Pittsfield, Dalton-Hinsdale Earn 10-Year-Old Little League Wins
PITTSFIELD, Mass. – The Pittsfield Little League 10-year-old All-Stars Tuesday jumped on top early and went on to their second run-rule win of the Don Gleason District 1 Championship at Deming Park.
Myles Morrison-Gould went 2-for-2 with a double, and Sean Rozak struck out seven in 3 and a third innings on the mound to lead Pittsfield to an 11-1 win over Great Barrington that kept the tournament hosts unbeaten in pool play.
With Dalton-Hinsdale’s 8-5 win over Adams-Cheshire on Tuesday night, Dalton-Hinsdale and Great Barrington are tied for second place at 1-1 heading into Wednesday’s 5:30 pool play finales: DH at Pittsfield at Deming and AC vs. GB at Clapp Park.
The top two teams after the round robin advance to the best-of-three championship series that gets underway on Saturday afternoon at Deming.
On Tuesday night, Rozak, Mason Fox, Morrison-Gould and Hector Reyes Colon started the bottom of the first with four straight hits for Pittsfield – the last two doubles by Morrison-Gould and Colon.
Blake Jamula later provided a one-out infield single and scored as Pittsfield generated five runs on just 20 pitches in its first trip to the plate.
“We got them going up there thinking hit, thinking hit, thinking extra base,” Pittsfield coach Jack Chevalier said.
Four times in the game, Pittsfield batters attempted to take second base on walks, getting thrown out twice by GB catcher Hunter Havens.
For the most part, Pittsfield’s aggressiveness at the plate and on the basepaths paid dividends as it scored multiple runs in each of its turns at bat.
After the five-run first, Will Knauth started the bottom of the second with a leadoff walk (taking second base on the play) and scored on Kooper Colon’s RBI single. Colon then came home when Carmello Coco worked a walk and tried to go to second, drawing a successful throw that allowed Knauth to cross the plate.
In the third, Pittsfield used four walks and hits from Morrison-Gould and Jamula to tack on four runs.
Meanwhile, Rozak had just one hiccup on the mound.
After a 1-2-3 first, Great Barrington worked three walks to load the bases and got a run when Luke Saupe raced home on a pitch that got to the backstop to make it 5-1.
Rozak ended the inning on a strikeout with two runners in scoring position and struck out the side in the top of the third to take a 10-run margin into the top of the fourth.
After a walk and an error put two runners on base, Rozak ended his night with a strikeout before handing the ball to Fox, who notched two Ks of his own to end the game.
“Sean, he’s a warrior, man,” Chevalier said. “That kid just went out there and fought hard. And when he got in tough situations, he pitched himself out of it. And I felt like Mason Fox did the same thing at the end.
“I told [Fox], I don’t want to give up a run. I want this to be the game. And he said, ‘All right.’ “
Photos from this game to come.
Dalton-Hinsdale 8, Adams-Cheshire 5
PITTSFIELD, Mass. – Xavier Ramos and Tye Shove excelled at the plate and on the mound as Dalton-Hinsdale bounced back from Monday’s loss to win its second game at Clapp Park in as many nights.
Ramos went 2-for-2 with a double and an RBI. Shove was 3-for-3 with a triple.
The pair also split time on the hill.
Ramos struck out seven and allowed three earned runs in 3 and one-third innings of work. Shove closed the game, striking out five and not allowing an earned run in 2 and two-thirds innings.
DH (1-1) took the lead for good with a three-run top of the fifth to take a 7-4 lead.
Avry Decker led Adams-Cheshire’s offense, going 2-for-2 with a double. Joey Milesi was 1-for-2 with a pair of RBIs for AC (0-2).
Cam Durant and Decker split time on the mound for Adams-Cheshire, combining to strike out six and allow just one earned run.
