East Bay National defeats East Bay American 7-4 to take the 10-11 BB championship. Sage Sheridan (East Bay Nat'l) hit a 3-run home run, and Travis Reynoso (East Bay American) hit 2 home runs--a 3-run HR then a solo HR for a total of 4 RBIs.

An unprecedented 9 homeruns were hit during Wednesday night's games. One of the many reasons we love Little League is the wild, strange and uncanny things that can happen. Is this crazy weather affecting the players? Also, a continuation Senior BB game (East Bay vs. Southeast) lasted a little over 2 hours to finish 3 innings; and the Junior BB game (Progress Village vs. East Point) held immediately after the Senior game, only completed the 4th inning some time around midnight!  If the Tournament Directors start looking like zombies and act more irritable than usual, you now know why.

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7/8/09:  Bloomingdale National (11-12 BB) rolled on with a 13-5 victory over South Brandon America. Bloomingdale trailing in the bottom of the third 5-0, scored 13 unanswered runs. Home runs hit by Doug Sandberg (2), Jesse Coker (2) and Jordan Mills (his 3rd of the tournament) powered Bloomingdale to its third straight victory. John "Bones" Mendelsohn came in to pitch in the 3rd, striking out 7 to earn the victory

What a pitching dual between South Brandon National and East Point (11/12 BB)! Antonio Velez's outstanding pitching performance was the key to South Brandon’s 2 - 1 victory. Velez threw a complete game giving up only 2 hits while striking out 14. SBLL bats were also quiet tonight with only 2 hits. Jake Davey drove in one run and Andrew Pudas scored the other running hard on a past ball.

7/7/09:  Robert Berning from East Bay American (Junior BB) kept the Pinecrest hitters off balance with 6 strikeouts giving up 2 runs in the bottom of the 4th before the sky opened up. Robert also drove in brother Ryan Berning with a single to left center. Tyler Robinson drove in Ronnie Savidge with a single up the middle. Ronnie Savidge threw out 1 base stealer and had 3 RBIs. Pinecrest's Garrett Creel hit a triple to deep center field and came in on Garrett West's single to right. Tyler Morris hit a shot to the shortstop which scored Garrett West.

In their 10-3 win (10-11 BB) in the semi-finals over Belmont Heights, East Bay American pitcher Luis Gonzalez had 9 strike outs in 4 innings, Julian Johnson hit a home run over left center, and Junior Defee closed out the 5th for the save.

In a 6-inning pitching duel, East Bay American (11-12 BB) defeated S. Brandon American by a score of 2-0. The first 3 innings proved strong for both teams but then in the 4th, the East Bay American team led by Tyeler Checkley, started a rally. Next up was Kyle Rodriguez who singled to right advancing Tyeler to 3rd and then scoring on an error by the right fielder. Kyle scored the 2nd run on 2 wild pitches. The pitcher/catcher combination of Ryan Savidge and Darius Sillart proved to give the East Bay team the edge with Ryan pitching a solid 6 innings, striking out 12, and only allowing one hit.  

7/6/09:  East Bay American (10-11 BB) had a come from behind win in the bottom of the 6th vs. Bloomingdale Nat'l. East Bay Amer. was led by a 2 for 2, 2 walks, 3 RBI performance by Bailey Neer, that included a 3-run monster homerun and the game winning run.

South Brandon National (11-12 BB) continued it’s climb through the losers bracket with a 15-4 win over Belmont Heights. Jacob Lomenzo pitched 4 strong innings for SBLL. Christian Lomenzo, Jake Davey, Nahshon Benoit, Bailey Jorgensen, and Jacob Lomenzo all had multiple hits and RBI’s. Strong defense, including a diving catch in left field by Zac Saylor, played a important role in the victory.

Bloomingdale National's Jordan Mills (11-12 BB) pitched a complete game 2-hitter (74 pitches) and was a dominant force against a good-hitting North Brandon team in their 3-1 win. Teammate Doug Sandberg has had 11 at-bats this tournament without a single out. Good defense and base running was also a big part of Bloomingdale's win.

7/2/09:  East Bay American's pitcher, Matt Leslie, (10-11 BB) struck out 10 East Point batters in their 13-3 win.

6/29/09:  Outstanding pitching from Tyler Armstrong, Bobby Larkin, Jared Drayton, and Paul Houston helped North Brandon (11-12 BB) eliminate Bloomingdale American 12-6. North Brandon put the game away in the 5th inning scoring 9 runs on 10 hits, 5 of which were for extra bases. Bobby Larkin led the charge with a home run.

