Patterson wins 2 games Tues.; finishes pool play perfect

The Patterson 12U All-Stars finished pool play undefeated Tuesday and earned the No. 3 seed in the 12U Bracket at the Babe Ruth World Series in Jensen Beach, Florida.
Patterson defeated the Ellensburg, Washington, All-Stars, 10-0, and the Indiana-based East Side All-Stars, 7-3, to conclude pool play with a 3-0 mark. Patterson's other pool play victory was an 11-3 win against the Iowa-based Big Bend All-Stars Sunday.
Following pool play, Patterson was seeded No. 3 in the 12U bracket and faced Bonkid, China, at 10 a.m. Wednesday. Patterson already defeated Bonkid in an exhibition game Saturday, 8-1.
In its three pool games, Patterson has outscored opponents by a combined 28-6.
Patterson’s three pool play opponents, Ellensburg, East Side and Big Bend, are seeded Nos. 10, 6 and 12, respectively, in the bracket.
Meanwhile, Bonkid has had a tough time as the team finished 0-3 in pool play and was outscored a combined 47-0 in the three games. Bonkid fell to the Salem, New Hampshire, Blue Devils and the Shenandoah, Virginia, All-Stars in a pair of 15-0 games Tuesday and dropped a 17-0 contest to the Jacksonville, Florida-based Southside Shake & Bake Sunday. Shenandoah is the top seed, while Salem is seeded fourth and Southside, eighth.
The Patterson-Bonkid winner will meet the winner of East Side and No. 11 seed Stafford, Virginia, Shockwave Wednesday at 2 p.m. The losers of the Patterson-Bonkid game will meet the loser of the contest between Big Bend and No. 5 seed Jefferson Parish Recreation Department East Wednesday at 2 p.m.
Bracket play will continue through Friday with the consolation game set for 3 p.m., the third-place game at 1 p.m. and the title game at 5 p.m.
In Tuesday’s win against East Side, Patterson took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning, but East Side countered with three runs in the bottom of the frame.
However, Patterson came back with two runs in the second, one in the fourth and two more in the fifth for the final margin.
Patterson outhit East Side, 11-6.
Kamille Lightfoot led Patterson with a 2-for-3 performance with a triple, an RBI and a run scored. Other top Patterson offensive contributors included Laila Dugar, 2-for-2 with two RBIs; Abbie Scully, 2-for-3, an RBI; Mikah Ortiz, 1-for-3, an RBI and a run scored; Emily Lipari, 1-for-2, a stolen base and two runs scored; Amaya Williams and Hilary Pillaro, each 1-for-2 with a run scored; Hailey Skiles, 1-for-1, a stolen base; and Maggie Lemoine, an RBI.
Dugar earned the win. In three innings, she surrendered three runs (three earned) on five hits with two walks and two strikeouts.
Olivia Black pitched two innings and surrendered one hit, hit one batter and fanned two.
Against Ellensburg, Patterson scored a run in the first, six in the second, one in the third and two more in the fourth inning.
Patterson outhit Ellensburg, 8-4.
Ortiz led Patterson with a 3-for-3 performance with two doubles, a stolen base and three RBIs. Other top Patterson offensive contributors included Lightfoot and Lemoine, each 1-for-2 with an RBI and a run scored; Skiles, 1-for-1, a stolen base and two runs scored; Williams, 1-for-2, a run scored; Bryleigh DeHart, 1-for-1; and Ana Vaccarella, an RBI.
Black earned the win. In four innings, she surrendered four hits and fanned two.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Review Sports Editor Geoff Stoute is in Jensen Beach, Florida, for the Babe Ruth Softball World Series. Follow him on Twitter for updates. His handle is @MCJournalist. Also, updates will be posted to www.stmarynow.com and The Daily Review’s Facebook page.