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A's down D-Backs in Majors City title matchup
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The Athletics' Griffen Soto Mayor hits the first home run of the game against the Diamondbacks during the Majors City Championship on Monday. - photo by CANDY PADILLA / The Journal
The Athletics from the American League are the 2016 city champions after defeating the Diamondbacks from the Nationals side on Monday in a 6-4 final. But it wasn't easy to get to this point for the American Majors champs who overcame an eight-run deficit in the American championship game to win it in a walk-off. “In our league title game we came back from being down eight runs and scored nine to win it in walk off and it was unbelievable,” said A's head coach Kirk Johnson.
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Little League Roundup: Turlock American All-Star squads raise district, section banners
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The TALL Senior All-Stars, pictured here celebrating their District 73 championship earlier this season, advanced to the NorCal State tournament (Photo courtesy of Turlock American Little League).
It’s mid-July, which means it’s the home stretch of the Little League Baseball and Softball seasons, and multiple local All-Star teams are in the middle or have completed deep runs in the postseason.
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