Little league: Oregon team advances to LLWS semifinals
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Even with a case of the sniffles, Levi Rudolph didn’t mind pitching through on-and-off rain, a stiff breeze and cool temperatures that made it seem more like early March than mid-August.
Rudolph pitched four-plus effective innings and drove home a run on a bunt single as Lake Oswego, Ore., defeated Hamilton, Ohio, 6-1 Tuesday to advance to the Little League World Series semifinals.
“The last couple days, I had a little cold, but I’ve played in these conditions all year,” said the 13-year-old Rudolph, who hails from the rainy Pacific Northwest. “I really don’t think about these pressure situations.”
In other games, Tokyo, Japan, defeated White Rock, British Columbia, 7-1; and Maracaibo, Venezuela, routed Apeldoorn, Netherlands, 21-2.
The record for most runs in a LLWS game is 29, by the Dominican Republic in a shutout of Canada in 1992.
The tournament resumed after the full slate of five games Monday was postponed because of a steady rain.
The weather wasn’t much better. The sun never came out over South Williamsport, with a drizzle falling much of the day. Temperatures were in the 60s.
Heavier downpours later in the day forced the game between Walpole, Mass., and Warner Robins, Ga. to be suspended in the second inning. That game will be resumed today at 11 a.m.
The late game between Taiwan and Mexico never started, and was also postponed to today at noon.