Tournament MVP Ryan O’Hearn led the Santa Barbara Foresters to the Rawlings California Cup championship over the weekend, capped off with a 2-0 victory over the San Luis Obispo Blues on Sunday afternoon.
O’Hearn scored both runs in Sunday’s championship game and finished the four-game tournament 6-for-11 in three games with five runs scored and two RBI.
Santa Barbara outscored its opponents – SLO, Conejo, MLB Academy & Team Bercovich – 30-9 in four tournament games. The Foresters, 23-9-1, return to California Collegiate League competition this week with six league games starting on Tuesday.