Adan Macias tossed a complete game to lead the Dos Pueblos Little League 12-Under All-Star team to a 5-1 win over Goleta Valley South at Girsh Park on Friday.
The win clinched DPLL a spot in the District 63 championship game.
Macias was dominant on the mound, tossing the full six innings, allowing one run on three hits and striking out eight batters.
DPLL got the scoring started in the top of the second.
To lead off the inning, Gabe Estrella reached on a walk and came around to score on an error,for a 1-0 lead. Later in the inning, Matty Brennan drove home Skyler Ngai with an RBI single.
DPLL made it 3-0 when Brennan scored on another GVSLL error.
As Macias continued to cruise on the bump, DPLL added runs in the third and fifth innings to go up 5-0. Both runs came off of hits off the bat of Ollie Gesswein.
GVSLL made a late comeback attempt in the bottom of the sixth, getting runners on first and second to begin the inning. Although they scored one run on a Gavin Miller RBI sacrifice fly, the comeback effort fell short.
Macias and Gesswein led the DPLL offense with multi-hit performances while Estrella reached base three times in the win.
DPLL will next play in the championship game on Saturday, July 9. Meanwhile, GVSLL will play either Ventura Foothill LL or Santa Paula on Thursday, July 7 for a spot in that championship matchup.
The members of the DPLL 12U team are Matt Brennan, Alex Casady, Max Cruse, Gabe Estrella, Grady Felix, Oliver Gesswein, Isaac Guttierez, Kai Hicks, Adan Macias, Skyler Ngai, Jonah Pepper, Kian Palmer and Jacob Vargas.
The Goleta Valley South 12U All-Star Team consists of Declan Babai, Gianni Burns, Owen Coffman, Reid Laguette-Skei, Christian (Gunner) Martinez, Gavin Miller, Graham Millington, Oliver Mognis, Kieren Ramaker, Marco Rios, Miles Smith, Luke Trigg and Christopher Youngdahl. The team is managed by Ed Martinez, assisted by Daniel Babai and Victor Rios.