Covina, CA ousted Palmview, TX, 15-5, and Manchester, NH eliminated Managua, Nicaragua, 11-1, both in five-inning games at the DICK’S Sporting Goods PONY League World Series Monday. Then, Mother Nature put a stop to further play with steady rains and, at times, heavy downpours. Winners’ bracket games Monday evening, featuring both local teams, were postponed to Tuesday. Tournament officials are hopeful of resuming play at approximately with Games 11-14 to be played as 5-inning contests. The Division Finals, Games 15-16, are tentatively set for Tuesday evening as regulation 7-inning games. Click for Bracket. Hear every game of Washington’s 60th PONY League World Series on WJPA-AM (1450) or Click Here!
Tuesday scores/schedule: (ALL TIMES TENTATIVE, SUBJECT TO REVISION)
10:00 am Game 11 (winners’ bracket) Youngstown OH vs. Edogawa Japan
11:45 am Game 12 (winners’ bracket) Washington County vs. Monterrey Mexico
1:30 pm Game 13 (elimination) Covina CA vs. Youngstown / Edogawa loser
3:15 pm Game 14 (elimination) Manchester vs. Washington County / Montererry loser
Evening (times to be determined)
6:00 pm Game 15 Youngstown/Edogawa/Covina Division Finals
8:30 pm Game 16 Washington County/Monterrey/Manchester Division Finals
Palmview led 4-0 and 5-4 only to watch Covina erupt for 11 straight runs, eliminating the South Zone Champions. Nathan Arellano homered in the Covina first inning and finished with two hits, five RBI and three runs scored. Arellano threw three scoreless innings of relief to get the win. Palmview scored four in the first on just one hit. Covina tied the game in the bottom of the frame thanks to a fielder’s choice and Arellano’s home run to deep left. Palmview scored a run in the top of the third to lead, 5-4, before the West Zone champs plated three in the third, four in the fourth and fifth to walk off with the run-rule win. Covina awaits the Youngstown/Edogawa losers in the elimination bracket.
Monday scores/schedule:
Game 9 (elimination) Covina CA 15, Palmview TX 5 (5 innings)
Game 10 (elimination) Manchester NH 11, Managua Nicaragua 1 (5 innings)
Game 11 (winners’ bracket) POSTPONED Youngstown OH vs. Edogawa Japan
Game 12 (winners’ bracket) POSTPONED Washington County vs. Monterrey Mexico
Manchester scored seven run in the first and never looked back, cruising past Managua and ending the Caribbean champions’ stay in the World Series. Seven different Manchester plays drove in runs, Jace Labore and Chase Crowell each had a pair of RBI. After one out in the first, eight straight East Zone players reached safely on three singles, three walks and a pair of hit-batters. Single runs in the third and fourth innings for Manchester set the stage to end the game early. Labore hit a solo home run to lead off the fifth. After one runner was thrown out at home trying to invoke the run rule, Levi Locke singled to center field, plating Owen Hazelbaker with the game’s final marker. Manchester will face the Washington County/Monterrey loser in the elimination bracket.