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Junior American All Stars win first two in Division II tournament.

Tracy Little League’s Junior American All Stars have taken two wins in the Northern California Division II tournament at Willow Glen High School in San Jose.

Tracy goes undefeated into Tuesday’s semifinal game against the Rocklin Little League All Stars of Northern California Section 4. The championship game will be on Thursday.

Sunday’s 4-3 win against Almaden Little League of Section 5 went down to the last inning, with Tracy in the lead for most of the game and Almaden stepping up in the sixth and seventh innings to make it a 3-3 tie going into the bottom of the seventh.

“It was really a pitchers’ battle,” Tracy American manager Mark Scornaienchi said. Spencer Freeman pitched six innings for Tracy and gave up three hits. Both Almaden runs in the first six innings were unearned. Daniel O’Brien closed for Tracy in the seventh inning and picked up the win.

“We knew in the seventh inning we’d have to manufacture a run,” Scornaienchi said. With a tied score Chris Bacchetti drew a walk and stole second, and then came home when Joe Reboca smacked a base hit down the right field line. It was Tracy’s fourth hit of the game.

Tracy scored in the first inning when Zach Abshire walked, stole second and advanced to third on a sacrifice play. Jason Thomassen walked, and with runners at the corners and two out Tracy made the double-steal and Abshire made it home safe.

One of Tracy’s hits came in the third inning. Bacchetti got on base when the ball passed the Almaden catcher on the third strike and Joe Reboca hit a double to deep left-center to score Bacchetti. Thomassen got another base hit to drive in Abshire, who was pinch running for Reboca.

Tracy won Saturday’s game 8-7 against Sunrise Little League of Section 6. Abshire scored for Tracy in the first when stole home on a wild pitch. By the fifth inning Sunrise had a 3-1 lead, and Tracy American made it a 5-3 in the bottom of the fifth with help from base-hit bunts by David Miranda and Bacchetti. Cody Daniel batted in a run on a sacrifice and Jason Thomassen drove in another.

Sunrise responded with three runs in the sixth and Tracy again came back with hits from Bacchetti and Daniel, plus a two-run double from Kyle Scornaienchi. Sunrise tied the game 7-7 in the top of the seventh but Tracy put a stop to that threat with an infield double play that put out the go-ahead run with a throw to Thomassen at the plate.

Tracy scored the winning run after Nano Aguirre walked, advanced to second on an errant pick-off attempt, went to third on a sacrifice bunt from Miranda, and scored when Bacchetti got a base hit.

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