Saturday's Little League roundup: York National Major baseball team wins again at state

Daily Press

10:47 p.m. EDT, July 20, 2013

On a day when three Little League District 7 champion teams were eliminated from their state tournaments, the York National Major (age 11-12) baseball team improved to 2-0 in its pool with a 14-2 win against Upper Loudoun American, virtually ensuring advancement to elimination play in Lynchburg.

Junior baseball:

Austin Phillips and Robbie Torrey each drove in three runs as York American's 13 and-14-year-olds stayed alive by improving to 1-1 in their tournament in Bristol, rolling past Lower Loudoun 11-0 in an elimination game.

The triumph advanced them into a 1 p.m. Sunday elimination game against Louisa.

Pitcher Gabe Simmons got the victory, Phillips batted 3-for-3 and Torrey 2-for-3 with a triple and double.

Justin Parrish was 3-for-3 with an RBI and two runs, and Rayvon Patrick was 1-for-1 with an RBI double.

Age 10-11 baseball:

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York National finished 0-3 at the tournament in West Springfield with a 15-5 loss to Clarke County, which overcame a 4-1 deficit.

For York National, Parker McLamb was 2-for-3 with two RBI and a run, Patrick Flemming was 2-for-3 with two RBI, Byron Evans was 2-for-3 with a run, and Ethan Slaton was 1-for-1 with two runs. Jake Brewer was 1-for-3 with a run, and Colby Dye was 1-for-3 with an RBI.

Age 9-10 baseball:

York American was ousted with an 8-3 loss to Cave Spring of Roanoke, finishing pool play in Richmond at 1-2.

Age 9-10 softball:

Warwick (0-2) was bounced 10-0 by Richmond County and completed pool play in Lebanon 0-2 without scoring a run.

Source: http://www.dailypress.com/sports/dp-spt-little-league-20130720,0,1725745.story?track=rss

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