Tallahassee, Florida’s Dylan Daughtry throws to first base during a Babe Ruth 13-year-old World Series game against Stamford, Connecticut on Tuesday at Diethrick Park in Jamestown. P-J photo by Matt Spielman

GAME 12

TALLAHASSEE, FLA. 5, STAMFORD, CONN. 0

Tallahassee, Florida now controls its own destiny in the race for the National Division’s No. 1 seed.

The Southeast Region champion beat Stamford, Connecticut 5-0 to improve to 3-0 at the Babe Ruth 13-year-old World Series on Tuesday afternoon at Diethrick Park.

Nicholas Volpe threw five innings of shutout ball, allowing two hits while striking out six and walking one. A.J. Henry tossed the final two innings, allowing one hit while striking out two.

Tallahassee, Florida’s Preston Cooksey applies a late tag as Stamford, Connecticut’s Michael Nguyen steals second base during the Babe Ruth 13-year-old World Series on Tuesday at Diethrick Park in Jamestown. P-J photo by Matt Spielman

After Volpe struck out the side in the bottom of the first inning, Tallahassee gave its right-hander the only run of support he would need in the top of the second. Henry led off with a walk before Bryce Bedonie singled and Ethan Sapiera was hit by a pitch with one out. With the bases loaded, Dylan Daughtry hit an RBI infield single.

Stamford starter Michael Nguyen followed with a strikeout and a popout to third base to escape the inning with no further damage.

Tallahassee tacked on three more runs in the fourth inning. Bedonie reached on an error to open the frame and Daughtry singled with one out before Michael Volpe walked to load the bases. A wild pitch plated Bedonie, Parker Rudd hit a sacrifice fly to score Daughtry and Ron Tellefsen Player of the Game Parker Pennington hit an RBI single to make it 4-0.

Tallahassee’s final run came in the sixth inning when Michael Volpe was hit by a pitch and eventually scored on Preston Cooksey’s RBI fielder’s choice.

Tallahassee had six hits, walked six times and was hit by three pitches in the game, but stranded 14 runners on base.

Tallahassee, Florida’s Ethan Sapiera makes a catch for the final out of his team’s 5-0 win over Stamford, Connecticut during the Babe Ruth 13-year-old World Series on Tuesday at Diethrick Park in Jamestown. P-J photo by Matt Spielman

Jack Patterson, who had one of his team’s three hits, was named the Ron Tellefsen Player of the Game for Stamford.

Nguyen started on the mound, allowing four runs on four hits while striking out one, walking four and hitting a batter.

Tallahassee can wrap up the No. 1 seed with a win over Broomall-Newtown, Pennsylvania (2-1) in the 11 a.m. game Wednesday. Stamford can wrap up a spot in bracket play with a win over Port Angeles, Washington (0-2) in the 1:30 p.m. game.

GAME 13

CENTENNIAL, COLO. 10, STEVENS POINT, WIS. 6

Centennial, Colorado’s Cal Williams steals second base as a throw gets away from Stevens Point, Wisconsin’s Caleb Duellman during the Babe Ruth 13-year-old World Series on Tuesday at Diethrick Park in Jamestown. P-J photo by Matt Spielman

Centennial, Colorado took an 8-0 lead in its first three at-bats and held off Stevens Point, Wisconsin for a 10-6 win in the American Division.

The win for the Midwest Plains Region champions locked them into the top three spots for the American Division, although seeding could still change.

Kian Trebelhorn went 2 for 3 with a double, a triple, an RBI and two runs scored; Ron Tellefsen Player of the Game Cal Williams went 2 for 3 with two RBIs and a run scored; and Edward Fox doubled and scored two runs for Centennial, which scored all of its runs in the opening four innings.

Williams reached on an error to open the game and scored on Trebelhorn’s RBI triple. Trebelhorn later scored on Max Comeaux’s fly ball to center field that was dropped.

In the second inning, Centennial’s Ryland Weber reached on an error and later scored on a wild pitch, and Mason Mayer singled and scored on an RBI single by Williams.

Centennial, Colorado’s Edward Fox celebrates after hitting a double against Stevens Point, Wisconsin during the Babe Ruth 13-year-old World Series on Tuesday at Diethrick Park in Jamestown. P-J photo by Matt Spielman

Centennial made it 8-0 in the top of the third. Fox doubled to open the inning and scored when James Mungia reached on an error. Weber later singled, George Sheers reached on an error and Brady Guenther was hit by a pitch before Mayer hit a two-run single. Williams plated Guenther with the final run of the inning with another RBI single.

Stevens Point found the scoreboard in the bottom of the third. Liam Gorski reached on a fielder’s choice for the first out and Brayden Gray singled before Kofi Yeboah’s RBI single that plated a second run on an error. Keegan Krull later hit an RBI single to score Yeboah.

Centennial’s final two runs came in the top of the fourth. Trebelhorn doubled and later scored on a passed ball, and Fox walked before courtesy runner Pavel Whittal eventually scored on a wild pitch.

Stevens Point made it 10-5 in the sixth inning when Uriah Kuckkahn singled and scored on David Armon’s RBI groundout, and Mason Philhower walked and later scored on Caleb Duellman’s RBI groundout.

Stevens Point’s Ron Tellefsen Player of the Game, Jackson Marschke, reached on an error and scored his team’s final run on Krull’s RBI fielder’s choice in the bottom of the seventh.

Centennial, Colorado’s Max Comeaux tags out Stevens Point, Wisconsin’s Mason Philhower during the Babe Ruth 13-year-old World Series on Tuesday at Diethrick Park in Jamestown. P-J photo by Matt Spielman

Fox tossed four-plus innings for Centennial, allowing three runs on four hits and a walk while striking out two. Mayer threw two innings, allowing two runs on one hit and two walks while striking out one. Trebelhorn tossed the final inning, allowing a run and a hit while walking one and striking out one.

Gorski and Marschke combined on an eight-hitter with three strikeouts and two walks.

Centennial (2-1), which will play Eagle Pass, Texas on Wednesday at 4:30 p.m., can finish as high as the No. 1 seed and as low as the No. 3 seed in the American Division. Stevens Point finishes with a 1-3 record.