Aug 23, 2025
The Stamford, Conn. staff celebrates after edging Eagle Cross, Texas 3-2 within the semifinal of the Babe Ruth 13-year-old World Sequence at Diethrick Park on Friday. P-J picture by Matt Spielman
For six innings, issues have been nearly too straightforward for Stamford, Connecticut on Friday.
The seventh inning supplied a take a look at that the New England Area champions almost failed.
Their reward for passing? A visit to the Babe Ruth 13-year-old World Sequence championship recreation.
Stamford survived a run scoring on an error and one other run scoring on a wild pitch, and used a pickoff play to finish the sport to safe a 3-2 victory over Eagle Cross, Texas within the first semifinal at Diethrick Park.
“I used to be going to throw up within the dugout. I used to be very nervous,” Stamford head coach Mike Riveles stated postgame. “It’s 13U baseball … nothing surprises you.”
Stamford, Conn. second baseman Dylan Riveles tags out Eagle Cross, Texas runner Eli Moreno in a rundown throughout a Babe Ruth 13-year-old World Sequence semifinal Friday at Diethrick Park in Jamestown. P-J picture by Matt Spielman
The nailbiting win sends Stamford into at present’s 1 p.m. title recreation towards Tallahassee, Florida, which beat Worth, Utah 4-3 in Friday’s second semifinal.
Stamford coasted into the seventh inning with a 3-0 lead, thanks largely to the left arm of Jack Patterson, his staff’s Ron Tellefsen Participant of the Sport, who tossed 6 2/3 innings of four-hit shutout baseball, putting out 9 and strolling none.
“It was very powerful,” Patterson stated of going through the Texas lineup, which had scored 32 runs in 4 pool play video games. “I needed to begin mixing it up with curveballs and pitch accordingly.”
The one time Eagle Cross acquired a runner to 3rd base was within the fourth inning when leadoff batter Julian Palacios reached second base on an error and superior to 3rd on a wild pitch with no outs. However Patterson and his Stamford teammates buckled all the way down to get out of the inning unscathed with a strikeout, a pop-up to Patterson, and a groundout to Ben Henderson at third base.
“It was very loud,” Patterson stated. “Everybody was standing up and screaming.”
Eagle Cross, Texas shortstop Mason Villarreal tags out Stamford, Conn. runner Ben Henderson trying to steal throughout a Babe Ruth 13-year-old World Sequence semifinal Friday at Diethrick Park in Jamestown. P-J picture by Matt Spielman
Patterson almost completed an entire recreation, however with a runner on first and two outs within the backside of the seventh, his strikeout pitch was wild. Jesus Calderon reached on the strikeout and after the throwdown to first base was late, Stamford threw the ball throughout the infield trying to get Leandro Mares out attempting to get to 3rd base. That throw was wild, permitting Mares to attain and Calderon to finish up at second base.
“It’s an enormous spot. These youngsters need this actually unhealthy. We talked about locking in and enjoying for one another,” Riveles stated. “You see the power. They love one another, they play for one another. It’s by no means straightforward, however they acquired the job carried out.”
That pitch occurred to be Patterson’s ninety fifth of the sport, which means Stamford needed to flip to Michael Nguyen for the ultimate out. Joshua Montes greeted the left-hander with a single after which stole second to go away runners at second and third.
Nguyen then unleashed a wild pitch with Villarreal on the plate that allowed Eagle Cross to race house with its second run. After a stroll and a stolen base, runners have been once more at second and third with two outs.
With a 3-2 rely on Aron Gonzalez and the Eagle Cross runner dancing down the third bottom line, Nguyen stepped off the rubber and sprinted towards the runner, flipping the ball to Henderson for a tag earlier than the runner might get again, ending the sport.
“I positively didn’t see it ending like that. I didn’t see a pickoff at third to finish the sport,” Riveles stated. “What a recreation … it was loopy.”
“The child was nearly midway down the road,” Patterson added. “You need to get him from there.”
Luke Baker hit an RBI double and Dylan Riveles laid down an ideal squeeze bunt on a full rely with the bases loaded and one out within the fourth inning for Stamford’s first two runs.
“I feel he is aware of that he has to get it down or he’s not getting dinner that night time,” Coach Riveles, Dylan’s dad, joked.
Riveles additionally drove in his staff’s third run with an RBI single within the sixth inning.
“We positively have our guys on the backside of the order who’re little and never as robust, however are excellent situational hitters,” Riveles added. “On a 3-2 squeeze, we all know that if he doesn’t get a superb pitch to bunt it’s ball 4. At this time, I appear to be a superb coach.”
Calderon, the Ron Tellefsen Participant of the Sport for Eagle Cross, struck out three on the mound and in addition singled on the plate.
“That Texas staff is hard, they’re massive and so they’re bodily, they’re additionally the nicest folks. The coaches are nice dudes,” Riveles stated. “This was only a good, traditional baseball recreation.”
Eagle Cross, the Southwest Area champion, will tackle Worth within the 10 a.m. comfort recreation at present at Diethrick Park.
“They ran by way of because the No. 1 seed,” Riveles stated. “Everybody was saying they have been the staff to beat, however you may’t rely out the boys from Connecticut.”
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