Nathan Hutchinson
The Richmond Little League All-Stars cruised to impressive wins on Tuesday at the District 3 Tournament in Cynthiana.
In the 11-year-old tournament, Richmond American rolled to a 12-2 five-inning win over Eastern National. In the 9-10 year-old tournament, Richmond American blasted Eastern National 10-1.
With the wins, both teams improve their records to 2-0 in the tournament.
11-year-old All-Stars
Will Daniel allowed just two hits and also had three RBIs as Richmond American rolled to an easy win Tuesday in Cynthiana. Eastern National jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first, but Richmond tied the game the bottom of the inning, then scored four more times in the second.
Daniel had four hits, including a double, Hunter Kabalen had two hits and four RBIs, Josh Wright had two hits and an RBI, Kameron Presnell had two hits, including a double, and Tanner Thornsberry had two hits and an RBI.
Jyre Richardson, Kyle Kelsey and Drake Coomer also had hits for the Richmond National All-Stars.
After taking a 6-2 lead in the second, Richmond scored three times in the third, once in the fourth and twice more in the fifth.
The team is set to return to action at 6 p.m. today against the Western All-Stars in Cynthiana.
9-10 All-Stars
The Richmond American All-Stars used a big fifth inning to pull away for a comfortable 10-1 win over Eastern National Tuesday in Cynthiana.
Richmond blew open a close game by scoring three times in the fourth and five more times in the fifth inning.
Bryar Rose started and went 4 2/3 innings and had 10 strikeouts. Jared Grant pitched the final 1 1/3 innings for Richmond.
Ryan Gordon had two hits and walked twice, Rose had two hits and a walk and Tyler Boneta also had two hits. Alex Mayes, Brian Turner, McKinley Sewell, Jason Hurt, Logan Black and Adam Ritchey each had a hit.
The Richmond American All-Stars are set to return to action at 8 p.m. tonight against Western National in Cynthiana.
