees 2

Perry Clitheroe didn’t allow a hit and struck out eight in three

shutout innings for the Royals.

Taylor Going racked up four hits, Noah Harrison and J.D. Keef each

had three hits, Clitheroe had two hits and Scott Campbell had four

RBIs during the Royals’ 16-hit attack.

Dodgers 12, Tigers 9

Ryan Rodrigues went three for three and Jack Koeller got the

pitching win for the Dodgers.

Luke Herrington and Nick Plunkett each doubled twice for the

Tigers.

In club baseball:

HB Breakers win tourney title

The HB Breakers 13-and-under Division club baseball team won its

second consecutive So. Cal Super Series Tournament of the season by

winning a Memorial Day weekend event in San Clemente.

In the championship game the Breakers downed the Moreno Valley

Dodgers, 6-3.

Robbie Herron, who closed on the mound for the Breakers, was named

the tournament MVP.

In North Huntington Beach Girls Softball:

North H.B. Gold wins tourney title

The 12-and-under Division Gold team out of North Huntington Beach

won five of six games and captured the division tournament title of

the Mirada Madness tournament in La Mirada for the second consecutive

year.

North H.B. Gold capped their tournament run with a busy three-day

game schedule that concluded with a 9-2 rout of Downey in the

championship game.