New Jersey takes advantage of 5 errors to beat Puerto Rico
New Jersey shortstop Nicholas Gelegonya throws to first base as Puerto Rico's Arnaldo Duran looks on during Game 2 of the Babe Ruth 13-year-old World Series on Saturday at Diethrick Park. P-J photo by Matt Spielman
New Jersey's Landon Gracia is tagged out by Puerto Rico's Ian Muniz after Gracia attempted to turn an RBI double into a triple during Game 2 of the Babe Ruth 13-year-old World Series on Saturday at Diethrick Park. P-J photo by Matt Spielman
Puerto Rico starting pitcher Zabdiel Lugo fields a groundball and throws to first base during Game 2 of the Babe Ruth 13-year-old World Series against New Jersey on Saturday at Diethrick Park. P-J photo by Matt Spielman
New Jersey's Liam Higginbottom makes a sliding catch in foul territory during Game 2 of the Babe Ruth 13-year-old World Series against Puerto Rico on Saturday at Diethrick Park. P-J photo by Matt Spielman
New Jersey shortstop Nicholas Gelegonya throws to first base as Puerto Rico's Arnaldo Duran looks on during Game 2 of the Babe Ruth 13-year-old World Series on Saturday at Diethrick Park. P-J photo by Matt Spielman
New Jersey's Landon Gracia is tagged out by Puerto Rico's Ian Muniz after Gracia attempted to turn an RBI double into a triple during Game 2 of the Babe Ruth 13-year-old World Series on Saturday at Diethrick Park. P-J photo by Matt Spielman
Puerto Rico starting pitcher Zabdiel Lugo fields a groundball and throws to first base during Game 2 of the Babe Ruth 13-year-old World Series against New Jersey on Saturday at Diethrick Park. P-J photo by Matt Spielman
New Jersey's Liam Higginbottom makes a sliding catch in foul territory during Game 2 of the Babe Ruth 13-year-old World Series against Puerto Rico on Saturday at Diethrick Park. P-J photo by Matt Spielman
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Atlantic Shore, New Jersey, took advantage of five Puerto Rico errors, including a pair in a six-run seventh inning en route to an 11-2 win in Game 2 of the Babe Ruth 13-year-old World Series on Saturday at Diethrick Park.
The Middle Atlantic Region champions pounded out 10 hits and scored in every inning except the third to move to 1-0 in the National Division.
Landon Gracia and Gavin Colon each had a pair of hits and scored twice for New Jersey while Grayson Zacchi gave his team a solid start on the mound before three relievers finished things off.
Cole Leusner led off the bottom of the first with a double and scored on Colon's RBI groundout to make it 1-0.
In the second, New Jersey scored six unearned runs after a pair of two-out errors. Owen Perez led off with a single and stole second before Reid Grasso walked. After a pair of outs, Gracia's flyball to left field was dropped, allowing both runners to score. After Nicholas Gelegonya walked, Colon hit an RBI single and Robert Scattone hit an RBI double ahead of another dropped flyball that plated two more runs to make it 7-0.
Gelegonya doubled and scored on an error in the fourth; Leusner reached on an error and scored on Gracia's RBI double in the fifth; and Colon and Liam Higginbottom both singled and scored on an error in the sixth.
Zacchi, Higginbottom, Declan Bridgeman and Gracia combined on a two-hitter with six strikeouts and eight walks on the mound. They also hit four batters.
Robinson Santiago singled to lead off the game and Arnaldo Duran also singled for Puerto Rico. Jaydshua Rosado had an RBI groundout and Duran was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to plate their team's only runs.
Zabdiel Lugo and Jersuhann Negron combined for five walks and did not strike out a batter on the mound.
Santiago and Gracia were their team's Ron Tellefsen Players of the Game.
Puerto Rico will take on Florida at 4:30 p.m. Sunday while New Jersey is off until playing Connecticut at 11 a.m. on Monday.