13U Champs NC Day Two Roundup

Day two of the 13U National Team Championships in North Carolina took place at the National Training Complex in Cary, North Carolina, on Tuesday, July 18. Catch up on all the day two action ahead of quarterfinals tomorrow.

ZT PROSPECTS NATIONAL 8, TEAM ELITE 0

ZT Prospects (2-0) plated three runs in the first inning and never looked back as it defeated Team Elite (1-1), 8-0, in run-rule fashion to close out pool play at the 13U National Team Championships in North Carolina.

With runners at the corners and one out following a pair of outfield singles, Dru Wilson’s triple to right field plated the first two runs of the game. Wilson then came home on a wild pitch to make it 3-0.

ZT’s other five runs in the contest all came in the third inning. Angel Gonzalez stole home after leading off the inning with a single to make it 4-0, and then Zachary Estrada launched a three-run home run to left field to extend his team’s lead to 7-0. Following a double and single to put runners at the corners, Joshua Diaz’s run-scoring base hit to center field rounded out ZT’s scoring.

Gonzalez, Gray and Wilson all went 2-for-3 to pace ZT’s offense, while five other players tallied a base hit to contribute to the team’s 11 in the game. On the mound, Isaiah Nunez, Lennex Minor, and Aaron Garcia held Team Elite to two hits and combined for the shutout victory, with Minor earning the win after tossing 2.1 innings in relief.

ZT Prospects will next face AZ Runners Scout Team, while Team Elite will match up with Lamorinda Titans in the final round of pool play at the 13U National Team Championships in North Carolina. Both games are slated for an 11 a.m. first pitch on Field 3 and 4, respectively. Both games will be streamed on USABaseball.TV, and live updates will be provided via @USABScores on Twitter.

13U DIRTBAGS NATIONAL 8, STACKED BASEBALL 1

Trey Hayes hurled 5.0 dominant frames for 13U Dirtbags National (1-1) to lead his team past Stacked Baseball (0-1-1), 8-1, in the second round of pool play at the 13U National Team Championships in North Carolina.

Dirtbags National showed excellent two-out hitting in the third, as a 2-RBI single by Rylan Holley was added onto the next at-bat with a wild pitch, making it 3-0. Stacked also showed its two-out hitting capabilities, as a base hit by Enzo Recalde scored its lone run of the contest. In the fifth frame, Robert Mascia mashed an RBI double over the left fielder’s head to make it 4-1. Caden Scott continued the scoring for Dirtbags National, as his single up the middle scored a run while an RBI groundout by Lawson Tyndall made it 6-1. A wild pitch in the sixth scored Tyler Jackson for the seventh run, which was followed up by a sacrifice fly off the bat of Ethan Stewart to make it 8-1.

Hayes went 5.0 innings strong for Dirtbags National, allowing a mere three hits and only one run to cross the plate. Holley racked up a pair of singles and RBIs apiece in his 2-for-2 performance while Stewart went 1-for-2 with a run knocked in and scored.

Aiden Vargas picked up two of Stacked’s five hits as he notched an extra-base hit and scored once. Recalde was responsible for the team’s lone RBI with his base hit, while Hurd went 1-for-2 and tallied a double in the seventh

Stacked and Dirtbags National will wrap up pool play at the 13U National Team Championships in North Carolina at 10:45 a.m, as Dirtbags take on Canes West 13U on Coleman Field while Stacked plays Top Tier Select on Field 2 Both games will be streamed on USABaseball.TV, and live updates will be provided via @USABScores on Twitter.

AZ RUNNERS SCOUT TEAM 5, LAMORINDA TITANS 3

AZ Runners Scout Team (1-1) held off a late comeback attempt by Lamorinda Titans (0-2) to secure a 5-3 victory in the second round of pool play at the 13U National Team Championships in North Carolina.

