SG Roofing wins three straight

Sammy Witte pitched a complete-game two-hitter and regular season

champion SG Roofing stayed in contention for the postseason AAA

Division title by eliminating Five Feet, 8-2, in Laguna Beach Little

League action at Riddle Field.

Michael Hyden’s three-run triple in the second inning gave SG

Roofing a 3-0 lead, which was extended to 5-0 on Tyler Kesler’s RBI

single.

In the third, Alex Gromet and Alex Gustis, each doubled and scored

to make it a 7-0 game.

Five Feet’s Sam Hilburn began the bottom of the third with a

single and scored his team’s first run when he came home on Alex

Iannotti’s ground out.

Jake Glazer doubled and scored on Gustis’ sacrifice fly to make it

8-1 but Five Feet responded with its second run of the game when Evan

Steinhoff walked on scored on Brian Vail’s base hit.

In other games:

SG Roofing 8, First Team Nolan 6

Alex Gromet accounted for four of SG Roofing’s eight runs wit ha

triple and line-shot single as his team avenged a tournament opening

loss to First Team Nolan.

The pitching of Jake Glazer and Tyler Kesler, plus the defensive

play of Sammy Witte and Evan Rubel, helped preserve the victory.

Sebastian Schott had a two-run double and Austin Hilleman had an

RBI single for Team Nolan.

Team Nolan appeared in control early when Schott hit his two-run

double and Ben Hanson stole home in opening up a 3-0 first inning

lead. In the third, the lead grew to 5-0 when Sam Simon and Hilleman

scored.

SG Roofing began to rally in the bottom-half of the third. They

posted five runs to even up the score with Witte, Alex Gromet, Alex

Gustis and Austin Muhlhauser getting hits.

Team Nolan regained the lead, 6-5, in the sixth when Beau

Heussen-Stamm scored on Hilleman’s base hit, and had the chance to

build on that lead when Travis Sampson drilled a shot to centerfield

with bases loaded.

SG Roofing’s Evan Rubel prevented any further runs by snagging the

ball for the final out of the inning.

SG Roofing 13, Courtesy Auto Body 9

Michael Hyden came up with three hits, Sam Witte, Jake Glazer and

Alex Gromet each had two hits and Austin Muhlhauser hit a towering

double in leading SG Roofing to victory.

The score was tied at 9-9 heading into the bottom of the fourth

inning where SG Roofing pushed across four runs to take control.