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.

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

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.

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.

Brandon Esquival slides home with the eventual game-winning run for Eagle Pass, Texas as Price, Utah catcher Jacen Cowley awaits the throw during Game 15 of the Babe Ruth 13-year-old World Series. P-J photo by Christian Storms

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

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 14

Price, Utah’s Jace Bozone celebrates on third after a two-out, two-run triple in the bottom of the seventh inning as Eagle Pass, Texas third baseman Eli Moreno applies a late tag during Game 15 of the Babe Ruth 13-year-old World Series on Tuesday at Diethrick Park. P-J photo by Christian Storms

CENTENNIAL, COLO. 10,

STEVENS POINT, WIS. 6

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.

Australia’s James O’Meley is caught in a rundown with Port Angeles, Washington’s Kyler Williams, left, and Jacob Kimzey during Game 16 on Tuesday. P-J photo by Christian Storms

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 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.

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.

GAME 15

EAGLE PASS, TEXAS 5, PRICE, UTAH 4

Eagle Pass, Texas put itself into the driver’s seat of the American Division with a third straight victory, but this time it didn’t come easy.

Adding an insurance run in the top of the seventh inning, Eagle Pass led Price, Utah 5-2 and it turned out to be a crucial run.

Down to the final out with two runners on, Price’s Jace Bozone hammered a triple to pull the Pacific Southwest Region champions within one run, scoring both Mason Powell and Jaxton Smith.

However, that was as far as Bozone would get as Eagle Pass pitcher D’Andre Daniel induced another pop fly to hang on for the 5-4 victory.

Eagle Pass established its lead in the early going, scoring three runs in the second and another in the third. Julian Palacios highlighted the third inning with a two RBI single and Brandon Esquival hit an RBI single. Then, in the third inning, Mason Villareal drove home Jesus Calderon with a two-out single to go up 3-1.

Austin Leonard came on in relief and Price slowed the Eagle Pass bats after that point.

However, Price did not start finding any more offense until Eagle Pass starter Julian De Hoyos left the game. Rigdon Rhoten hit a standup double in the bottom of the sixth and Jacen Cowley scratched a run back with a two-out RBI single.

Powell doubled to start the seventh and Bosone added a triple, but Eagle Pass closed the door to hold the top spot in the American Division.

The Ron Tellefsen Player of the Game for Eagle Pass was Joshua Montes. For Price, Bozone was the recipient of the Tellefsen award.

If Eagle Pass (3-0) can add another victory over Centennial, Colorado today at 4:30 p.m., then it will get a day off heading into the semifinals on Friday. Price (2-1) wraps up pool play at 7 tonight against the host team and already has a spot in the elimination bracket clinched, but will just await final seeding.

GAME 16

PORT ANGELES, WASHINGTON 12, AUSTRALIA 6

Both Port Angeles, Washington and Australia were seeking their first victory of the tournament and halfway through four innings both sides were tied 3-3.

Then the errors came.

Australia was hoping to finish its trip with a victory, but in the top of the fifth inning the game got away from the Aussies. Port Angeles scored six runs in the frame, including a bases-clearing three-run error that put the deficit at 9-3.

Australia (0-4) did its best to rally back from that by plating three runs the following frame, but the big error proved too much to overcome.

Port Angeles added another three runs in the top of the seventh, highlighted by a two-RBI double from Gavin Doyle and it officially put the game too far out of reach.

The Ron Tellefsen Player of the Game for Port Angeles was Kyler Williams and Australia’s selection was Kye Wilson.

Port Angeles (1-2) still has hopes to reach the elimination bracket, but will need some help from Tallahassee, Florida and also posting a victory in its own right against Stamford, Connecticut at 1:30 p.m. today.