Lamorinda struck first with a pair of runs in the second inning on an RBI groundout by Dylan McLemore and wild pitch with Connor Boese at third, but AZ Runners answered in the bottom frame with four runs to take a 4-2 lead. With the bases loaded following a pair of walks and error, Jacob Torres drove in the first run with a single to left field, and then an RBI single by Ryan Heskett and defensive miscue with the bases still loaded plated the other three runs of the frame.

AZ Runners tacked on an insurance run in the third inning when Ty Chambless drove in Ryder Sand on a base hit up the middle, extending his team’s lead to 5-3.

Lamorinda made it a two-run game in the fifth thanks to a bases-loaded walk, then managed to put a runner on the sixth in attempt to rally back, but fell short as back-to-back fly outs ended the threat.

Both teams tallied four hits apiece in the contest. AZ Runners’ Sand earned the win on the mound after surrendering an earned run in 1.2 innings, while Lamorinda’s Jack Carpenter was saddled with the loss after giving up four runs in the first inning.

AZ Runners Scout Team will next face ZT Prospects, while Lamorinda Titans will match up with Team Elite in the final round of pool play at the 13U National Team Championships in North Carolina. Both games are slated for an 11 a.m. first pitch on Field 3 and 4, respectively. Both games will be streamed on USABaseball.TV, and live updates will be provided via @USABScores on Twitter.

TOP TIER SELECT 6, CANES WEST 5

Dylan Crowe went 3-for-4 with three singles and an RBI to lead Top Tier Select (2-0) to a 6-5 victory over Canes West (0-1-1) in the second round of pool play at the 13U National Team Championships in North Carolina.

Top Tier plated the first run of the game in the top of the first thanks to a Nick Potter single to left field. Canes West responded in the bottom of the frame when a single by Josiah Park, a wild pitch, and a passed ball made it 3-1. Top Tier managed to tie the game in the second with an RBI single from Connor Whannel and a sacrifice fly by Abram Decena. After a scoreless third inning, Top Tier regained the lead in the fourth when a passed ball and a single from Decena plated two runs. Eli Martinez recorded a sac fly in the sixth to bring Canes West back within one, but Crowe extended the lead for Top Tier in the top of the seventh with a single to center. In the bottom of the seventh, Kingston Sinner scored on an RBI groundout by Nathan Reaney to narrow the lead, but Crowe forced a fly out to end the game and secure the 6-5 victory for Top Tier.

Kai Torre and Connor Whannel each went 2-for-3 with two base hits for Top Tier. Kasen Gilroy threw 3.1 innings for Top Tier and struck out four batters. Kingston Sinner led Canes West offensively, as he went 2-for-2 with two singles and a run scored. Park punched out five batters in 3.2 innings of work for Canes West.

Top Tier will next play Stacked Baseball at 10:45 a.m. on Field 2, while Canes West will move on to play Dirtbags National at 10:45 a.m. on Coleman Field. Both games will be streamed on USABaseball.TV, and live updates will be provided via @USABScores on Twitter.

TOP TIER SELECT 4, STACKED 1

Three Top Tier Select (3-0) pitchers combined for 7.0 innings of three-hit ball to overcome Stacked (0-2-1), 4-1, and remain undefeated at the 13U National Team Championships in North Carolina.

Top Tier Select brought across all of its runs in the second, as back-to-back RBI line-drive singles by Kasen Gilroy and Kai Torre plated a pair. Stacked halved the deficit in its half of the third off a groundout by Blake Barberena that scored Hudson Brown, who reached on a leadoff walk. Two critical insurance runs crossed the plate in the home half of the sixth; a pair of steals placed runners in scoring position and came around to score after Nick Potter hammered a one-out offering to make it 4-1.

Torre tossed the majority of the contest, going 4.0 innings strong while giving up only one run. Kameron Cox and Henry Burke pitched the back half of the game and shut out Stacked while allowing no hits. Potter was 1-for-2 on the day with a pair of RBIs and a run scored for Top Tier Select.

Grayson Thomas, Orlando Oates, and Jesse Lopez each collected a base hit and accounted for all of Stacked’s three hits. Will Necessary was saddled with the loss and threw for all 6.0 innings, only allowing three earned runs to score.

