He went the full six innings, giving up just one run on five hits while recording eight strikeouts.
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Mid-Atlantic put the first runs up on the board in the bottom of the fourth inning when Jude Abbadessa hit a one-out single to left-center field.
Conner Rush scored in the fourth inning to give Endwell a lead it wouldn’t relinquish.
In capping off the ideal 24-0 season, Maine-Endwell little league shattered the final glass ceiling Sunday afternoon in the Little League World Series championship game by beating South Korea 2-1, earning the title of world champs.
Maine-Endwell’s early 2-0 lead was cut short by a big home run from Yoomin Lee in the fifth inning, keeping the crowd on edge as they watched the New Yorkers hang on. Minho Choi struck out with runners on first and second to end the game. The last team from New York to capture the Little League World Series crown was the Mid-Island Little League from Staten Island, New York, in 1964.
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The American dominance of worldwide sporting events continued this weekend after a team of young all-stars took down South Korea to win the Little League World Series.
