HOLDEN, Mass. – Samuel Davidson struck out nine in 4 and two-thirds innings Sunday to lead the Holden Little League 11-year-old All-Stars to a 7-5 win over Pittsfield and a Section 1 Championship.

 

Davidson gave up three earned runs and helped his cause with a double and an RBI.

 

Wesley Goodale doubled and drove in three runs for Holden.

 

Pittsfield, which fought its way through the loser’s bracket to reach the tournament’s title round, fought back from a 6-1 deficit on Sunday.

 

Holden took that lead with a six-run fourth inning.

 

But Pittsfield got within a pair of runs with a three-run fifth.

 

Myles Morrison-Gould hit a bases-clearing double to make it a 6-4 game.

 

Shaun Boehm started the rally with a leadoff single, and Mason Fox and Chase Albano each walked and scored.

 

Holden, the designated visitor, scored once in the top of the sixth.

 

But Pittsfield’s Carmelo Coco hit a one-out single, Brody Hamilton doubled and Boehm drove in a run with a groundout to get the margin back to two runs.

 

Holden reliever Ryan Sturrock ended the game with a groundball out to dash Pittsfield’s hopes.

 

Morrison-Gould struck out a pair and allowed two earned runs in 3 and a third innings on the mound. Fox gave up one run in 2 and two-thirds innings of relief.

 

Coco led an eight-hit Pittsfield attack, going 2-for-3.