Top Tier Select will advance to the winner’s bracket where its first round matchup will be determined after the conclusion of pool play. Stacked will compete in the consolation bracket to be held Wednesday and Thursday. All games will be streamed at USABaseball.TV, and live updates will be provided via Twitter at @USABScores.

CANES WEST 3, DIRTBAGS NATIONAL 0

Caleb Lozano went 3-for-3 with three base hits and an RBI to lead Canes West (1-1-1) to a 3-0 victory over Dirtbags National (1-2-0) in pool play action at the 2023 13U National Team Championships in North Carolina.

With the win, Canes West collects its first victory of pool play.

Canes West scored the first run of the game in the first inning when an error in the Dirtbags infield allowed a run to score from third. Caleb Lozano added another run to the board in the second for Canes with an RBI single into center field. Samuel Pink drew a bases loaded walk in the fourth inning that scored another run for Canes West and established a 3-0 lead. The game ended in the top of the seventh with three quick outs recorded by Canes pitcher Eli Martinez.

Martinez threw a complete game for Canes West, picking up five punch outs across 7.0 scoreless innings. Anthony Ramon turned in a 2-for-3 performance with two base hits and a run scored for the Canes offense. Rylan Holley went 2-for 3 with two singles and a stolen base for Dirtbags.

Each team will await seeding to find out its next opponent following the conclusion of bracket play on Tuesday. All games will be streamed live on USABaseball.TV and live updates will be provided via Twitter @USABScores.

ZT PROSPECTS NATIONAL 10, AZ RUNNERS SCOUT TEAM 2

ZT Prospects National (3-0) scored 10 unanswered runs to knock off AZ Runners Scout Team (1-2), 10-2, in pool play action on Tuesday at the 13U National Team Championships North Carolina.

The Runners immediately scored twice in the top of the first before ZT Prospects took over. Bentley Elrod and Ryder Sand tallied back-to-back RBI knocks to open the scoring and put Arizona in front by two. ZT responded in the bottom half and never looked back, starting when Aaron Garcia scored on a double play and Zachary Estrada followed with an RBI double.

ZT got back to work in the second to take the lead. Angel Gonzalez had an RBI groundout and another run was plated to make it 4-2, before ZT rattled off another three runs in the third. Estrada and Anthony Huaranga came home on a bunt and Adriel Rivera added an RBI single to make it 7-2 in favor of ZT.

The Prospects then added three in the bottom of the fifth to secure the run-rule victory. Garcia’s sacrifice fly plated Rivera to make it 8-2, followed by a bases-loaded walk and a Dru Wilson sacrifice fly to secure the win.

Estrada was 3-for-3 with an RBI in the victory to lead the ZT offense. The first five hitters in the ZT lineup tallied RBIs, and the team drew 15 total walks. Elrod and Sand had the only RBI hits for Arizona.

Wilson earned the win with 1.2 hitless relief innings. Ty Holmstead was credited with the loss after permitting four runs in an inning of work.

TEAM ELITE 8, LAMORINDA TITANS 5

Nicholas Machusko went 2-for-2 with a walk, an RBI, and two runs scored as Team Elite took down Lamorinda Titans, 8-5, in pool play at the 13U National Team Championships North Carolina.

Team Elite got right to work in the bottom of the first. Bobby Smithnosky drew a bases-loaded walk to bring in the first run and Hudson Burnett followed with a sacrifice fly to make it an immediate 2-0 lead.

But Lamorinda responded immediately in its half of the second to put three runs up and take the lead. After leading off the inning with a single, Dylan McLemore came home to score on a bases-loaded walk. After another walk with the bases juiced provided the tying run, Bryce Farris hit a ground ball that turned into an error to make it 3-2 in favor of the Titans.

