Both local Babe Ruth teams win, go to 2-0

The 14- and 13-year old teams continue their World Series play today.

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Both Youngstown Babe Ruth all-star teams earned victories Sunday at their World Series.

At Quincy, Mass., John Sansone’s singled with two outs scored G.J. Senchak from third base in the fourth inning to put the Youngstown 14-year-old all-stars ahead to stay in their 5-1 win over Cambridge, Mass.

To get on base, Senchak had an RBI triple that knocked in Dan Popio to knot the score, 1-1.

Senchak finished with two RBIs in the pool-play game that pushed Youngstown’s record to 2-0 as the Tony Landis-managed team heads into today’s game against Skagett, Wash., at noon.

“We’ve played two good games,” said coach Bob Halicki. “We’re holding our own so far.”

Cody Pitzo had an RBI double in the fifth and Mark Leone a run-scoring double in the sixth.

Senchak was the starting pitcher and winner, with Tony Mehle finishing the final three innings.

Youngstown is off Tuesday before concluding the pool-play portion of the tournament Wednesday against Nederland, Texas.

13s win slugfest

JAMESTOWN, N.Y. — The Youngstown 13-year-old all-stars won a slugfest, defeating North Syracuse, N.Y., 12-10, to remain unbeaten at Russell E. Diethrick, Jr. Stadium.

Youngstown (2-0) jumped out to an 8-0 run in the first inning, capitalizing on three doubles and three errors committed by North Syracuse.

Robert Vargo, Jacob Froats, Vic Kuchmaner and Nick Andrews had two hits apiece for Youngstown. Froats also pitched three innings, giving up one run and striking out four to earn the victory.

Froats, who also doubled, scored two runs and drove in two, was named Youngstown’s player of the game.

Chris Maze scored three runs for Youngstown, while Mike Raschilla hit a double and had three RBIs. Vargo, who doubled twice, and Kuchmaner, who had one two-bagger, also had two RBIs each.

One of Andrews’ hits was also a double.

Tyler Bliss paced the North Syracuse by going 2-for-4 with two doubles and two runs scored.

The teams combined for 22 runs on 20 hits but also committed seven errors.

Youngstown (2-0) will next play Thurston County (Wash.) today at noon. A win would guarantee Youngstown a spot in the bracket portion of the tournament.