Warwick North Loses 3-2 Heartbreaker to Iowa in Little League World Series

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Warwick North Loses 3-2 Heartbreaker to Iowa in Little League World Series

Warwick North Little League fell 3-2 in walk-off fashion to Johnston, Iowa in the Little League World Series on Tuesday afternoon. Warwick is now eliminated from the World Series.

Heartbreaker

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Trailing 2-1 in the bottom of the 6th, Iowa loaded the bases with one out and scored two runs to beat Warwick North 3-2. The winning run was scored on a Kaiden Dunh RBI single to left. 

Dunh's walk off single followed a game tying RBI by Josh Larson. 

Warwick finishes 1-2 in the World Series, joining Cumberland American and Cranston West, who finished with the same record in each of the last two years respectively. 

Warwick Grabs the Lead

With the game tied at 1 in the top of the 6th, Warwick's Kenny Rix hit a hanging changeup over the left field fence to give Warwick a 2-1 lead. The home run was Rix's 2nd of the Little League World Series. 

Warwick North got on the board in the top of the first when Rix hit a sacrifice fly to center scoring Chase Pariseau to give Warwick a 1-0 lead. 

However, after Warwick failed to capitalize with two men on the base paths and no outs in the top of the 5th, Iowa's Kaiden Dinh hit a pinch hit solo home run to left center to tie the game at 1 in the bottom of the inning.


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