The Titans’ lead didn’t last long, as Team Elite answered with three runs of its own to regain the lead. The first two runs of the frame come on Colin Anderson’s two-run double, which led to Breck Hemphill’s run-scoring triple to put Team Elite in front 5-3. That lead was extended to 8-3 in the fifth on two consecutive RBI hits by Machusko and Brennan New and a sacrifice fly by Colton Dabkowski. Lamorinda scored twice on a hit by Zane Worth, but it wasn’t enough to overcome the deficit as Team Elite earned the 8-5 win.

In addition to Machusko’s two-hit day, Colin Anderson had a hit, two RBIs, and two runs scored. Hemphill and New added RBI hits for Team Elite. Lamorinda got a strong offensive showing from Worth, who was 1-for-2 with two RBIs and a run scored.

Team Elite’s Anderson tossed 5.2 innings and allowed two hits and two runs in relief to earn the win. Bryce Farris suffered the loss, allowing two early runs, before Jacob Hinojosa pitched 5.2 innings out of the Titans’ bullpen.

USA PRIME 5, ARKANSAS WARRIORS 1

Colin Raymond went 2-for-3 with two RBIs to help lead USA Prime (3-0) to a 5-1 win over the Arkansas Warriors (0-3) on Tuesday afternoon at the 13U National Team Championships North Carolina.

The win helps USA Prime finish unbeaten in pool play.

Raymond’s big day started immediately in the bottom of the first. After an error put a runner on, Raymond drove in the opening run with a line-drive single to right field. Each team then exchanged zeros over the next couple of frames before USA Prime extended its lead to four in the third. Brandon Forrest reached on an error with one out in the inning, and Jake Welch followed by punching an RBI double into left to put USA Prime in front 2-0.

Raymond then kept the rally going in the bottom of the third with another RBI single, this one bringing home Welch. A sacrifice fly capped the three-run outburst, making it a 4-0 edge after three.

The Warriors chipped into their deficit in the top of the fourth on an RBI groundout by Hudson Roach, but USA Prime got the run back in the bottom of the fifth on an error. Arkansas put a runner on in the seventh in an attempt for a late rally, but a double play ended the threat and secured the win for USA Prime.

Welch collected a hit, run, and RBI in the leadoff spot for USA Prime. Along with Raymond’s two-RBI performance, Colin McGowan had the only other RBI for the victors. Arkansas got five hits from five different players, and Roach drove in the team’s only run.

Borrosco Gage was strong in his three innings on the mound, allowing three hits and no runs. Reggie Marshall and Wright Matt were also strong in relief in the win. Roach got the loss after permitting five runs (one earned) in four innings.

REED JOHNSON BASEBALL ACADEMY 10, PREMIER NATIONALS 3

Reed Johnson Baseball Academy (2-1) put up a four spot in the third inning and never took its foot of the gas in a 10-3 win over Premier National (1-2) on Tuesday at the 13U National Team Championships North Carolina.

Leading 1-0 entering the third thanks to a Luke Pearson first inning sac fly, Reed Johnson put up four runs in the third to pull away. The rally began when Tyce Johnson was hit by a pitch and came around to score on a single by Troy Sibolboro. The lead grew to five when Jayson Marquez delivered the biggest hit of the game, clearing the bases with a three-run double to make it 5-0.

Reed Johnson kept it going in the fourth, putting up another three runs. Johnson singled home the inning’s first run before back-to-back RBI groundouts extended the lead to 8-0. Premier attempted to mount a comeback in the bottom of the fourth, scoring on Anthony Frausto III’s RBI double and Keagan Fosdick’s RBI groundout.

After Reed Johnson added two more in the fifth, Premier mounted a rally in the sixth to nearly complete an improbable comeback. Brandon Pace drove in the first run of the rally with a sac fly and Hunter Heinrich singled in another. Parker Ross plated Premier’s sixth run with a double and two more came home on an error, but Reed Johnson held off the late push to secure the 10-8 win.

