This kid looks like a major league hitter - and he's 12! Williamsport will be a fun place for the next week with a local team in the hunt.
Posted on 08/22/2015 5:18:24 AM PDT by FlJoePa
(South Williamsport) -- Red Land's Little League team put on an offensive show during its debut at the Little League World Series in Willamsport.
Cole Wagner had two homers, a double and a single and drove in six runs in four at-bats and as the Lewisberry, York County, squad routed Webb City, Missouri, 18-0 in four innings tonight in the Little League World Series.
Wagner hit a grand slam and a two-run home run during an eight-run third inning and Red Land scored 18 runs in the two middle innings.
The team finished with 16 hits and gave its fans from Lewisberry, a two-hour drive from Williamsport, plenty to cheer.
The Mid-Atlantic champions scored 10 runs in the second inning, highlighted by Kaden Peifer's three-run home run that made it 4-0.
Red Land had nine hits in the inning, the first seven reached base and five straight had hits at one point.
Chayton Krauss, Jake Cubbler and Adam Cramer all were 2 for 2 in the inning.
Representing Pennsylvania, Red Land added eight runs in the third inning that started with Wagner hitting a mammoth home run to dead center field. His grand slam traveled even farther, nearly reaching the top of the hill beyond the center field wall.
All 13 midstate players reached base at least once and winning pitcher Jaden Henline threw 2 1/3 innings of one-hit ball.
Red Land improved to 17-0 this summer and has outscored its opponents 259-13.
It plays Sunday in the winners' bracket semifinals against South Carolina.
Cale McCallister and Blake Smith singled for Missouri. It will face Rhode Island on Saturday.
This kid looks like a major league hitter - and he's 12! Williamsport will be a fun place for the next week with a local team in the hunt.
When a team such as this dominates its competition to this extreme, one has to wonder about the legality of the team members........
Either that or they’re just really good.
Love the LLWS. Red Land looks like a powerhouse. Good thing for them pitchers can’t pitch two games in a row nowadays though. The top pitcher for S. Carolina throws it 80 mph and has a curve and a slider. He threw a no-hitter in the Regional finals then came back and threw another no-hitter in the first game of the LLWS against Rhode Island.
The “kid” (who is about 6 foot tall) has the best “stuff” I have seen at Williamsport in years. Virtually unhittable.
Oh, absolutely! When an American team wins, it’s obviously because they cheated. But if China, or Japan or anyone else wins when THEY play, well, one must never question the ages of their little darlins./ S
That local PA team has been on public display for all to see, through all those victories, with nary a question, even from the teams they creamed. But let them cream a team from MO, and rather than congrats, they get sour grapes inuendo. I hope they keep on kicking butts, right up to winning the championship.
There is a bit of history there:
http://blog.pennlive.com/patriotnewssports/2010/08/1990_red_land_piaa_baseball_ch.html
http://article.wn.com/view/2015/07/30/Defense_helping_Red_Land_through_Legion_baseball_state_tourn/
Pennsylvania Ping
Yeah...I think they are just really good...and the coaching is very good these days for a lot of teams. Of course when the New York team won some years back they cheated (14 year old pitcher), and everybody knows how bad the Chicago team cheated last year - stripped of the USA Championship for bringing in a team of “ringers” from other districts.
I’m sure it’s a temptation for those with low moral fiber. I remember when my son played for East Marietta Little League 10 years ago we had a really good team. Great hitting and solid pitching - but no real standout pitcher. We played Douglass County in the District tournament and they had a tall rangy pitcher with a great fastball and a really good curve. He shut us out and they beat us 1-0 the first game. Due to the rules though he couldn’t pitch every game and they didn’t have any depth so we ended up winning the tournament and went on to the State level.
Us Dads were talking and we all agreed that if we just had that one kid from Douglass County on our team we would have had a real chance to go to Williamsport.
The same thing could have been said about Jackie Robinson West last year......
No doubt about it, Red Land is very good and I hope they are on the up and up. They'll be fun to watch.
When is Red Land’s next game?
