The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Boston Red Sox 5-3 in the 2022 Little League Classic in Williamsport, Pa., on Sunday.
Orioles starter Dean Kremer threw 5 1/3 innings, allowing one run on five hits with two walks, striking out four. Red Sox starter Nick Pivetta tossed 5 2/3 innings, giving up one run on six hits and striking out nine batters.
A BIG win at the Little League Classic 🙌 pic.twitter.com/R2roF40EnZ
— Baltimore Orioles (@Orioles) August 22, 2022
Baltimore opened scoring in the bottom of the first with a couple RBI singles from Anthony Santander and Ramón Urías. Boston got one back in the top of the second, when Rafael Devers scored on a Kike Hernández single.
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Baltimore broke things open in the bottom of the eighth inning. After walking Urías (who was pinch-run for by Ryan McKenna), John Schreiber replaced Matt Barnes on the mound. Schreiber then hit Austin Hays and walked Rougned Odor to load the bases. Jorge Mateo brought home McKenna, Hays and Odor with a line-drive double to left field.
Xander Bogaerts launched his 10th home run of the year in the top of the ninth inning, a solo shot, to bring the Red Sox one run closer, but it wouldn’t be enough.
The Orioles are 63-58 on the season, sitting at fourth in the American League East, while the Red Sox are fifth at 60-62.
MLB announced during the game that the Washington Nationals will play the Philadelphia Phillies in next year’s Little League Classic. The 2022 Little League World Series began on Aug. 17 and runs through Aug. 28.
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