PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — There might’ve been a few nerves for the Bryant 10-year-old All-Stars on Thursday as they began pool play at the 2016 Cal Ripken 10U World Series. An uncharacteristic five errors combined with eight walks and seven hits by Middle Atlantic Regional champion Poughkeepsie, N.Y., resulted in a disappointing 13-1 loss for Bryant, the champions of the Southwest Regional.
Bryant managed just two hits, a double by Cason Trickey and a single by Gideon Motes. Daniel Collins went 3 for 3 with three runs batted in to lead the New York team.
Bryant’s team, coached by Jeremy Stovall with assistance from Michael Brower and Michael Catton, includes Garrison Blacklaw, Brady Brower, Reid Catton, Clay Crawford, Gage Horn, Grant Johnson, Motes, Justen Myles, Hank Penfield, Karter Ratliff, Caden Stovall and Trickey.
Bryant resumes pool play on Saturday at 7 p.m., against the host Palm Beach Garden All-Stars. On Monday, Bryant takes on Norwalk, Conn. Tuesday, they finish up pool play at 7:30 p.m., against Mineral Area, Mo.
Bracket play begins on Wednesday.
Trickey, Blacklaw, Johnson and Motes each pitched in Thursday’s game for the Bryant Stars. Only five of Poughkeepsie’s runs were earned.
A three-run first put the New York team up initially. A bases-loaded double by Collins scored two then a wild pitch allowed the third run.
Stovall walked to open Bryant’s first but a doubleplay took the starch out of the inning.
Poughkeepsie added two runs in the top of the second. A run scored on an error and another on a passed ball.
Bryant got its run in the home second when Trickey cracked his double to center, Blacklaw sacrificed him to third and Horn got him home with a grounder to first.
New York countered with a four-run uprising and, after Bryant was unable to take advantage of Motes’ single and a two-out walk to Stovall, four more Poughkeepsie runs scored in the top of the fourth.
Johnson reached on an error to start the bottom of the fourth but Poughkeepsie turned its second doubleplay on the way to closing out the run-rule win.
