WESTERN NEW YORK PREMIER LEAGUE

11U KEN GRIFFEY JR. DIVISION

Lukas Youngberg and Curtis Spielman each had a pair of hits and drove in a run as the Diamond Dawgs beat the Cheektowaga Knights 7-3.

Youngberg walked and scored on a Liam Mulkins groundout in the first inning.

Cheektowaga took a 2-1 lead in the second inning before the Diamond Dawgs took the lead for good with a five-run fourth inning.

Mulkins singled to open the inning and went to second on an errant pickoff throw before Collin Bragg hit an RBI single. Greyson Whitfield then hit an RBI single to center field and ended up at third on the play before scoring on a wild pitch. Jackson Butzer then walked, stole second and went to third on Caden Lacki’s groundout before Spielman hit an RBI single to short. Owen Carlberg singled and both runners moved up on a wild pitch, but the Diamond Dawgs ran into an out at home plate for the second out. With Carlberg on third, Cory Troutman hit an RBI single. Huxley Haley then singled Troutman to third before Youngberg’s RBI single ended the inning.

Mulkins, Bragg and Whitfield combined to strike out nine and walk four on the mound.