After Jake Menasco drove a pitch deep over the centerfield fence spotting the A’s a lightning-quick 2-0 lead in the first inning, starting pitcher Tanner Peterson did the rest, tossing a complete-game 3-0 shutout in the Manteca Little League major division championship Thursday at Lincoln Park.
Peterson was brilliant throughout six innings of work, holding a potent White Sox lineup in check virtually the entire contest, working out of a jam in the bottom of the fifth by inducing a 4-6-3 double play to end the inning.
Menasco’s bomb set the tone for an A’s club that forfeited their right to advance to the Tournament of Champions Tuesday when they were beaten 5-3 by the White Sox. Menasco’s drive cleared the centerfield fence by nearly 20 feet and proved to be the only support Peterson would need.
Peterson battled with White Sox starter Dylan Konieczka, matching each other with scoreless innings until the A’s were able to scratch across their final insurance run when Jacob Petersen came around to score in the fifth. Thursday’s outing was the first time the White Sox had seen Petersen in the squads’ handful of meetings on the season.
The White Sox were able to get a runner on in the final inning, but Peterson got a ground ball to Menasco for the first out and sat the final two batters down with strikeouts, sending the A’s into the TOC’s.
Tournament action will kick off June 19 for the A’s in Lathrop.
Peterson was brilliant throughout six innings of work, holding a potent White Sox lineup in check virtually the entire contest, working out of a jam in the bottom of the fifth by inducing a 4-6-3 double play to end the inning.
Menasco’s bomb set the tone for an A’s club that forfeited their right to advance to the Tournament of Champions Tuesday when they were beaten 5-3 by the White Sox. Menasco’s drive cleared the centerfield fence by nearly 20 feet and proved to be the only support Peterson would need.
Peterson battled with White Sox starter Dylan Konieczka, matching each other with scoreless innings until the A’s were able to scratch across their final insurance run when Jacob Petersen came around to score in the fifth. Thursday’s outing was the first time the White Sox had seen Petersen in the squads’ handful of meetings on the season.
The White Sox were able to get a runner on in the final inning, but Peterson got a ground ball to Menasco for the first out and sat the final two batters down with strikeouts, sending the A’s into the TOC’s.
Tournament action will kick off June 19 for the A’s in Lathrop.
