TURNING TWO—Thousand Oaks Little League All-Star Kevin Howell, right, gets an out at second base before Moorpark's Ryder McConville reaches the bag during last Saturday's District 13 10/11 title game. In the days following last weekend's District 13 Little League AllStars 10 and 11yearold championship between Moorpark and Thousand Oaks, those in attendance were still buzzing about one of the most dramatic finishes they had ever seen on a baseball diamond.

The teams combined to score 13 runs over the final two frames as Moorpark pulled out a heartpounding 12-10 victory in seven innings.

"Some people like a pitching duel, and they think a 1-0 or 3-2 ballgame is best," Thousand Oaks skipper Kelly Pagett said. "Others like total offensive explosions. This was an offensive lover's delight.

"It was a tight ballgame in the beginning and then we just opened up a can of home runs and everything else. It was out of control. It was great."

Playing at Simi Valley Little League, Moorpark entered the top of the sixth inning poised to claim the district banner with a 5-4 lead.

Thousand Oaks, however, quickly tied the score at 5-5 and then proceeded to load the bases with the go-ahead runs.

Right-fielder Will Price stepped to the plate and appeared to put Thousand Oaks ahead for good with a dramatic grand slam that made the score 9-5 in favor of T.O.

Thousand Oaks pushed another run across later in the inning to make in a 10-5 ballgame.

Three outs from having to play a second title tilt—Moorpark hadn't lost in the doubleelimination tournament—Moorpark answered T.O.'s rally with some magic of its own.

Trent Hall doubled and scored for Moorpark in the bottom of the sixth to make the score 10-6.

With no outs recorded in the inning, Moorpark loaded the bases for catcher Kevin Fargo, the team's cleanup hitter.

Fargo proceeded to launch a massive, game-tying grand slam well beyond the outfield fence to knot things up at 10-10.

"We went from the highest point to all the wind being let out of the balloon," Pagett said.

Still needing three outs to escape the jam, Thousand Oaks managed to regroup and get out of the inning without allowing the winning run to cross the plate.

After T.O. failed to score in the top of the seventh, Moorpark's Myles Guy drilled a tworun walkoff home run over the right-center field wall to give Moorpark the win and the district championship.

The blast was Guy's second round-tripper of the contest.

It was also Moorpark's second big comeback win of the tournament, having erased a 9-1 deficit against Conejo Valley in pool play.

"The resiliency of this team is just unheard of," Moorpark manager Johnny Casillas said. "They play from the first out to the last out, period.

"We've had some comebacks, but to do it in this fashion was just incredible. It shows the heart of this team. Everybody contributed a piece of the pie at one point or another."

Despite being stung by the loss, Pagett had nothing but respect for what both teams were able to accomplish.

Last year, it was Thousand Oaks that nipped Moorpark in nine classic innings to win district. This time things just went the other way, the coach said.

"I love Moorpark, so it's all good," Pagett said. "They have great coaches, great kids. I'd rather play them 100 times."

In addition to Price, the coach said Jimmy Tatum, Carpenter Pagett, John Glenn and Riley Jones had outstanding tournament performances for Thousand Oaks.

Moorpark begins Section 1 play Saturday at Arroyo Grande.