Bonita-based, Sweetwater Valley Little League All-Star team lost, 8-4, to Texas’ West Pearland and their starting pitcher Ben Gottfried Sunday.
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Pearland, Texas’ Raffi Gross, right, celebrates with teammates after hitting a two-run home run during the third inning of a baseball game against Bonita, Calif., at the Little League World Series in South Williamsport, Pa., Sunday, August 23, 2015.
Fans can bring chairs and blankets onto the field. Team merchandise will be sold.
Pearland West, the Southwest Regional champion, was a 1-0 victor over the team representing Oregon’s Wilshire-Riverside Little League on Friday.
Pearland, Texas’ Raffi Gross, right, jumps onto home plate as he is swarmed after hitting a two-run home run during the third inning of a baseball game against Bonita at the Little League World Series in South Williamsport, Pa., Sunday, August 23, 2015.
Bonita’s Antonio Andrade throws during the first inning of a baseball game against Pearland, Texas at the Little League World Series in South Williamsport, Pa., Sunday, August 23, 2015.
Sweetwater Valley is 17-0 in its four tournaments.
Pearland advanced to play the Lewisberry, Pennsylvania-Taylors, South Carolina victor in Wednesday, with that victor going to Saturday’s U.S. title game.
Sweetwater Valley will play Cranston Western in the losers’ bracket, from Rhode Island, at 5 p.m. Monday.
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