YOUTH SCENE

BLUE JAYS WIN

The Costa Mesa Blue Jays completed a dominating season with a 9-5 victory over Calvary Chapel Blue for the Newport-Mesa Pony baseball championship Wednesday at TeWinkle Park.

The Blue Jays scored five in the fifth and four in the sixth, rallying from a 2-0 deficit, to finish the season at 20-3-1. The Blue Jays, who batted .345 as a team and had a 3.22 ERA, also won the regular-season Newport-Mesa title and went 12-0-1 in their final 13 games. The only blemish in that span was a 4-4 tie with Calvary Chapel Blue and the Eagles gave the Blue Jays another battle Wednesday.

“CC Blue is a very well coached baseball team that challenged us every time we played them,� said Blue Jay Manager Cisco Rios. “The Blue Jays had an incredible season. We played with heart, class and respect.�

Held hitless through four innings by CC Blue pitcher J.T. McLuckey, the Blue Jays broke through with an infield single by Gavin Perdomo. Perdomo stole second, Nathan Alvis singled him to third and they both scored on Abel Huerta’s triple. Tyler Jones was walked intentionally and Brandon Arceyut followed with a two-run double. Arceyut then scored on a wild pitch for a 5-2 lead. The Blue Jays scored four more in the sixth.

CC Blue took a 2-0 lead in the first with two hits off Blue Jay starter Jones and two errors, but that was all they would get until the seventh inning. Tyler Rios relieved Jones in the fifth, holding the Eagles scoreless � helped by a double play from third baseman Perdomo to second baseman Aaron Wood to first baseman Brad Wilson � until they scored three in the seventh on a walk, a single, a triple and a double.

Rios struck out the Eagles’ final batter to preserve the victory and championship.