Week 5 2023 – The Happy Hitter

Edition #12 April 19, 2023

Laguna Hills Little League

Did you miss us? We were spring breakin’ all over the place. But we are back and ready for the home stretch of the season. The good news is that it is finally starting to look like California and hopefully the rain outs are all behind us.

Let’s get back to baseball, but first we want to update you on what’s been going on in case, you were spring breakin’ too.

Go LHLL!

Selected Game Recaps

The Majors Dodgers are on a roll, now 6-2 on the season

It’s been an exciting season for the Majors Dodgers, who have only lost two games and have been finding ways to win all season. Great pitching from Max Mihai and Nate Gasca (pictured here), along with Eli Webster, has anchored the team.

Laguna Hills AAA teams clash

Red Sox 12, Angels 6

The Red Sox ended the Angels’ win streak, handing them their first defeat of the season in a hard fought contest. The Red Sox came in ready to play and took advantage of some timely hitting and smart base running.

Dodgers 14, Red Sox 8

The Dodgers won their third in a row, advancing to 5-1 on the season. The Red Sox kept it close with some big hits from James Pitt and Darren Chen, but in the end Michael Orduno’s key hits and closing pitching performance proved to be the deciding factor. Xavier Lasala (pictured) made a great diving catch at first, while Orduno made an excellent grab at shortstop to anchor the Dodgers’ defense.

The Angels Momfia and siblings were out in force

Cuteness at the rookie Angels and Dodgers game

Coach Geoff holding practices over spring break

GOLF BALL DROP

Welcome to Week 2 of Golf Ball Drop sales. We are making great progress but still have more work to do to reach our goal – please help us get there by trying to sell at least 10 balls!

First prize for closest to the target is $1000, and second prize is $500. Of course, there are great raffle prizes for our players and teams who participate and sell tickets!

To sign up to purchase golf balls, head on over to https://www.watkinsweb.com/lhll2023. Select your quantity and player name to purchase (or no player if you just want to support our league). For players, below please find a sample email that you can cut and paste to send to family, friends, co-workers, neighbors – everyone!

2nd Annual Sandlot Game was a Success

These LHLLers took a break from Spring Breakin’ to play in our 2nd Annual Sandlot Game. It was a good time as they had the opportunity to play different positions and with players from different teams.

Thank you to our volunteers

To all of the Managers, Coaches, Umpires, Team Moms, Scorekeepers, and Snack Shack Workers – we appreciate you! We can’t do it without you. If you want to help please sign up for the snack shack at the bottom of this email and if you’d like to ump a game please email president@LHLL.org