STORY BY MATT SIMON
For the third straight year, the Moore League topped the San Gabriel Valley League 4-2 during the Kiwanis Senior All-Star Game Friday night at Downey High.
The SGVL jumped to 1-0 lead during the top of the second inning on a throwing error after Poly’s Jesse Simon gave up back-to-back singles to Gahr’s Jorge Renteria and Brian Munoz.
Lakewood’s ace pitcher and right fielder Ricky Tiedemann tied things up in the bottom half of the inning when he launched an RBI double to center field. Tiedemann went on to win the MVP award with his RBI.
“I felt like I should have made the team last year, but I didn’t and I just used that to grow and become a better players,” Tiedemann said. “This was a lot of fun and this team really bonded.”
The Moore League’s Jacob Ribitzki (Wilson), Adrian Lopez (Jordan) combined for three scoreless innings.
SGVL took a 2-1 lead when Downey’s Jesus Liera hit an RBI double at the top of the sixth inning.
After stranding four runners in the sixth and seventh innings, the Moore League scored three runs in the eighth inning thanks to an error field error and an RBI single from Jordan’s Jesse Chavira.
“This was great and cool because this was my first all-star game,” Chavira said. “We’re enemies during season but when it comes to this game, we showed were the best league.”
Moore League
Nathan Blair, Lakewood
Devan Semper, Lakewood
Kevin Kolb, Lakewood
Ricky Tiedemann, Lakewood
Eddie Gaxiola, Lakewood
Mitchell Knight, Lakewood
Jaylin Cannon, Wilson
Nolan Ornelas, Wilson
Crixtian Taveras, Wilson
Alex Seguine, Wilson
Jacob Ribitzki, Wilson
Chris Murphy, Poly
Jesse Simon, Poly
Daniel Mariscal, Poly
Troy Criss, Poly
CJ Yogi, Millikan
Ryan Geck, Millikan
Caleb Brandon, Millikan
Apolinar Gonzalez, Cabrillo
Tommy Earl, Cabrillo
Adrian Lopez, Jordan
Jesse Chavira, Jordan
Fino Amador, Hamilton
Ethan Toothman, Hamilton
SGVL
Jorge Renteria, Gahr
Matthew Polk, Gahr
Edward Morales, Gahr
Brian Munoz, Gahr
Jason Dressel, Gahr
Matt Estrada, Gahr
Matt Kurata, Gahr
Ja’Mora Ward, Gahr
David Canales, Downey
Xander Orozco, Downey
Jayson Gadd, Downey
Sebastian Diaz, Downey
Jesus Liera, Downey
Dominick Gallardo, Downey
Michael Poot, Paramount
Johnathan Largaespada, Paramount
Angel Peralta, Paramount
Omar Padilla, Paramount
Mario Tostado, Warren
Connor Freire, Warren
Robert Linares, Warren
Isaac Chavez, Warren
Federico Sanchez, Lynwood
Sebastian Duenas, Lynwood
Aaron Vargas, South Gate
Javier Mendoza, South Gate
Brian Song, Fairfax
Kenny Zermeno, Fairfax
