Lacava throws no-hitter for Sunnybrae; Ortiz powers HTRBA in District 12 victories

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HTRBA Nick Csillan
HTRBA Little League 12 year old All Star Nick Csillan delivers to the plate against Florence. Photo by Michael A. Sabo.

By Rich Fisher
Fish4scores.com

June 30: While Nottingham made its fans sweat in its12-year-old District 12 Little League Tournament opener, HTRBA and Sunnybrae gave their followers a pair of nice, comfortable wins.

Playing on its home field in Van Horn Park, HTRBA followed Nottingham’s tight 4-2 win over Lawrence with an easy 19-1 victory against Florence. In West Windsor, Sunnybrae was also living large with a 13-0 triumph over West End on a gem by Dominic Lacava.

HTRBA vs Florence

HTRBA Little League 12 year old All Star is safe at the plate against Florence. Photo by Michael A. Sabo.

HTRBA meets Nottingham on Tuesday, 10 a.m. in one winner’s bracket semifinal; while Sunnybrae plays the noon game that day against either Robbinsville, Cranbury-Plainsboro or West Windsor. Both games are at Sayen Park.

HTRBA scored in every inning and put the 10-run mercy rule into effect with an 11-run fifth inning. The Mercerville Maulers got one in the first, two in the second, three in the third and two more in the fourth for an 8-1 advantage, then erupted.

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Mercurial Mekai Ortiz led the attack, going 3-for-5 with two RBI and four runs scored. Ortiz had a single, double and triple and reached base two other times on errors.

Mercurial Mekai Ortiz

HTRBA Little League 12 year old All Star Mercurial Mekai Ortiz was 3 for 5 against Florence in the District 12 tournament opening game. Photo by Michael A. Sabo.

Tyler Dunmeyer had two hits and two runs scored, Cole Gavin reached all four times and had a single and double with two RBI and three runs scored. Joe Lemly scored twice and had an RBI, Tyler Weniger had a two-run double and scored twice, Noali Ortiz walked twice and scored both times, Patrick Paterson had an RBI single and scored twice, Uriel Sanchez had a double and RBI and Tyler Milton had a hit, run and RBI.

Sanchez was the winning pitcher, Allowing three hits and two walks while striking out five. Nick Csillan yielded one hit and two walks while fanning four in two innings.

Sunnybrae got a beauty Lacava, who pitched a four-inning no-hitter with 10 strikeouts in the mercy rule win over West End.

 

The Yardville Crew scored twice in the first but was just warming up for its 10-run second. Patrick Dittes had two doubles, a single and three runs scored, while Zach DeAngelo added two hits and scored twice.

About The Author


Rich Fisher has been around the Hamilton Township sports scene for so long that he actually got Rich Giallella’s autograph when Giallella was still a player! Proud product of Hamilton YMCA and Lou Gehrig baseball leagues and former teammate of Jim Maher on a very average Barton & Cooney rec basketball team, Fish graduated from Nottingham Junior High and Steinert High school and has covered township sports since 1980. His goal in life is to convince Maria Prato that Jersey tomatoes are at least 100 times better than California tomatoes.