By Staff
Action continues at Thomas Stadium in the Greater Niles Little League's Junior and Senior divisions.
Astros…8
Indians…12
Brian Kline doubled for the Indians, who also got two hits each from Josh Bell, Austin Webber and Cortland Gordon.
Sean Morgan, Blaine Myers and Webber combined on a three-hitter with six strikeouts.
Steven Smith had two hits for the Astros.
Derek Scott and Jacob Oates struck out five.
Cubs…4
Giants…8
Jordan Griffin had a double and a single, while Michael Pancoast also had a single for the Giants.
Griffin and Casey Burandt combined to strike out 11 and allow five hits.
Jake Brentlinger, Evan Hartman, Dakota McDonald, Dakota Jackson and Trey Casey all had a hit for the Cubs.
Hartman, Timmy Mead, McDonald and Jackson all took the mound for the Cubs. They allowed just three hits between them and struck out six.
Giants…15
Indians…7
An eight-run second inning helped prepell the Giants to the victory.
Alec Landon and Fritz Findeisen both tripled for the Giants, who also got a double and a single from Jordan Griffin.
Nicholas Zimmerman and Aaron Pierce both had two hits for the Giants.
Matt Schiele, Findeisen, Burandt and Griffin saw action on the hill. The scattered five hits, while striking out 11.
Sean Morgan and Austin Webber combined to strikeout seven for the Indians.
Kline had a double and two singles, while Bell and Morgan both added a hit.
Astros…5
Cubs…3
Tyler Bybee had a pair of singles for the Astros.
James Krause and Zach Wilson struck out eight and allowed just three hits for the Astros.
Hartman and Jackson both doubled for the Cubs.
Keith Jann, McDonald and Mead combined on the two hitter with four strikeouts in a losing effort.
Indians…6
Astros…8
James Krause went the distance for the Astros, striking out eight.
Alec Brown had a home run and a single for the Astros, who also got a double from Scott.
Morgan and Myers combined on a four-hitter with five strikeouts for the Indians.
Gordon had a home run and a single, while Myers added a hit.
Cubs…10
Indians…3
Hartman and Brentlinger combined on a no-hitter with 10 strikeouts.
Hartman led the team offensively with a double. Trey Casey and Jake Wright both singled.
Cubs…3
Rangers..4
Chance Ravish hadd two hits for the Rangers, who also got a RBI single from Bent Getz.
Cole Clemens, Kevin Ballge and Chris Mangus all added hits.
Ballge, Mangus and Alec Nichols all took the mound, allowing four runs with 13 strikeouts.
Jackson had a double for the Cubs, who also got a RBI single from Casey and hits from both Hartman and Jackson.
Mead scattered six hits and struck out four for the Cubs.
Astros…0
Giants…5
Griffin one-hit with Astros to go along with seven strikeouts.
Griffin, Findeisen, Zimmerman and Burandt all had hits for the Giants.
Krause and Brown allowed just four hits for the Astros and struck out six in a losing effort.
Brown had the lone hit for the Astros.
Senior Division
Reds…13
Tigers…1
Dustin Bell struck out 12, walked just one and tossed a three-hitter for the Reds.
Bell and Nathan Oates both doubled and drove in runs, while Jacob Whittaker had a pair of singles and three RBIs for the Reds.
Austin Searles and Brendon Keen both singled and drove in a run, with Zach Fillwock, Jeremy Zimmerman and Riley Robson also collecting hits.
Zack Holt, Cody Beers and Zach Webber all had hits for the Tigers.
John Carey and Webber took the hill for the Tigers, striking out seven.
A's…6
Reds…7
A four-run fifth inning helped propell the Reds to their second win of the season.
Fillwock and Robson scattered six hits and struck out seven for the Reds.
Robson also had a home run and two RBI, while Oates singled and drove in two runs. Bell doubled and Steven Cabe had a pair of singles.
Brendon Nichols and Cody Taggart took the mound for the A's and allowed seven hits with six strikeouts.
Tyler Fisher had a double, a single and two RBIs, while Conrad Smallman singled and drove in two. Bradley Millen doubled and singled and Donte Stevens contributed a single.