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Moon perfect, Gross throws no-no for MLL Brewers
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Manteca FCs under-8 girls team is comprised of (back row, from left) Coach Manuel Pires, Deanna Ceballos, Madee Iniquez, Lela Schuler, Yvlette Fregoso, Zoie Wilson, Coach Dinesh Singh; (front) Preeya Singh, Juliana Rodriguez, Savannah Cordero, Annika Beall and Jocelin Roa. Not pictured: Cameron Silva. Benfica captured their fourth straight tournament title in last weekends MFC Spring Invitational. - photo by Photo Contributed

Manteca Little League’s major-division Brewers have had two outstanding pitching efforts this past week.

Dylan Gross twirled no-hit shutout in last Saturday’s 10-0 drubbing of the A’s. Not to be outdone, Jacob Brewers pitched a perfect game on Thursday as the Brew Crew routed the Giants, 10-0.

Gross struck out 10 and walked three in his masterpiece. The Brewers gave him more than enough of a lead with their seven-run rally in the third inning. Pascual Vasquez stroked two hits and drove in a pair of runs to lead the offense. Ryan Zimmerman also doled out two knocks.

Moon fanned nine hitters in his rare feat on Thursday. Ryan Ward’s two-run double followed by Gross’ two-run homer in the second inning powered the Brewers to an early lead.



Soccer

Manteca FC Benfica

The under-8 girls squad rolled to its fourth straight tournament championship in last weekend’s Manteca FC Spring Invitational, doing so despite having to play up in the under-9 age group.

Benfica managed to qualify for the final round despite suffering a 3-2 loss to Modesto Ajax in the opener. They got revenge in the finale, beating Ajax 2-1 behind Madee Iniquez’s go-ahead goal