GLOSTER –&160;The Natchez Wallace 11-12 All-Stars scored all four of their runs in the first inning and held off Summit 4-1 at the District 6 11-12 Tournament at Pine Hills Dixie Youth Baseball Field Saturday.

Natchez receives a bye and will face the winner of Monday’s Pine Hills-Summit contest Tuesday at 7 p.m.

Pine Hills defeated Brookhaven 4-0 Saturday.

After blanking Pine Hills 9-0 Friday, Natchez Wallace came up with another strong pitching performance as Benji Maher struck out 11 batters over five innings. Corey Walker had two strikeouts in relief.

Cole Bradford started off Natchez’s 4-run first with a double scored on a double by David Alton New III.

Timmy Foster reached base on an error and Chris Seeger walked. Foster scored on a wild pitch and Wesley Davis followed with a single.

Natchez went without a hit the remainder of the game.

&uot;That boy on the mound (Summit’s Brendon Van Norman) got tougher and tougher as the game went on,&uot; said Natchez coach David New Jr. &uot;The first inning he wasn’t throwing well, but he picked up his speed after that. He had a change up and was working for him. We hit some balls hard, but they made the defensive plays.&uot;

Walker entered the game in the sixth inning and struck out the first batter, allowed a single to Cory Dearborn, but struck out the next batter.

Landon Morgan of Summit followed with a single up the middle that went off Walker’s wrist.

&uot;He was lying on the ground and all he wanted to know was if a run scored, and he said he wanted to finish the game,&uot;&160;New said.

Natchez has outscored its opponents 43-3 through sub-district and district.

&uot;We needed a tough game like this,&uot; New said. &uot; I was real proud of the way the guys stayed together and patted each other on the backs.&uot;