Title hopes still alive for the Pacifica 13-year-old all-star team following 6-4 win over Belmont-Shores in the District 52 Intermediate Division tournament bracket

Against BRS.

But P-Town lived to see one more day as it rallied from a 3-2 deficit to hold on for a 6-4 win Wednesday night at McGarvey Field at Red Morton Park in Redwood City. That sets up a winner-take-all championship game at 6 p.m. Thursday at McGarvey.

“We’ve had a handful of kids hitting the ball pretty well,” said Pacifica manager Billy Maxwell. “We got off to a slow start. Had to adjust to the strike zone. It’s been tighter compared to the regular season.”

There is also the fact that not only are teams at this level good, but good pitching tends to beat good hitting. Both teams struggled offensively, depending on walks and stolen bases to jump start the offenses. BRS manager Rodney Allen said the District 52 regular season plays on a larger field — 56-foot mound and 80-foot basepaths — but the tournament is using the traditional 50-70 that in used in national Intermediate play.

With the field that much smaller, the running game takes on bigger importance and both teams used their legs to get into scoring position.

That much was evident from the start, as BRS leadoff hitter, Donte Corpuz, put together the quintessential Little League run. He led off the game with a double to left field on a full count, moved to third on a wild pitch and scored on a William Lucas groundout.

BRS would go on to load the bases with two outs, but Pacifica starting pitcher Dylan Murphy got out of the jam without any further damage.

But Pacifica out-Little League’d BRS with the game-tying run in the bottom of the first as its leadoff hitter Antonio Vinje worked his way around the bases. He opened with a walk before stealing second and third. He came in to score on a wild pitch and Pacifica had the game tied without benefit of a hit.

Murphy, who had walked the bases loaded in the first, settled down in the second, retiring BRS in order and his offense then gave him a lead in the bottom of the inning. With two outs, Jacob Seymore singled, stole second and scored on a Brady Christensen RBI single up the middle to put Pacifica up 2-1.

It was a short-lived lead, however, as BRS responded with two-out, two-run rally in the top of the third inning. Liam Frank led off the inning with a walk. He went on to steal second and third as Murphy notched a pair of strikeouts.

That turned the lineup over and brought Corpuz back to the plate. He hit a slow roller that was fielded by the shortstop and beat the throw to first for an infield hit and an RBI to tie the game at 2-all.

Corpuz later scooted around to third on an errant pickoff attempt and scored on a wild pitch to give BRS a 3-2 lead.

Pacifica went down quietly in the bottom of the third before waking up and plating three runs in the bottom of the fourth. Brandon Jasso ripped a triple just inside the right-field foul line to lead off the inning, followed by walks to Cypress Stefanick and Jackson Coller to load the bases with no outs.

Wyatt Reimche came through with a game-tying hit, lacing a single to left to drive in Jasso with the tying run. Murphy then broke the tie with on a fielder’s choice. Not only did Stefanick beat the throw home, the ball got away from the catcher and Culler, who never stopped after rounding third, trucked home with the third run of the inning and a 5-3 lead.

Pacifica added an insurance run in the bottom of the sixth when Jasso scored on the back end of a delayed double steal to go up 6-4.

But BRS had one last gasp. Corpuz reached base for the third time, hustling down the line on a dropped third strike. That was followed by a Lucas infield to move Corpuz to third, who had stolen second.

With runners on the corners, that brought the game-tying run to the plate in the form of Yuma Takeuchi came to the plate on a 1-0 pitch, hit a soft line drive back to reliever Stefanick, who fired to third base to double up the runner.

It turned out to be a huge play as Carter Klusas followed with an RBI single, which would have good for two runs if not for the double play.

“The double play was a rally killer,” Allen said. “We had them right where we wanted them.”