2004 Canyon Hills Little League
9 & 10 Yr Old All Stars

Record: 4-2
Opponent Score   Summary
Creekside Ranch 4-3      The All-Star tournaments for Canyon Hills' teams began with the 9/10 Yr Old Team taking on the team from Creekside Ranch. Canyon Hills jumped out to an early 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first, following a 2-run triple by Jake Hershey.
     Canyon Hills carried the 3-0 lead into the 4th, using a strong pitching performance from Tim Rangel. Creekside Ranch was able to scratch out a run in the 4th, and 2 more in the 5th to tie the game.
     Brandon Salazar came in to pitch in the top of the 6th and struck out the side to preserve the tie game. Mark Fausto then led off the bottom of the 6th with a triple. Following a walk to Brandon Roe, Rangel singled to right to drive in Fausto with the winning run.
       
Upland American 6-7      The Canyon Hills  9/10 yr old team followed up their initial victory with a 7-6 loss to a very talented Upland American team. Canyon Hills took an early 3-1 lead behind solid pitching from Daniel Diaz and Brandon Salazar. But 2 late inning rallies put Upland American ahead 7-3. Canyon Hills mounted an exciting comeback in the bottom of the 5th to pull within 1 run, but Upland American's relief pitching put in a strong performance striking out 5 straight batters to close the door.
       
Ontario Central 15-2      The Canyon Hills 9/10 yr old team came through with another strong performance in defeating Ontario Central 15-2.
     Once again scoring 3 runs in the first inning, Canyon Hills jumped out to an early lead using a 2-run double from Brandon Salazar and an RBI single from Andrew Santoyo.
     Given the early lead, Tim Rangel took control of the game striking out the first six batters Ontario Central sent to the plate and eleven total in the game. Rangel was dominating, taking a perfect game into the fourth inning, when with two outs Ontario Central bunted for a single. Backed by solid defense from Santoyo and Marcus Casillas, that would be all Ontario Central could manage through the first 5 innings.
     Taking a 6-0 lead into the 6th, Canyon Hills exploded for 9 more runs, started by an RBI single from Casillas, and highlighted by a 3-run triple from Garrett Salazar. Ontario Central managed to scrape together 2 runs in the bottom of the 6th following a couple of miscues, but were eliminated from the tournament as Garrett Salazar blocked home and tagged out a runner on a throw from Rangel to end the game.
       
Chino National 8-2      The Canyon Hills 9/10 yr old All-Stars had another exceptional game in defeating Chino National 8-2, taking their tournament record to 3-1.
     Once again strong pitching led the way as Brandon Salazar pitched a complete game for the victory, striking out 3. Salazar was backed by a strong defense throughout the game, with Brandon and Tim Rangel combining on a 1st inning pick-off of a Chino National base runner to help stop a rally. Brother Garrett Salazar had another strong performance behind the plate, and also made a spectacular bare handed catch of an attempted bunt to stop another rally in the 4th.
     Andrew Santoyo put Canyon Hills on the board in the 1st with an RBI. In the 3rd, Canyon Hills jumped to a 5-0 lead using an RBI triple from Garrett Salazar and an RBI single from Mark Fausto.
     Leading 5-2 going into the top of the 6th, Canyon Hills added 3 more runs, including a 2-run single from Joseph Martinez.
       
Ontario Eastern 7-6      The 9/10 yr old All-Stars won again beating Ontario Eastern 7-6. Behind another strong pitching performance, Canyon Hills was able to overcome some shaky defense to capture the victory.
     Tim Rangel got Canyon Hills on the board with a 2-out RBI double in the 1st. But defensive miscues put Ontario Eastern in front in the bottom of the 1st, 2-1.
     The score remained the same going into the bottom of the 3rd, when Ontario Eastern started to mount a rally. With a runner on first, Brandon Salazar raced into short left field to snag a pop-up and fired to first to double off the runner.
     Inspired by the double play, Canyon Hills jumped ahead in the top of the 4th, using a Garrett Salazar RBI single; and following a solid at-bat from Marcus Casillas, 2 more runs scored on an Ontario Eastern misplay.
     In the 5th, Canyon Hills added another run on a Brandon Salazar single. But Ontario Eastern capitalized on more Canyon Hills defensive problems to score 2 and get within 5-4.
     Garrett Salazar got things going in the 6th with a single, advancing around to third on a ground out. Following a fielder's choice from Casillas, Jordan Robinson drove in Salazar with another fielder's choice. Robinson then advanced around the bases and scored on a passed ball.
     The bottom of the 6th saw Ontario Eastern attempt to come from behind. Having scored 2 runs and with a runner on first and the tying run on third, the game ended as a ground ball to Brandon Salazar was booted to 2nd base where Joseph Martinez grabbed the ball and dove to tag the base for the final out.
     Rangel pitched the complete game for the victory, striking out 12.
       
Ontario Mountain View 6-11      The tournament season for the Canyon Hills 9/10 yr old All-Stars came to an end as they were defeated 11-6 by Ontario Mountain View.
     OMV used some shaky Canyon Hills defense to jump to an early 4-0 lead. Garrett Salazar got Canyon Hills on the board with a 1st inning RBI single.
     In the 3rd, Canyon Hills got back within 2 runs on an RBI single from Glenn Riley and a 2-run double from Joseph Martinez to make the score 6-4.
     OMV continued to capitalize on Canyon Hills' defensive miscues in upping their lead to 11-4 in the 5th. Canyon Hills was able to get a couple runs back in the 6th, on a Brandon Roe RBI single, and an RBI ground out by Mark Fausto.
     Canyon Hills' 4-2 record left them as one of only 4 teams to have a winning record in the 9/10 yr old tournament.
       
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