Lizarraga strikes out 9, California beats Texas 5-0 in LLWS

Lizarraga strikes out 9, California beats Texas 5-0 in LLWS

Updated Mar. 4, 2020 3:30 p.m. ET

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Va. (AP) Victor Lizarraga pitched a complete game, Ali Camarillo went 2 for 3 with a triple and Chula Vista, California beat San Antonio, Texas 5-0 in the Little League World Series on Saturday night.

Lizarraga allowed just two hits and struck out nine. Devin Hinojosa hit a pinch-hit, two-run homer for Chula Vista.

Camarillo's triple led off the game and, after Anthony Soto struck out and Lucas Marrujo was hit by a pitch, he scored on a wild pitch by Dominic Tellis. Marrujo scored on another wild pitch to make it 2-0 going into the bottom of the first.

Hinojosa's homerun in the top of the third made it 5-0.

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Tellis allowed five runs, three earned, on four hits over five innings for San Antonio.

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