Great to see local kids playing so well. Not one of these kids participating from any of the teams should hang their heads. they all made it very far and should cherish every minute of being some of the very best in the nation. Red Land is a great team and well coached. I wish them luck and hope they take it to final victory!
All times Eastern
Game 1: Caribbean vs. Europe-Africa - Postponed
Game 2: Southwest vs. Northwest - Postponed
Game 3: Latin America vs. Australia - Postponed
Game 4: Great Lakes vs. West - Postponed
Full Thursday Recap Game 1: Uganda 4, Dominican Republic 1
Game 2: Texas 1, Oregon 0
Game 3: Venezuela 5, Australia 2
Game 4: California 14, Kentucky 2 (four innings)
Game 5: Mexico 1, Canada 0
Game 6: South Carolina 7, Rhode Island 1
Game 7: Japan 7, Taipei 5
Game 8: Pennsylvania 18, Missouri 0 (four innings)
Full Friday Recap Game 9: Dominican Republic vs. Australia, 1 p.m. (ESPN)
Game 10: Oregon vs. Kentucky, 3 p.m. (ABC)
Game 11: Canada vs. Taipei, 6 p.m. (ESPN)
Game 12: Rhode Island vs. Missouri, 8 p.m. (ESPN)
Game 13: Uganda vs. Venezuela, 11 a.m. (ESPN)
Game 14: Texas vs. California, 3 p.m. (ABC)
Game 15: Mexico vs. Japan, 5 p.m. (ESPN)
Game 16: South Carolina vs. Pennsylvania, 7 p.m. (ESPN)
Consolation Game A: Game 9 loser vs. Game 10 loser, 12 p.m. (ESPN)
Game 17: Game 9 winner vs. Game 15 loser, 2 p.m. (ESPN)
Game 18: Game 10 winner vs. Game 16 loser, 4 p.m. (ESPN)
Game 19: Game 11 winner vs. Game 13 loser, 6 p.m. (ESPN2)
Game 20: Game 12 winner vs. Game 14 loser, 8 p.m. (ESPN2)
Consolation Game B: Game 11 loser vs. Game 12 loser, 1 p.m. (ESPN)
Game 21: Game 17 winner vs. Game 19 winner, 4 p.m. (ESPN)
Game 22: Game 18 winner vs. Game 20 winner, 8 p.m. (ESPN2)
Game 23: Game 13 winner vs. Game 15 winner, 4 p.m. (ESPN)
Game 24: Game 14 winner vs. Game 16 winner, 8 p.m. (ESPN)
Game 25: Game 21 winner vs. Game 23 loser, 4 p.m. (ESPN)
Game 26: Game 22 winner vs. Game 24 loser, 8 p.m. (ESPN)
Game 27: International Championship, Game 23 winner vs. Game 25 winner, 12:30 p.m. (ABC)
Game 28: U.S. Championship, Game 24 winner vs. Game 26 winner, 3:30 p.m. (ABC)
Game 29: Consolation Game, Game 27 loser vs. Game 28 loser, 10 a.m. (ESPN)
Game 30: Little League World Series Championship, Game 27 winner vs. Game 28 winner, 3 p.m. (ABC)
How insensitive for those little tykes to run the score up on their poor widdle opponents!
They should have called the game earlier and given out the participation trophies.
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Thanks for the schedule!
Weird to see Uganda in there and to see they actually beat the Dominican Republic (usually the Carib. team is pretty darn good).
You never know though - I remember when Saudi Arabia made it to the LLWS and I thought “really?”. Then I saw one of their games on TV and realized it was a team of American oil workers’ kids - not an Arab on the team :^)
Sure hope they have all their ducks in a row regarding proper documentation on residency and age. Little League Camps has taken a number of hit in recent years.
Wow, what a game. Turned it on when the PA (Red Land) team was at bat in the 2nd inning. They must have been at bat for at least 30 minutes. Wondered what the batter was doing when he lifted his leg for each pitch. Then bam out of there.
I coach Pony and just had to verify birth dates of all boys on my roster and then certify in front of two witnesses that the information was correct.
It is standard for our league and we have never had any problems.
Beautiful picture.
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