Zac Saylor hurled a complete game in South Brandon National's (11-12 BB) 11-2 win over Pinecrest. Zac gave up only 5 hits while striking out 6 as South Brandon began their fight thru the losers bracket. Bailey Jorgenson helped preserve a 1-1 tie in the 4th inning with a ESPN highlight diving snow cone catch in left field. The bats of SB finally came alive with Nahshon Benoit leading the charge going 4-for-4. Jordan Enriquez, Troy Linderman, and Zac Saylor each had 2 hits to help keep SB alive. 

6/28/09:  Bloomingdale National Jordan Mills (11-12 BB) hit a 3-run HR in the 1st inning for the 2nd day in a row. Both Doug Sandberg and John “Bones” Mendelsohn had 3 hits each in their 17-5 victory.

East Bay National's Ronnie Savidge (Junior BB) had 10 Ks and catcher Robert Berning threw out 5 base stealers in their loss against Southeast. Southeast's Elvi Moya pitched 6 innings allowing 5 hits, keeping East Bay hitters off balance. Teammate Anthony Worthy pitched 2 innings to close out the game for Southeast.  

East Point's James Strohaker (Senior BB) hit the first HR of his Little League career.

Down 4-0, Tarik Wilson's (11-12 BB) 2-run homer brought East Point within 2 runs of Bloomingdale American. At the top of the 6th inning, teammate Dalton Hughes tied the game with another 2-run homer, taking the game into extra innings with East Point winning 7-4.

Eric Hinostroza (Junior BB) pitched a no-hitter today in North Brandon's 12-1 victory over Progress Village.  

In a 17-1 win, East Bay American (11-12 BB) was victorious over S. Brandon National. East Bay came out with multiple hits--starting off with 3 runs. After their defense practically shut down the S. Brandon National bats, East Bay American answered again with another 2 runs. In the 3rd inning, the score was 14-1 with East Bay taking a demanding lead. Hits came from all directions as the complete East Bay American lineup broke the game wide open.  Darius Sillart only allowed for 1 hit with 5 Ks, 2 walks and 1 unearned run. Homeruns were hit by Tyeler Checkley, Evan Colantuoni and 2 for Ryan Savidge.

S. Brandon American (11-12 BB) won a 3-to-1 pitching battle over Belmont Heights. Keaton Bruce threw a complete game in 66 pitches, which included no walks, 13 Ks, and only 3 hits. Keaton also supplied 2 RBI’s with his bat.  

6/27/09:  Bloomingdale pitcher Emily Whitworth (11-12 SB) had 6 Ks and 6 outs in the field, and no walks in 4 innings for a perfect game.

It was a nail biter on opening day, with South Brandon National (11-12 BB) defeating North Brandon in a close 3-2 extra inning game. After falling behind 2-1, South Brandon charged back pulling out the close victory in the 7th inning. Antonio Velez pitched 5 strong innings striking out 10 with Troy Lindeman finishing the game with 2 shut down innings. South Brandon was led by Jordan Enriquez and Bailey Jorgenson both with 2 hits apiece, and Bailey with 2 RBI’s. Nahshon Benoit also pitched in with a single and RBI.  

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6/20: The South Brandon National team was as hot as the sun today... Rett Hobbs hit two homeruns in the first inning. Jonah Scolaro had three doubles and Eli Benoit had two doubles as their team beat East Point 17-1. Jonah Scolaro, Logan McDaniel, and Freddy Tarnok combined to throw a no-hitter.

Cassidy Davis and Annie Tarte (Bloomingdale) combined again to throw a 1 hit, shut out against East Point in a 7-0 victory. Cassidy pitched a dominate game facing 20 batters in five innings with 14k’s and only 1 hit. Annie came in as relief with two runners on and no outs in the top of the sixth and pitched 2k’s and Brooke Leistl made a routine 6-3 groundout as the team secured the shut out. The Bloomingdale bats have been hot thru two games: Brooke LeistleMegan Bird .750, Annie Tarte .667, Claire Feldman .666, Taylor Engman .666, Rachael Rosselle .666, Cassidy Davis .500 and Alyssa Farinas .333; with the team averaging .509!   .857,

Hunter Sinclair (North Brandon) pitched 2 innings and struck out 6 batters in their game vs. Progress Village. Hunter gave up no hits and had a double off the wall; and a 2-run homerun.  

6/19: Annie Tarte and Cassidy Davis (Bloomingdale) combined for a No Hit / Shut Out of East Bay with a final of 20 – 0 in four innings. Annie started and had six K’s in two innings pitched; Cassidy relieved with six K’s with 2BB in two innings pitched. The team had 18 hits!