Eagle Pass Little League Majors Baseball All-Stars eliminated at Sectional

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc.

The Eagle Pass American Little League Baseball Majors (12 Under) All-Stars fell for the second time to the potent San Antonio Northside Suburban All-Stars 13-3 at the Little League Texas West-Section 3 Championship game on Sunday, July 13, 2014, at Henry Staten Field at Fort Duncan Park in Eagle Pass, Texas, eliminated from advancing in the Little League Baseball tournament.

San Antonio Northside jumped on Eagle Pass starting pitcher Hector Montoya in the first inning with two home runs and five runs to take a 5-0 lead which they never relinquished throughout the game. On the very first pitch of the game, the Northside leadoff hitter blasted a home run over the center field fence to set the tempo in the game. Northside belted a total of six home runs in the game against the Eagle Pass pitching corps to win via the 10 run rule after the fifth inning.

The highlight for Eagle Pass was in the bottom of the fourth inning when Eric Heredia belted a three run home run off of Northside pitcher Jakub Rayfield to narrow the score 11-3 at the time, avoiding the dreaded 10 run rule in the fourth inning.

Northside came back in the top of the fifth inning blasting two back to back home runs to make the final score 13-3 after the fifth inning.