Golden Hill Beats El Monte at Sub Regional

Right: Brent Bell got his team going with a lead off single in the top of the first for Golden Hill of Fullerton Saturday afternoon en route to a win over South El Monte.

By Anne Duran
and Allen Bacon
Daily Bosco Sports
Photo by Paula Wheeler

Golden Hill of Fullerton scored early and often and didn't let up the offensive pressure en route to a 25-1 mercy rule win over South El Monte. The game was the first game of the Little League Junior Division All Star Sub Regional at West Park in Tehachapi, California for both teams.

With the win Golden Hill improved to 8-1 in the post season after winning the District 56 Tournament and Section 5 Tournament earlier this month. The team is three tournaments away from reaching thier ultimate goal...the Little League Junior World Series in Taylor, Michigan next month.

In the win, GHLL starting pitcher Andrew Piraino pitched two solid innings of shutout baseball allowing only one South El Monte baserunner. He was relieved by Evan Sonny who took it the rest of the way and was equally impressive only allowing one run by El Monte in the fifth and last inning (due to the mercy rule).

The Golden Hill offense was impressive with strong outings from everybody in the lineup. The Hill scored four in the first, eleven in the second and ten in the third before calling off the dogs in the fourth.

Matt Hall was one of the offensive stars hitting two homeruns and driving in six runs in the victory. Brett Bell was four for four and Jake Rossander hit a homerun and went three for four driving in four runs.

Golden Hill, besides hitting for power, demonstrated they could manufacture runs too. In the bottom of the second Dominic Vaccher singled to lead off the inning. Vaccher stole second and Brett Bell followed with an infield single. Justin Mellano loaded the bases with a perfect bunt down the third base line. Next up was Matt Hall who cleared the bases with a double to left. Jake Rossander would follow with a single to drive in Hall and Evan Sonny drove in Rossander with a base hit to left field. Golden Hill would go on to score eleven in that inning alone.

Golden Hill started the game by scoring four in the first using the same method. Brett Bell singled up the middle to lead off the game and Matt Hall drove in Bell with a double for the first run of the game. Andrew Piraino doubled to right to score Hall and Jake Rosander then hit his first homerun of the afternoon with a blast over the West Park left field fence.

Golden Hill's next game in the Sub Tournament is Monday night July 25 against Encino. Game time is 6 PM in Tehachapi and can be followed live on Bosco Fullerton Sportstracker. The link will be in the Bosco Radio section in the sidebar.