By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

West Seattle clubbed Renton, 11-1, Friday in the winner's bracket final of the District 7 age 10-11 Little League baseball tournament to earn a berth in Monday's 6 p.m. championship.
The Westsiders must be defeated twice to miss out on the title in the action at the PacWest complex between Burien and SeaTac off Des Moines Way. The if-necessary game would be played at the same time and place Tuesday.

Renton fell into a 1 p.m. Sunday loser's bracket final game with Seattle Central to determine who would provide the competition.

Renton rallied for one run in the top of the first inning to take the early lead, but it was all West Seattle from there.

West Seattle tied it with one in the bottom of the second as Will Godwin singled, stole second and scored on a base hit by Max Zerbato and took the lead to stay as Aiden Waller launched a home run over the fence in right to lead off the third.

Nick Hazelgrove added a two-run pinch-hit triple later in the inning, then scored on a Godwin double before Milo Sorensen tripled in Godwin for a 6-1 lead.

West Seattle ended it with five runs in the fourth that brought a 10-run rule into play.
Godwin crunched a grand-slam home run to left field as the big blow in the rally, then the game ended as Sorensen walked, advanced to second on an errant fielder's choice throw and scored on a two-out single by Waller to left field.

Dylan Savage threw all four innings for the win, striking out four and allowing only three hits -- all of which came in the first.

Godwin had the defensive gem of the game in the third with a stunning catch in center field followed by a throw to first to double off Renton's only runner after the first. Left fielder James Triol threw to third for a rundown out in the first.

West Seattle opened the tournament with wins over PacWest and South Highline National to reach Friday's game.