Cranston West Beats Missouri, Avoids Elimination

Cranston West Beats Missouri, Avoids Elimination

Cranston West Little League defeated Missouri 6-3 on Saturday night at Lamade Stadium in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. With the win, Cranston West avoids elimination from the World Series.

Cranston West got on the board in the first inning when Missouri pitcher Cale McCallister walked in a run with the bases loaded  and then Jason Patalano hit a two out two RBI single to put Cranston up 3-0 in the game.

Cranston West kept the run going when Jake Bender singled to right field bringing in Dylan Demers to put West up 4-0 in the first inning and Tommy Harper drove in Ryan Demers to put Cranston up 5-0 before Missouri got out of the inning.

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Devrin Weathers hit a two run home run for Missouri in the bottom of the first to cut the deficit to three.

The score would remain 5-2 until the top of the fourth inning when Cranston's Cam Adamec hit a RBI single that scored Ryan Demers, giving Cranston a 6-2 lead.

Cranston returns to action on Monday, August 24 at 8 p.m. on ESPN2 against either Texas or California.