It was a true weapon of destruction that sank a local team in the winners bracket of the District 10 Little League 10-11 age All Star baseball tournament on Field 4 at the Federal Way National Little League Complex.

Unloading its awesome hitting arsenal, the Kent All Stars grabbed an early lead en route to a 14-2 win against Steel Lake in a game shortened to four innings due to the 10-run mercy rule on Tueday, June 21.

Shortstop Austin Pauls dove to his right for Steel Lake to snag a hard hit ground ball and completed the play on a throw to first base to retire Kent's first batter and the next batter flew out to center field to open the top of the first inning. An infield miscue placed a runner on first base before Ryan Anderton drove a two-run homer far over the reaches of straightaway center field for a 2-0 Kent lead.

In the second inning, the Kent All Stars fired up their big bats to shell Steel Lake for 10 runs on nine hits. An additional two runs in the Kent fourth inning at bat padded the final margin.

Avoiding a shutout, Steel Lake unleashed its only two hits of the game to score a pair of runs in the third inning. Derek Keyes doubled to right center field with one out. One strikeout later, Kyle Williams pulled the ball over the left field fence for the only threat Steel Lake made during the entire game.

Jaylen Eichler pitched the first two innings for Kent, allowing no runs on no hits while striking out five Steel Lake batters. Jacob Anderson struck out five batters in his two inning stint, including strikeouts of the final three batters.

Steel Lake can still reach the championship game by winning out through the loser-out bracket.