At least he did on June 12 when Garvey sparked his team to a first-round win in the major division World Series. Garvey roped two triples and threw three shutout innings, striking out five, to lead the Red Sox to an 8-0 victory over the Diamondbacks.

David Picone supported with two singles and scored two of the Red Sox eight runs. Joey Comeau ripped two singles and scored a run and Keith Brassil, Michael Whitney, Ran Barker each scored a run in the win.

Brendan Crane also threw three shutout innings for the Red Sox with six batters fanned. Crane and Garvey combined for an impressive two-hitter on the day.

For the D'backs, only Robbie Dunne stood out, striking out eight batters in six innings pitched, but it wasn't enough.
Later that day, the Tigers met the Reds on the same field and the walked away with a
7-1 victory.

The Reds made an attempt, but fell short. Nathan Fumia had two base knocks for the Reds and scored their only run. Jason Shepardson also ripped two singles.

The Tigers had a great day at the plate with John Williams leading his team. Williams crushed a three-run homer and a two-run jack to right center, giving him five RBIs on the day. Williams also pitched three shutout innings with four outs by way of strikes.

Mike Mitchell helped out with a double, two singles and an RBI. T. Patton blasted a single and a double and scored a run, with Sutton Roley and M. Goldberg both ripping singles and scoring runs.

The Red Sox and Tigers were to face each other on June 14, and the D'backs were to challenge the Reds the same day. The D'backs-Reds winner will face the loser of the Red Sox-Tigers game on June 16, and that winner will meet the winner of the Red Sox-Tigers game in the World Series final on June 18. If a second game of the final round is necessary, it will be played on June 20 at 1 p.m.

All-star action

Little League all-star play will now get under way, and Los Gatos will field two teams in each age group.

The National LG 8-year-old all-star team opens tournament play against Union on June 19, 5:30 p.m., at the Quito Little League field at Rolling Hills Middle School, while the American 8-year-old team faces the LG National squad on June 19, 10 a.m.

Members of the Los Gatos teams include: National Division—Michael Aguiar, Ethan Morris, Michael Bencomo, Corey Olivet, Anthony Chadwick, Preston Rolley, Logan Chapman, Matthew Ross, Patrick Cole, Gregory Sprintz, Grady Duggan, Keegan Vega, Peter Goodin and manager Bill Cole; American Division—Nick Bawden, Jake Ricci, Marc Cameron, Brendan Ryder, Matthey Czaikoski, Patrick Tabari, Jordan Leong, Vincent Von Luehrte, Dillon McQuade, Matther Wander, James Montrezza and manager Mark Wander.

The 9-year-old National LG team begins its tournament against Willow Glen on June 19, 10 a.m. The LG American 9-year-old team opens later that day at 3 p.m. Both games will be held on the Cambrian Little League field.

The 9-year-old all-stars include: National Division—Alexander Abiog, Thomas Greenles, John Braham, D.J. Hlabert, Connor Brideman, Kevin Roesser, Kevin Crane, James Sena, Daniel DeFever, Kevin Shelton, Spencer Dove, Kevin Wilde, Zach Fox and manager Tim Gardner; American Division—Joey Bergandi, Jim Kraus, Matt Bergandi, Drew Marchbank, Robert Barry, Tyler Perkins, Robbie Chen, Matthew Raasch, Derek Dombrowsky, David Shannon, Alec Johnson, Justin Shapiro, Kyle Kevorkian and manager Kel Marchbank.

The 11-year-old all-star teams will begin tourney play on the same day and time on two different fields. The American Division team will square off against Willow Glen June 26 at 10 a.m. and the National Division team will challenge Union at the same time. The games will be played on the Saratoga Little League fields.

The LG American Division all-star team includes: Keith Brassil, Henry Kuckens, Peter Danna, Nick Lamson, Marcus deVarona, David Picone, Hayden Hibberd, Sutton Roley, Gavin Honda, Benjamin Rosenberg, Bryan Houp, Kyer Vega and manager John Picone. The National Division team is as follows: Curtis Breidenthal, Tommy McCullough, Kevin Brogan, Michael Murano, Robbie Dunne, Tyler Olivet, Nathan Fumia, Patrick Shultz, Nick LaBombarda, Anthony Varni, Tyler Litle, Tanner Wingo and manager John Breidenthal.

The names of the 10-year-old and 12-year-old all-star teams have not yet been released.

Due to an editing error, the score of the Giants-Diamondbacks game in last week's paper was incorrect. The Diamondbacks defeated the Giants 9-7 on June 3.