Baseball: Mesa Americans dropped, 10-0

Richard Dunn

WESTMINSTER - At least there’s still the Mayor’s Cup to play for

the Costa Mesa American Little League Major All-Stars.

Following Tuesday’s loss to host Westminster, 10-0, in the District 62

Area 1 All-Star Tournament at Johnson Middle School, the Costa Mesa squad

was eliminated with its second straight setback.

But the American All-Stars will face the National League in a

best-of-three Mayor’s Cup July 25-26 and July 28 (if necessary) for the

Costa Mesa city championship. So practice isn’t over yet, kids.

Against Westminster, Kyle Thorsness had the only hit for Mesa, a

single in the second inning, as Westminster left-hander Rick Gallardo

fired an impressive one-hit shutout, facing only 21 batters, three over

the minimum.

“Adrian Armenta did a good job of pitching (six innings) for us,”

CMALL All-Star Manager Ted Spoulos said. “With a couple of breaks, it

would’ve been a good ballgame probably. I think we just went cold with

the bats. There’s not much I can say.”

Westminster jumped on the scoreboard quickly with five runs in the

first inning, including a two-run home run by William Montes.