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Joe Giulietti hit a grand slam and was the successful pitcher because the staff from Irmo, S.C. — representing the Southeast Region — rolled previous Massachusetts 13-0 on the Little League Baseball World Series on Thursday in South Williamsport, Pa.
South Carolina took a 2-0 lead into the second and shortly doubled that benefit on a bases-loaded wild pitch and Preston Ware’s single. The subsequent batter was Giulietti, whose residence run sailed over the fence in left area.
South Carolina added 5 extra runs within the third inning and didn’t have to bat within the fourth. On the mound, Giulietti pitched 3 1/3 innings of no-hit ball with eight strikeouts and three walks. Brody Miller gave up one hit whereas ending the fourth inning.
Colman Gouthro had the one hit for the staff from Braintree, Mass. He was additionally their beginning pitcher and gave up seven runs in 1 1/3 innings of labor.
Japan 12, Czech Republic 0 (4 innings)
Kensei Takeuchi, Ritsugu Furusato and Tensei Yazawa held the staff from Brno, Czech Republic with no hit as Tokyo ran away with a run-rule rout.
Takeuchi confronted seven batters and struck out six of them. Furusato completed the third inning and Yazawa got here in for the fourth, yielding the one Czech baserunner on a stroll.
Offensively, Yushi Yamamoto had three RBIs, together with a two-run triple, whereas Taisuke Someya and Taisei Suzuki every added two RBIs. Japan reached Czech starter Serafym Ustinov for 9 runs on seven hits within the first 1 1/3 innings of the sport.
–Field Level Media