The Manteca White Sox and the Spreckels Park White Sox both benefitted from outstanding pitching performances Wednesday night but in the end it was Manteca’s Brian Geer that shut down Spreckels Park in a 13-10 consolation win for Manteca in the District 67 Majors Tournament of Champions at Mossdale Landing Community Park.
With five across for Spreckels Park in the fourth inning to tie the game at 10-10, Geer toed the rubber with one out and blanked Spreckels Park the rest of the way, striking out five while allowing four hits and a walk.
Manteca started the game with five runs in the top of the first. Herman San Nicolas (three runs), Luke Scalise (two runs) and Blake Scalise (2 for 3, three RBI, double, two runs) all walked to load the bases. San Nicolas scored on a wild pitch, Alex Lua (two RBI, run) singled in Luke Scalise and Geer singled in Blake Saclise and Lua. Geer came around to score on a wild pitch.
Manteca tallied six runs in the fifth to go ahead 11-10. Blake Scalise belted a ground-rule double to plate Jonathon Patterson, Geer doubled in San Nicolas and Blake Scalise, Lua scored on an Aris Masudi single, Geer was singled in by Covey Papworth and Masudi came around to score on a wild pitch.
San Nicholas and Luke Scalise walked in the sixth and both came in on a single by Blake Scalise for a pair of insurance runs to make the final score 13-10.
Spreckels Park eked out five runs over the first three innings before exploding for five more in the fourth. Dean Elder reached on an error to start the Spreckels Park fourth, followed by a Jonah Horn single. Elder came in to score on Derrick Riley’s single and Tucker Davidson had the first big hit of the inning with a ground-rule double to score Horn.
After Max Souza reached on a fielder’s choice both Souza and Davidson scored on a home run by Adrian Alvarez (four RBI, home run, two runs). That brought Geer into the game and he blanked Spreckels Park the rest of the way.
Alvarez reached on a fielder’s choice in the first inning and came around to score on a wild pitch. Blake Lineros (3 for 4, RBI, two doubles) doubled to start the Spreckels Park second and after Jinx Medulla walked both scored on a single off the bat of Jonah Horn (2 for 3, two RBI, run). Alvarez hit a sacrifice fly to plate Souza in the third inning and Lineros doubled in Zane Maestas to tie the score at 5-5.
With five across for Manteca in the first inning and one out with a runner on, Alvarez came in to pitch for Spreckels Park and blanked Manteca through the fourth inning, allowing just one base runner on an error in the time span, striking out eight.
Manteca will face Tracy today at 5 p.m. in the consolation semifinal.
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Manteca White Sox 16, Mountain House A’s 1
Jace Reynolds was 2 for 3 with three RBI and a double to lead the White Sox to the quarterfinal win at Brock Elliott on Tuesday. From catcher, he tracked down a fly ball and then doubled up an A’s runner at second.
A.J. Haines started on the mound for Manteca and threw two scoreless innings while adding two RBI on a hit up the middle.
Liam Souza added a triple and two RBI for the White Sox.
Manteca faces Ripon tonight at 5:30 in a semifinal tilt.
