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Hills drop heartbreaker at LLWS

Baseball Victoria
20 August 2017

Hills gave it everything they had in a game that had everything, but eventually their rally fell agonisingly short, as the Caribbean claimed an 8-7 win.

Australia were down by six runs with six outs remaining, but scored the final five runs of the ballgame to make the Caribbean side work just that little bit harder for the win. A two hour rain delay also thwarted the momentum of both sides, with lightning in the Williamsport area.

Australia held a two-run lead after two innings care of a passed ball and an RBI from Tyler Spiteri, however a six-run rally from the Caribbean saw them take a four run lead.

Starting pitcher Harrison Wheeldon battled manfully across his five innings on the mound and despite giving up some runs in bunches, Wheeldon kept his cool to finish with eight strikeouts.

Wheeldon also showed his strength with bat in hand, claiming two hits and an RBI, with the entire team showing a much improved performance with the bat.

Cody Brian made an excellent catch in left-field, then fired a strike to second base to turn a momentum building double play heading into the final inning, however the fightback fell just short, and ended Hills' quest for the Little League World Series championship.

Hills will now play a team from the US Bracket on Wednesday at 1am AEST.

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