WHITEHALL — The Kurt Bonner’s Mustangs ripped off eight third-inning runs to secure the Little League Majors championship last Thursday at Stevens Field. The Mustangs beat the Energy Services Solutions Nationals, 12-2, in four innings.
The Mustangs trailed early after a bases-loaded wild pitch in the first inning allowed the Nationals to score first. However, they quickly responded with a Daxton Roesler RBI single in the bottom of the first, and a second run came across after the Nationals couldn’t corral a hard-hit ball by TJ Holey.
Two more runs scored in the second inning, both on Nationals’ fielding miscues. After the Nationals came back with one run in the third, the Mustangs’ offense caught fire in the bottom of the inning. Bryce Cook opened the fireworks with a two-run single, making it 6-2. After a run-scoring groundout by Clayton Wentworth, Garde Osborne added a RBI single. Roesler added an infield single to score another run, then a run came in after a Jace Collins single due to some baserunning hustle. Jude Austin and Jacob Boardwell capped off the explosion with a couple of RBI singles, and the Mustangs retired the side in the fourth to secure the run-rule win.
Other members of the victorious Mustangs’ team were Cade Gailey, Donovan Bromley and Will McGuire.
