Youth Scene

BASEBALL

Newport Beach Little League

Majors Division

Ruby’s 7, Scott English 5: Ruby’s (9-6) took the early lead after a three-run home run in the first inning by Tommy Brooks, which drove home Jake Hastings and Logan Miller. The home run was Ruby’s first of the year. Ruby’s had eight hits, including two by Hastings and a two-RBI single by Max Mulcahy. Neil Levecke, Trey Wood and Zack Fox also had hits. Brian Wagner started for Ruby’s and pitched three shutout innings, striking out five and allowing one hit.

Clay Chatham homered for Scott English.

Ruby’s 8, Jack’s Surfboards 5: Jake Hastings, Logan Miller, Max Mulcahy, Tommy Brooks and Brian Wagner each had two hits in the Ruby’s win. Brooks, Mulcahy and Miller also provided strong pitching. Calder Maloney sparked a rally in the third inning with a nine-pitch at-bat where he eventually walked. Two outs later, Hastings, Miller, Mulcahy, Brooks and Wagner each drove in a run.

Costa Mesa American Little League

Majors Division

Angels 12, Yankees 11: The Yankees had some new pitchers take the mound on April 26, as Nathan Sutherland and William Leiby pitched the first two innings. Kris Cardenas, Mickey Beliakoff, Alex Herrera and Connor Howard pitched the final innings. The Yankees’ bats, meanwhile, were busy throughout the game.

Herrera’s first-inning single and Jake Martin’s first-inning double were followed by Beliakoff’s big second-inning hit, Noah Ostunio’s fifth-inning line drive single to center, Daniel Morales’ fifth-inning double, and Trevor Cohen’s fifth-inning single. Defensively, Cohen made a nice play at second base throwing out the runner at home, Leiby and Michael Huff worked together to get another runner out at home, and Beliakoff caught a tough infield pop fly, all in the first inning. In the fifth inning, Martin made a nice catch in right field.

Diamondbacks 2, Yankees 1: The Yankees’ Jake Martin hitting his first home run of the season in the loss. Alexis Herrera and Daniel Morales pitched superbly throughout the extra-inning game. Connor Howard was an outstanding catcher for eight innings. Trevor Cohen’s infield pop-fly catch and Michael Huff’s great catch in left field assisted the pitchers in holding the Diamondbacks to just one run through seven innings.

A run scored by the Diamondbacks in the bottom of the eighth ended the game.

WATER POLO

CdM earns second: The Corona del Mar girls’ eight-grade youth water polo team finished a strong second in the Commerce Tournament on April 26. CdM advanced to the final of the 16-team tournament before falling to Santa Barbara, 6-5.

Members of the team include Cassidy Papa, Maddie McClaren, Alex Musselman, Diana Murphy, Claire McKinnon, Victoria Pierotti, Nicki Stedman, Genevieve Weed, Morgan Stewart, Presley Pender, Shannon McCormick and Ally McCormick.