Half Moon Bay reliever Brayden Davis worked two scoreless innings in a 3-2 loss to Sunnyvale in the Northern California Little League All-Stars Juniors tournament at Turlock High School.
Half Moon Bay suffered its first loss of the Little League All-Stars Juniors season, falling 3-2 to Sunnyvale in the Northern California baseball tournament opener Saturday at Turlock High School.
In capturing both the District 52 and Section 3 championship banners, HMB had won seven straight to open the summer season.
Trailing 3-1 in the sixth, HMB had a golden opportunity to break through, loading the bases with one out. Kayden Castaneda sparked a one-out rally with a single to right, Luke Gordon drew a walk, and Aiden Keates reached on an infield error to load the bases. Castaneda then dashed home on a pickoff throw to third, with Gordon, representing the tying run, moving to third.
But Sunnyvale starting pitcher Gabe Gaul slammed the door, inducing an infield popup and a groundout to first baseman Russell Tang to end the threat.
Gaul went the distance, allowing two runs (one earned) on seven hits through seven innings. He used 90 pitches, 59 for strikes. HMB starting pitcher Ollie Kern allowed three runs (none earned) on five hits through 2 2/3 innings to take the loss. Keates and Brayden Davis followed with 3 1/3 combined innings of scoreless relief.
HMB jumped out to an early lead, getting on the board in the top of the first on an RBI double from Mackey Connnell to drive in Greyson Reisen. But Sunnyvale tied it in the second. Nolan Hagan reaching on an error and Gaul and Tang tabbing back-to-back singles to load the bases, before Liam Carvalho drew a walk to force home Hagan and tie it 1-all.
In the third, Hagan produced a sacrifice fly to give Sunnyvale the lead. Tang then produced a two-out RBI single to left field to make it 3-1.
Connell paced HMB with two hits, including a double and an RBI. Alex Yim led Sunnyvale with two hits, including a double and a run scored.
HMB now falls to the elimination bracket of the seven-team, double-elimination tournament. Next up, they will face McKinleyville Little League of Sacramento Monday at 2 p.m.
Sunnyvale, the District 44 champion, advanced through the winners’ bracket Sunday with an 11-1 win over Visalia. On the other since of the winners’ bracket, Turlock American advanced with a 3-2 win over McKinleyville.
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