Trevor Weston tossed 4 2/3 innings of two-hit baseball and also blasted a two-run home run to help lead the Moorpark Little League All-Stars past Thousand Oaks Little League, 9-4, during the 11- and 12-year-old District 13 title game Monday at Moorpark.

While consistently cracking the low 70s on the radar gun with his fastball, Weston mixed in changeups and curveballs to keep the powerful Thousand Oaks sluggers off-balance all afternoon.

During the dominating performance, Weston struck out nine, including seven of the first nine batters he faced.

"I just wanted to keep the ball down and let them hit it," Weston said. "I was throwing my fastball for strikes, and that allows the offspeed pitches to fool the hitters."

Moorpark built a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning on a sacrifice fly by Tyler Letson and a twoout RBI single by Justin Tiedge.

In the bottom of the third, Moorpark added to its lead when Austin Ready scored on a wild pitch. Weston's oppositefield rocket over the right-field wall later in the inning made it a 5-0 ballgame.

Moorpark pushed its lead to 9-0 in the bottom of the fourth inning on RBI singles by Connor Moses, Blake Chiaramonte and Jeff Tincher. Chase Tennant also knocked in a run on a fielder's choice.

Thousand Oaks put a run on the scoreboard in the top of the fifth when Dylan Lasley reached home on an error.

With Weston out of the game, Thousand Oaks' offense came to life in the top of the sixth inning by loading the bases with no outs.

Kyle Van Dyke of TOLL scored on a wild pitch to cut the deficit to 92, and shortly thereafter Jeremiah Gray's fielder's choice plated Lasley to make it a 9-3 contest.

An RBI single by Andrew Lachina gave Thousand Oaks its final run of the game.

Thousand Oaks manager Adrian Glenn said he was proud of the way his players never gave up, despite the big deficit.

"In the beginning we started out slow and I could tell the guys were a little bit down," Glenn said. "But I just kept giving them reinforcements, kept telling them to keep their heads up because we could get these guys. . . .

"Overall, though, I think T.O. did very well. We won with class and we lost with class, and we respected everyone. That's important no matter what age you're at."

For Moorpark, the championship celebration was a bit subdued.

These youngsters, after all, have been in the winner's circle many times before, having captured district flags at the 9/10 and 10/11 All-Star levels in prior years.

"We've been playing (together) for five years just to get to this tournament here," Moorpark skipper Scott Costi said. "We started out as 6 and 7 year olds, and we played together consistently for all those years."

Through the years, Costi said, the long-term goal for Moorpark has always been to advance deep into the 11/12 tournament and, possibly, make the dream trip to Williamsport, Pa., for the Little League World Series.

"We haven't achieved anything yet. This is not our goal— to win the district," Costi said. "We want to go well beyond this."

With a light's out pitching staff that features Weston, Moses, Chiaramonte and Tiedge at the front of the rotation, as well as a group of hitters that can explode at a moment's notice, the sky may be the limit for this ballclub.

"You don't have a prayer unless you have the deep pitching," Costi said.

The Section 1 tournament begins Saturday at Moorpark Little League.