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Cameron Boudreaux’s solo home run in the seventh inning lifted Lamar American past Tyler East National, 3-2, Saturday night at Faulkner Park in the opening game of the Major League division in the Texas East State Little League tournament.

Boudreaux’s one-out homer put Lamar (1-0) into the winner’s bracket, while Tyler East (0-1) will face elimination today against Bellaire. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m.

The game was dominated by solid pitching and clutch homers.

With Tyler East trailing 2-0, Patrick Day smacked Ramon Gonzales’ 0-2 pitch over the fence for a game-tying, two-run shot in the fourth inning. Day also had a double, collecting two of Tyler’s three hits.

Reid Garrett picked the victory in relief of Gonzales, who struck out nine in 5 1-3 innings.

Day suffered the loss, despite punching out five in three innings of relief. Patrick Mahomes received a no-decision for Tyler after fanning eight in four innings.

— Scott Bedgood

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Lamar American 3,

Tyler East National 2

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Tyler 000 200 0 — 2 3 1

Ramon Gonzales, Reid Garrett (6) and Carlos Elizondo; Patrick Mahomes, Patrick Day (5) and Trace Reed. W — Garrett. L — Day. 2B — T: Day. HR — L: Cameron Boudreaux (seventh inning, solo). T: Day (fourth, one on).

RECORDS

— Lamar American 1-0; Tyler East National 0-1.

9-10 year olds

Tyler East 8,

Lamar National 4

Ty Miller smashed a two-run homer in the bottom of the first inning to help Tyler East build the lead for good in a victory against Lamar National.

Tyler East was also led by Tanner Batten (pitching victory; 2-for-3 with two runs at the plate) Parker Bramlett (2-for-4, three runs), Call Florence (two hits) and Tully Greer (two hits).

Tyler East returns to action tonight against First Colony.

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Tyler East 303 20x — 8 10 0

Cole Montgomery, Jackson Schindler (3), Simon Mirski (5) and Parker Stafford; Tanner Batten, Phillip Day (4), Clayton Engel (6) and Campbell Miller; W — Batten; L — Montgomery. 2B — LN: Montgomery, Colby Orsak; Tully Greer. HR — LN: Schindler (fourth inning, solo); TE: Ty Miller (first, one on).

RECORDS

— Lamar 0-1; Tyler East 1-0.

NEXT UP

— Lamar vs. Bridge City, 6 p.m. today; First Colony vs. Tyler East, 8 p.m. today.

First Colony 15,

Bridge City 0, 4 innings

Ethan Strain went 3-for-3 with two runs and four RBIs to lead First Colony past Bridge City.

First Colony’s Chris Okeke and Zach Short went 2-for-3, while Okeke scored two runs and had a double.

— Mickey Smith

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Blake Lane, Lane Ashworth (2), Logan New (2), Josh Chandler (2) and Chandler, Jared Greer (2); Sammy Plues, Zach Short (3), Coby Collins (4) and Collins, Short (3); W — Plues; L — Lane. 2B — BC: Triston McGree; FC: Ethan Strain, Chris Okeke. 3B — FC: Collins.

RECORDS

— Bridge City 0-1; First Colony 1-0.

Major League

Nederland 7, Bellaire 5

Chris Bishop belted two home runs, including a grand slam, to lead Nederland to a win over Bellaire in the Major League division of the Texas East State Tournament at Faulkner Park.

Bishop has had a solo shot inthe third inning. The game featured six home runs.

Bellaire’s Cameron Rubenstein had two home runs.

Jake Shipman and Colton Weisbro also had homers for Nederland.

— Scott Bedgood

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Cameron Rubenstein, Walker Noon (5) and Cameron Von Dusen. Preston White, Nate Cluck (4), Jared Ramoin (5), Chris Bishop (6) . W – Ramoin, L – Rubenstein. 2B – B: Josh Hamat, Noon. N: Ramoin. HR – B: Rubenstein 2 (third, solo; fourth, solo); N: Jake Shipman (third, solo), Colton Weisbro (third, solo); Bishop (2) (third, solo; fifth, three on).

RECORDS

— Bellaire 0-1, Nederland 1-0.

10-11 Year Olds

Lamar American 12,

Orwall American 9, 9 inn.

Hunter Ranly hit a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the ninth to lift Lamar American to a thrilling win over Orwall American in the 10-11 Year-Old League Texas East State Little League tournament opener at Faulkner Park.

Ranly added a hit in the first inning to finish 2-for-5.

After combining for just four runs through six innings, the teams posted a total of 17 over three extra frames.

Lamar scored seven runs in its final at-bat to pull out the win.

— Michael George

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Lamar 101 000 037 — 12 11 4

Conner Weavely, Travis Richie (7), Riley McKnight (8), Taylor Jackson (9), Colby Smith (9) and Jack Debor; Pierce Khan, Bradley Greer (2), Clayton Dostal (6), Sarah Hudek (8), Trent Murphy (9) and Nicholas Winkley. W — Murphy; L — Jackson. 2B — O: Weavely; L: Greer. 3B — O: Conner Ervin. HR: L: Hunter Ranly (three on, ninth).

RECORDS

— Orwall American 0-1; Lamar American 1-0.

READY TO GO: The Tyler East National 9-10 year-old all-stars applaud as their team is announced during opening ceremonies of the Texas East State Little League tournament on Saturday at Faulkner Park.
((Staff Photo By Herb Nygren Jr.))