Game Sixteen: Covina, CA 14, Harlingen, TX 1

Covina, CA advances to the Championship game, beating Harlingen, TX in four and a half innings with a  14-1 score.

Covina’s offense started strong in the bottom of the first inning. A sacrifice fly drove in one right, with a single line drive scoring another to take a 2-0 lead.

They extended their lead to 5-0 in their next time at-bat. Doubles by Adrian Morales and Paul Montoya drove in two runs, with the fifth coming from a walk.

Harlingen scored in the top of the third inning on a walk to make it a 5-1 game.

In the bottom of the fourth, Covina scored an impressive nine runs. Their scoring started on a walk, but the remaining eight runs were scored on five singles to take a win with a final score of 14-1.

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