Despite some Friday night rain and a brief downpour on Saturday morning, tournament directors Fernie Ramirez and Henry Rodriguez and their crew managed to get the fields ready for play Saturday in Norwalk, as games for 17 teams got underway. The Saturday morning rain washed out one field for a few hours, but with a crew of 3-4 men on each of the 4 fields, the schedule adjustments were minimal.
The favorites, the So Cal Bombers won both of their games, 2-1 over the new Lumberking team and 8-5 over the host Panteras. New Bombers Darren Box drilled two home runs to get things rolling for Ralph Trejo’s squad. The Rounders split their two games, defeating the host Panteras in an 8am game, before falling to Soboba, 2-1 in a great pitching duel between Soboba’s Sonny Perkins and the Rounders new lefty, Russ Snow. Games continue Saturday night with single elimination bracket play starting Sunday at 8:30am and running all day, through the 4:30pm championship game.
We’ll have scores posted later this evening, so check back about 10pm PST.