Zavodnick went the distance for the complete game shutout, surrendering just two hits and striking out eight. Glomb gave up one hit and struck out three while facing the minimum number of batters for the first three innings.

"You have to give [Glomb] credit," said Los Gatos manager Dan Kropp. "He threw a great three innings."

In the fourth inning, the Los Gatos hitters came alive. Leadoff hitter Nate Burke started the rally after being hit by a pitch. With Burke on first and nobody out, Los Gatos was in the same situation it had faced in the first inning. In the first, Gatos bunted a ball in the air to cue a double play, so this time Kropp decided to have his hitters swing away instead of trying to sacrifice Burke over.

"I had memories of what happened in the first," said Kropp. "So instead of playing little ball, we decided to go for the big inning. And it worked for us."

With one out, Zavodnick ripped a double down the third base line. Kiko Alonso followed with a single up the middle to give Los Gatos its first run of the game. Gatos took a 2-0 lead when Zavodnick came home on Jake Scallion's sacrifice fly.

Los Gatos then added two more runs in the fifth inning to close out the scoring. Kyle Johnson led off with a walk, and Brett Litle beat out a slow chopper to the pitcher for an infield hit. Johnson later scored on a hard hit ball by Chris Bitter that the Lincoln Glen second baseman could not handle. Alonso then knocked in Litle with a line drive double that short-hopped the centerfield wall.

Alonso led the Los Gatos offense with three hits and two RBIs.

"(Zavodnick) was on today," said Kropp, "and I thought Brett Litle and Colin Chapman's defense was excellent."

Lincoln Glen's defense also turned in several nice plays. In addition to the double play on the popped up bunt in the first inning, Lincoln Glen turned in another double play the next inning when first baseman Taylor Crawford snagged Nick Hirschman's line drive and stepped on first to erase another Los Gatos rally.

Los Gatos and Lincoln Glen will play three more games in their pool to determine which two teams will advance to the semi-finals on July 15. Los Gatos will play Quito on Tuesday July 8, Almaden on Friday July 11 and Saratoga on Monday July 14 in 5:30 p.m. games at the Los Gatos' John Baggerly Field.

Members of the Los Gatos major division all-star team include Nate Aguiar, Alonso, Bitter, Travis Bonner, Burke, Chapman, Brian Comstock, Hirschman, Johnson, Justin Lewis, Litle, Scullion, Geo Shannon and Zavodnick.


11-year-olds

Los Gatos used its powerful offense to claim fourth place in the District 12 11-year-old all-star tournament. Los Gatos opened its pool play with a 7-1 victory over Union, but was edged out 1-0 by Cambrian Park in its second game. Los Gatos then closed out its 3-1 record in pool play with a 3-2 victory over Quito and 16-3 victory over American. Los Gatos earned the second and final qualifying slot from its pool and advanced to play Saratoga in the semi-finals, losing 16-9.

Los Gatos was led by six hitters who batted over .400: Todd Ericson, Alex Silva, Bill Cardia, Luke Politi, Andy Furia and Mike Mitchell. Other members of the squad, managed by Marty Salazar, included Sam DeFever, Tim Garvey, Matt Horton, Derek Rodrigues, Andrew Salazar, Clayton Susick and Hendee Wall.


10-year-olds

The Los Gatos 10-year-old all-stars are in the middle of their pool play. Two teams from Los Gatos will play against Branham Hills, Almaden, Lincoln Glen and Quito in hopes of grabbing a spot in the semi-finals on July 14.

Playing for the Los Gatos 10-year-old "A" team, managed by Joe Sands, are Curtis Briedenthal, Kevin Brogan, Peter Danna, Robbie Dunne, Nate Fumia, Hayden Hibbard, Gavin Honda, Nick LaBombarda, Nick Lamson, Tyler Litle, Tyler Olivet, David Picone, John Sands and Patrick Shultz.

Members of the Los Gatos 10-year-old "B" team, managed by Marc Murano, are Keith Brassil, Max Burt, Steven Carlquist, Marcus DeVarona, Adam Gouldsberry, Bryan Houp, Taig McNulty, Michael Murano, Deven Patterson, Sutton Roley, Austin Rose, Kyer Vega, Tanner Wingo and Jadd Zahrieh.


9-year-olds

The Los Gatos 9-year-old all-star team finished its pool play with a 1-3 record. Its lone win was a 7-5 victory over Quito. Members of the team, managed by Mark Raynaud, included Aaron Aguiar, Preston Anderson, Vincent Augustine, Nicholas Broad, Joey Comeau, Marshall Finch, Jack Fordyce, Evan Hench, Jeff Leong, Greg Mayo, Jake Raynaud, Oliver Richer, Preston Rind and Brian Rose.


8-year-olds

The 8-year-old all-stars from Los Gatos could not match their 9-year-old counterparts' performance and finished 0-4 in pool play. Jim Shannon was the manager of the squad and all-stars included Alex Abiog, Joey Bergandi, Matt Bergandi, John Braham, Kevin Crane, Wynne Dailor, Alec Johnson, Kyle Kevorkian, Jacob Krupp, Brent McCoy, James Sena, Kevin Shelton, Matthew Raasch and Kevin Roesser.