Heskett, Brown Homer In Boyds' Win at Cal Ripken World Series

Jake Heskett pitched three shutout innings and hit two home runs as the Maryland state champion team from Boyds picked up a 7-0 win Sunday in the Cal Ripken World Series in .

Maryland was 2-0 entering Monday afternoon's game against the Hawaiian team representing the Pacific Southwest.

Heskett homered in the fourth and fifth innings, after Marcus Brown homered in the second inning, as the Maryland champs defeated the Southwest region representatives.

John Paul Walsh started for Boyds and struck out eight in three innings of two-hit ball. Heskett struck out four, walked one and allowed two hits in relief.

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Brown, Heskett, Brooks Bengtson and Josh Netterville combined for six hits and six RBIs.

Maryland defeated the Pacific Northwest team, 13-3, on Saturday.

Heskett homered in the first inning.

Boyds manager Jody Pearre said: "Our team made a few errors at the start of the game, but they were able to come back by doing a good job of running the bases and getting some clutch hits with guys in scoring position. If our guys can play a little more crisp in the field defensively and keep scoring some runs, I think we’ve got a pretty good shot at making it to the playoffs."

Here are some results from Sunday:

SOUTHEAST 10, HARFORD COUNTY 6
lead 1-0 in the second before the Southeast scored in the second, third, fourth and fifth innings. Tyler Ward's two-run homer in the fourth gave the Southeast the cushion it needed for the win.  

NEW ENGLAND 11, PACIFIC SOUTHWEST 8
Newtown, CT rallied to remain undefeated. Trailing 2-0, Lucas O'Brien belted the team's first homer of the series to get New England within a run, before the squad erupted for six runs in the fourth. O'Brien homered again in the sixth to seal the win.

MID ATLANTIC 11, OHIO VALLEY 2
The team from the Bronx continued its strong play behind Jimmy Abreu, who struck out three in four innings for the win. 

JAPAN 19, CANADA 0
The defending champs put up 12 runs in the first inning and combined for 16 hits in the win. Kosuke Ito doubled in each of the first three innings. 

MEXICO 6, AUSTRALIA 4
Australia led, 1-0, early but the two teams exchanged leads seven times before Sergio Gaxiola's two-run homer proved the decisive blow. 

KOREA 7, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 4
No report was available from the international game. 

MONDAY
At

• Midwest Plains @ Southeast » 1 p.m.
• Korea @ Canada » 3:30 p.m.
• Southwest @ Pacific Northwest » 6 p.m.
• Dominican Republic @ Mexico » 8 p.m.

At Fenway Park

• Maryland @ Pacific Southwest » 1 p.m.
• Ohio Valley @ Harford County » 3:30 p.m.

At Nationals Park

• Australia @ Japan » 3:30 p.m.

New England and Mid-Atlantic have the day off.

TUESDAY
At 

• Canada @ Australia » 1 p.m.
• Pacific Southwest @ Pacific Northwest » 3:30 p.m.
• Dominican Republic @ Japan » 6 p.m.
• New England @ Maryland » 8 p.m.

At Fenway Park

• Harford County @ Midwest Plains » 1 p.m.
• Mexico @ Korea » 3:30 p.m.

At Nationals Park

• Southeast @ Mid-Atlantic » 3:30 p.m.

Southwest and Ohio Valley have the day off.

WEDNESDAY
At 

• Southeast @ Ohio Valley » 1 p.m.
• Mid-Atlantic @ Midwest Plains » 3:30 p.m.
• Korea @ Australia » 6 p.m.
• Mexico @ Japan » 8 p.m.

At Fenway Park

• Canada @ Dominican Republic » 1 p.m.
• Pacific Northwest @ New England » 3:30 p.m.

At Nationals Park

• Pacific Southwest @ Southwest » 3:30 p.m.

Harford County and Maryland have the day off.

Teams are seeded following Wednesday's round, with the top four American and top four international teams advancing to the semifinal round, to be played Friday.

The international and American championships are Saturday, with the world championship set for Sunday.