Four players in the Reed Johnson lineup notched two hits: Johnson, Marquez, Reyes, and Sibolboro. Johnson and Marquez each knocked in three runs, while Sibolboro also drove in a pair. For Premier, Jack Doss, Frausto III, and Ross led the offensive attack with two-hit days.

Sibolboro started on the mound for Reed Johnson and tossed two shutout innings to earn the victory. Keegan Cardona suffered the loss, getting tagged for seven runs in three innings of work.

CALI NATIONAL BASEBALL ACADEMY 9, DULINS DODGERS PRIME 8

Richard Rodriguez played hero for Cali National Baseball Academy (1-2) with a walk-off shot in a five-run comeback to beat Dulins Dodgers Prime (0-3), 9-8, at the 13U National Team Championships in North Carolina.

Both teams saw action in the first, as back-to-back bases-loaded walks handed Dulins Dodgers an early 2-0 lead. Cali National halved the Dodger lead in its half of the first after a pair of errors prolonged the frame and allowed Juan Sandoval to score on a wild pitch. Cali National knotted the game up in the second, as another error plated Anthony Tong for the team’s second run. Runs filled the scoreboard from then on; an RBI double by the Dodgers’ Michael Morris and a groundout by Cali’s Dane Thornton made it a 3-3 contest after three. Dulins Dodgers then jumped to a commanding 8-3 lead in the fourth after Cooper Cheak, Cason Howard, and Zimmer Offolter each tallied RBIs to put the Dodgers up by four while a wild pitch scored the eighth run.

Cali National stayed in the fight, however, as Rodriguez took advantage of back-to-back walks and plated a run to make it 8-4 in the fifth. A single by Sam Wagner and a clutch two-out drive by Sandoval tied the game at 8-8. Rodriguez’s late-game heroics won the game for Cali National in the sixth, as his RBI base hit to shallow right scored the winning run.

Not only was Rodriguez responsible for half of his team’s runs in his 2-for-3 outing which was highlighted by a pair of RBIs in addition to a run scored, but he kept the Dodgers at bay, tossing 2.2 shutout innings without allowing a hit. Sandoval also notched two RBIs with a base hit on the day while Wagner went 1-for-1 and collected the team’s fourth hit.

Jax Watkins, Cheak, and Howard each tallied two-hit performances for Dulins Dodgers, Howard scored twice and drove in a run as well. Morris and Offolter each plated a pair with a base hit for the Dodgers.

Both teams will continue to compete in the consolation bracket the following two days. All games will be streamed at USABaseball.TV, and live updates will be provided via Twitter at @USABScores.

SCOTTSDALE DIRTBAGS 6, SBA NATIONAL 5

Ethan LeBreton went 2-for-2 with two singles and a run scored to lead Scottsdale Dirtbags to a 6-5 victory over SBA National in the final round of pool play at the 2023 13U National Team Championships in North Carolina.

With the win, Scottsdale Dirtbags remains undefeated at the event heading into bracket play.

Scottsdale jumped out to an early lead in the first inning thanks to a three-run double by Logan Pascarella. Ben Jacobus followed up with an RBI groundout that made it 4-0 in favor of Dirtbags. Julian Martinez got SBA on the board with a double that scored two runs in the bottom of the first. Jarod Flowers followed up with an RBI groundout that added a third run and made it 4-3. After a scoreless second, SBA tied the game in the bottom of the third when an error in the Dirtbags infield allowed a run to score. Scottsdale wasted no time retaking the lead as a Jacobus triple and a single by Chase Gockenbach made it 6-4 in the top of the fourth. A bases loaded hit batter scored another run for SBA National in the sixth, but the game ended 6-5 due to the two hour and 15 minute time limit.

Samuel Garcia and Joel Vargas recorded base hits for Scottsdale. Vargas also provided 2.0 relief innings with five strikeouts. Hudson Simmons picked up a double and threw 5.0 innings with three strikeouts for SBA National.

Both teams will await seeding to find out its next opponent at the conclusion of pool play on Tuesday. All games will be streamed on USABaseball.TV and live updates will be provided via Twitter @USABScores.