PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Pittsfield Little League American Division 10-year-old All-Stars scored 10 runs in the first inning en route to a 17-1 win over Leominster at Deming Park in its second game of the state sectional playoffs.
Pittsfield held Leominster scoreless in the top of the first before scoring ten in the bottom of the frame, going through the batting order twice in the process. The defense then held Leominster to a single run in the second inning.
Jake Mauth scored two of the team's runs in the first and ended up the leading scorer in the end, with four runs in four at bats. Mauth also got one out on defense off a line-drive catch.
Brennan Lyon scored three and struck out two batters in a one-inning on the mound. Will Nichols scored three runs, including one where he stole home plate off a bad pitch.
Alec Houghtaling scored twice in each inning. Jowell McLove also scored one in each inning, one off a single by Mauth.
Lennon Greene and Jeremiah Bullett each scored one run in the first inning. Matt Klinger gave Pittsfield its 17th and final run of the game.
The team then held Leominster scoreless in the top of the third to end the game on the mercy rule.
Pittsfield American goes to 1-1 in the double elimination tournament and travels to Clinton on Saturday afternoon for an elimination game. Clinton Friday lost to Westfield, 7-6.
11-Year-Olds
LONGMEADOW, Mass. – Cooper Reed hit a two-run opposite field home run in the first inning to kickstart the Pittsfield American 11-year-old All-Stars in an 11-7 win over Longmeadow in the sectional tournament.
Mateo Fox struck out eight hitters in 4 and a third innings before Matthew Keegan went the rest of the way.
Fox helped his cause with a double and an RBI single, and Oren Lewis had a two-run single. Keegan drove in a pair of runs, and Brodi McCormack drove in a run.
Pittsfield American (2-0) is home on Sunday at 1 p.m. against the winner of Saturday’s game between Holden and Longmeadow in the elimination bracket.
A win by the Americans gives them a sectional title. A loss for Pittsfield American sets up a winner-take-all final on Monday on the road.
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