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Staff Correspondent
Copyright 2014 TexSport Publications
WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA (August 19, 2014) Pearland’s season ended in a 6-1 loss to the
team from Chicago, Illinois in the 2014 Little League World Series at
Howard J. Lamade Stadium on Tuesday, August 19.
Joshua Gabino hit an RBI double
in the 3rd
for Southwest’s only score.
Walter Maeker III was the
losing pitcher with six strike outs in 3.6 innings.
Less than two months have
passed since little leaguers from around the world set on a global
quest for being the best. Pearland, Texas represented the Southwest
in United States by winning regionals with a 5-0 record. They were
one of eight teams to represent thousands of teams in the United
States.
In the Little League World
Series, there are eight teams that form the United States Bracket and
eight teams selected internationally to form the International
Bracket. Pearland was one of the top teams in the world and the
performance during the four games is proof.
In the four games played,
Pearland used eight pitchers: Brandon Silwinski, Bryce Laird, Clayton
Broeder, Jonathan Newman, Landon Donley, Matthew Adams, and Walter
Maeker III - who combined for a total of 30 strike outs in just over
22 innings pitched.
Throughout the series, there
was one double play recorded by Pearland which involved Laird, Layne
Roblyer, and Adams.
Three home runs were hit in
four games. Roblyer hit two for a total of five RBIs and Cole
Smajstria hit the third for a series total of four RBIs.
Michael Groover and Presley
Smith had two RBIs while Laird, Hunter Dopslauf, Gabino, and Adams
record one RBI each.
Christian Terranova, Broeder,
Smajstria scored 4 runs each during the series, Roblyer scored three
times, and Silwinski, Laird, Adams, and Groover each scored twice.
Walter Maeker III scored once
in five times at bat.
Southwest finished the Little
League World Series with a record of 2 – 2.
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