STOCKTON — After a heart-breaking error-induced loss to the Northgate Cubs on Saturday, the Ripon Rays came back with a vengeance on Sunday, belting out 17 hits on the way to a 12-4 win over the Cubs for the District 67 Minor League Tournament of Champions banner at August Knodt School.

Northgate won the final-round opener 2-1 to force the “if necessary” game.

“Saturday was tough,” Ripon coach Marcos Sandoval said. “Our pitchers pitched lights out, only to lose it on an error. The boys learned from that.

“To lose in the championship round Saturday, which was our first loss all season, humbled the boys. But today, our bats came alive.”

Rays leadoff batter Derek Ponce (4 for 4, three runs) got things going in the first inning that saw Elias Sandoval (2-3, run), Dylan Jasper (3-4, two runs), Pete Winters (two runs) and Owen Viss (2-3, run) all score. Anthony Molson’s two-out RBI triple was the highlight of a three-run fourth for Ripon with Klaas Winters, Molson and Jagger Fisher all scoring in the frame.

E. Torres doubled and scored in the first inning with Harry Coenenberg and Micaiah Anderson also scoring for three of Northgate’s runs. Anderson scored the other Cubs run in the fourth inning. The Cubs managed just three hits.

On Saturday, Sandoval (2 for 3, double) doubled in the top of the fourth inning and came in on Jasper’s ground-rule double to give the Rays a 1-0 lead.

Hitless through 3.2 innings with just a pair of walks to their name, Isaiah Ledesma drew a two-out walk in the bottom of the inning for the Cubs followed by Anderson rapping a single for the lone Northgate hit of the game.

A throwing error allowed Ledesma to score from second and Anderson to come around all the way from first and that proved to be the difference in the ball game.

Sandoval threw 4.2 innings, allowing just one hit while striking out 11.

Ledesma struck out four and allowed one hit in the first two innings for the Rays with Kota Haskell throwing the last four innings, striking out seven with four hits.