By Summer Baseball Update

Little League

In a semifinal game played in pouring rain, the Santa Clara Westside Pirates sunk the Los Altos Yankees 3-0 in the District 44 Minor Tournament of Champions.

The Pirates limited the Yanks to one hit June 25 at Miller Junior High in Cupertino.

Los Altos pitcher Matt Bowden struck out 10 and allowed only two hits over five innings of work, but both hits came in the decisive third.

The Pirates started off the inning with a hit, followed by a fielder’s choice and an error, leaving two runners on base. Pirates pitcher Kenny Zuvela then delivered a two-run triple and scored on the play when the relay throw from left field was mishandled.

Zuvela and Pirates reliever Kyle Cassidy combined to allow only four Los Altos batters to reach base.

MV hosting Babe Ruth tourney

Town Crier Staff Report

Post 375, an American Legion baseball team based in Palo Alto, won two of its first three games at last week’s Western States Classic at Diablo Valley College.

A day after opening the tournament with a 10-7 victory over Lafayette, Post 375 blanked Martinez 10-0 June 27 behind the stellar pitching of Gordon Pendergrass. The Mountain View High graduate had a no-hitter going for five innings, then gave up two hits in the sixth. Offensively, Gunn grad Anthony Rea had a single, double and triple.

On Thursday Post 375 (6-7) fell 9-3 to Olympia (Washington); Friday’s game was played after the Town Crier went to press.

Mountain View is hosting the 14-year-old division of Babe Ruth All-Stars, with the tournament scheduled for Thursday through Sunday at McKelvey Ballpark.

The single-elimination event will feature teams from Belmont, San Carlos, San Mateo, Menlo Park, Palo Alto and Mountain View/Los Altos.

Thursday’s opening round games are Palo Alto vs. Belmont at 5:30 p.m. and Mountain View vs. San Mateo at 8 p.m.

The winners move on to play Menlo Park and San Carlos, respectively, in Friday’s quarterfinals. Those games are slated for 5:50 and 8 p.m.

The semifinals get under way at 4:30 p.m., Saturday, with the championship game set for 1:30 p.m., Sunday.

McKelvey Ballpark is one block west of El Camino Real on Miramonte Road.

The Mountain View team, managed by Tom Mims, includes Perett Fiaavae, Peter Murphy, Thomas Russell, Steven Cortinas, Tommie Bommarito, Lucas Driscoll, Joshua Gabriel, Paul Hurt, Kyle Morrison, Dino Bravo, Will Evenson, Michael Miura, David Lee, Mario Leos and Alex Odom.