Santa Monica East Falls to Del Rey Iin Little League All-Star
Tournament
Clara Sturak
Mirror Contributing Writer
Santa Monica East’s star Cody Decker wasn’t
pitching on Tuesday, he was catching. His team spent the day catching
up.
Del Rey little league pitcher Todd Smith hit a home
run in the first inning to put his team ahead early. Smith’s tough
pitching matched the skill of Santa Monica’s pitcher, Michael Walsh,
and the score stayed the same until the fourth inning when Santa
Monica’s Shaun Wild scored on Junior Villanueva’s single. Both
teams continued to play tough defense, sending the game into an extra
inning.
But Walsh faltered, and Del Rey scored three runs on a
bases-loaded hit by Tristan Smith. Santa Monica East could not
overcome the deficit, and their sterling season was over. Santa Monica
East finishes as District 25 Champions, Del Rey was defeated by
Torrance on Wednesday in the Division Three
Championships.
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