Sluggers successful at Cooperstown

The Mizuno Sluggers 13-and-under baseball club team of Huntington

Beach returned home this week following a successful run at the

Cooperstown Baseball World Tournament in New York.

The Sluggers went 6-2 during the week-long event, won their pool

bracket and finished with the best overall record among competing

teams.

Pitching and defense were keys to the Sluggers’ success.

Calvin Drummond, MJ Forsberg, Carl Eberts, Scott Baxter and Kyle

Hughes all had starting pitching assignments.

Michael Bogard, Eric Tenenbaum and Trevor Briggs turned in strong

defensive performances.

Offensively, Clayton Prestridge led the team in hitting, Eberts

hit two home runs and Matt Ayster and Bobby Duarte each had big

hitting games.

In the skills competition that proceeded the tournament, Forsberg

won the “outfield throw” in the 13-and-under division.

The Sluggers will resume action in September and compete as a

14-and-under travel baseball club.