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Husbands homer leads Milton Majors to District 3 title

Milton defeats Laurel 1-0 in sixth inning
The Milton Major 11/12 All-Stars take a victory lap with the District 3 banner. DAN COOK PHOTO
Dan Cook
July 21, 2016
Milton’s Tyler Husbands takes a 1-1 pitch over the fence to give the Milton 11/12 All-Stars a 1-0 victory over Laurel and the District 3 banner. DAN COOK PHOTO
Milton shortstop Chase Boyle snags a hot shot off a Laurel bat and throws to first for a put out. DAN COOK PHOTO
Milton third baseman Timmy Hitchcock throws out a Laurel batter. DAN COOK PHOTO
Milton’s Paris Mitchell robs a Laurel batter of extra bases with this catch in right field. DAN COOK PHOTO
Nick Cox pitched 5 1/3 shut out innings and had four strike outs for the Milton All-Stars. DAN COOK PHOTO
Teammates congratulate Timmy Hitchcock, center, on his two strike outs save. DAN COOK PHOTO
Hunter Rauch, right, tells Ty Husbands, “That was a cool hit.”
Shortstop Chase Boyle throws out a Laurel batter. DAN COOK PHOTO
“Aww mom.” Nick Cox gets a congratulatory hug and kiss from his mother Amie after the game. DAN COOK PHOTO
Catcher Brian Sponaugle, left, goes over strategy with pitcher Nick Cox. DAN COOK PHOTO
Pitcher Nick Cox throws out a Laurel batter. DAN COOK PHOTO
Austin Rhue slams a hit. DAN COOK PHOTO
Malakye Wells heads to first after a walk. DAN COOK PHOTO
The District 3 Champs are in back (l-r) coach Mike Rhue, Carter Breasure, Paris Mitchell, Hunter Rauch, Manager Rusty Rauch, Chase Boyle, Nick Cox, coach Dan Sponaugle, Brian Sponaugle, Andrew Criswell ,and coach Zach Crouch. In front are Timmy Hitchcock, Austin Rhue, Tyler Husbands, Luke Crouch and Malakye Wells. DAN COOK PHOTO
Laurel's Grant Allen came back from taking a ball to the face in Wednesday's game to pitch in the championship. DAN COOK PHOTO
Laurel’s Ethan Elliott tags Malakye Wells for an out then goes to first on a double play attempt. DAN COOK PHOTO
Relief pitcher Hunter Rauch delivers to the plate in the 8-2 loss to MOT. DAN COOK PHOTO
Chase Boyle takes one for the team from a MOT pitch. DAN COOK PHOTO
Milton catcher Brian Sponaugle blocks a low pitch. DAN COOK PHOTO
Milton’s Tyler Husbands gets a hit. DAN COOK PHOTO
Milton’s second baseman Austin Rhue fights off a hard MOT grounder and throws to first for a put out. DAN COOK PHOTO
Milton shortstop Hunter Rauch snags a MOT ground ball and gets a put out at first. DAN COOK PHOTO
Milton first baseman Tyler Husbands grabs a throw for a close play at first. The MOT batter was called safe on the play. DAN COOK PHOTO
Relief pitcher Hunter Rauch just misses the tag at home. DAN COOK PHOTO
Timmy Hitchcock slams one in play for the Milton squad. DAN COOK PHOTO
Luke Crouch makes contact on a quality at bat. DAN COOK PHOTO
Milton southpaw Tyler Husbands delivers to the plate. DAN COOK PHOTO

Milton’s Tyler Husbands drove a 1-1 Laurel pitch over the right-center fence in the sixth inning to pace the Milton Major 11/12 All-Stars to a 1-0 victory and the District 3 title.

Nick Cox pitched 5 1/3 scoreless innings for Milton, striking out four Laurel batters. Timothy Hitchcock came into the game in the sixth with two on and one out and struck out the side to preserve the Milton victory.

Milton out hit Laurel 3-1. Austin Rhue and Brian Sponaugle safely hit for Milton.

Laurel’s Grant Allen returned to pitch a great game after being struck in the face by a ball and having to get x-rays the game before. He struck out four and gave up just one run.

Milton then traveled to Newark to take on a tough Middletown-Odessa-Townsend squad July 23 at the National Little League complex for the first round of the state tournament.

When the rain and lightning cleared, the Milton squad started off slow and never really recovered, as a two-run homer in the top of the first inning put them in a 2-0 hole. MOT added three more in the third to put Milton down 5-0. After MOT got two more in the fifth, the Milton squad tried to rally in the bottom of the fifth, picking up two runs.

Tyler Husbands walked with one out in the fifth and advanced to second on a passed ball. Chase Boyle reached base on an error and Husbands moved up to third on the play. Brian Sponaugle slammed a single to score Husbands and move Boyle to second. Boyle then moved to third on a passed ball and Sponaugle moved to second. Nick Cox walked to load the bases. Timmy Hitchcock grounded out, scoring Boyle. A ground out ended the inning.

MOT ended the contest 8-2 with one more run in the sixth. Milton did not score in the bottom of the sixth.

Milton plays the loser of Sunday’s Brandywine vs. MOT game Monday, July 25, at Newark.

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