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10-0 wins over Tanauan L.L., Tanauan City, Philippines, and Friuli Venezia Giulia L.L., Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy, were in five innings via the 10-run rule... 11-1 win over Rose Capital East L.L., Tyler, Texas, was in five innings via the 10-run rule... This was Hilo’s third Bangor World Series appearance, with the others being in 2003 and 2007. The 2003 team won that year’s series, going 3-1 in pool play and defeating Central Chesterfield L.L., Chesterfield, Va. The 2007 team was 4-0 in pool play but lost to eventual runner-up Paraguana L.L., Falcon, Venezuela, in the semifinals. With 15 wins over the course of three Bangor World Series, Hilo is the winningest league in Bangor World Series history... Now tied with Pabao L.L., Willemstad, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles 2002, 2003, 2008; and Aruba South L.L., San Nicolas, Aruba 2009, 2010, 2011, for most semifinal appearances in Bangor World Series history – three 2003, 2007, 2011... Now tied with Pearl City L.L., Oahu, Hawaii 2005, 2006; Paraguana 2006, 2007; and Pabao 2002, 2008 for most championship game appearances by a league in Bangor World Series history... Became the first league to win more than one Bangor World Series and the third to go undefeated, the other leagues being 2006’s Paraguana and 2008’s North Cumberland L.L., Upper Deerfield, N.J... Trailed only once in six games, when Palm Bay East L.L., Palm Bay, Fla., scored in the first inning of Hilo’s first game and led 1-0 until Hilo tied the game in the bottom of the third and went ahead with three runs in the fourth in the 10-7 win... Roxanne Costa was the second female coach in a Bangor World Series. Joann Yopchick was the first when she helped coach Humboldt Park L.L., Chicago, Ill., in the 2004 series... Chayce Kaaua went 12-for-19 .632 at the plate, with four doubles, seven runs batted in, 12 runs scored and three stolen bases. He slugged .842 and had an on-base percentage-plus-slugging percentage of 1.494. He hit .732 with runners in scoring position. His 12 runs set a Bangor World Series record... Korin Medeiros was 11-for-19 .579 at the plate, with a double and two triples, nine RBIs, a slugging percentage of .842, and an OPS of 1.478... Kean Wong was 12-for-23 .522 at the plate, with 5 RBIs and five stolen bases. He hit .700 with runners in scoring position. The Tampa Bay Rays selected Wong in the fourth round (128th pick overall) of the 2013 Major League Baseball amateur draft. Wong is the younger brother of Kolten Wong, who played for Hilo in the 2007 series... As a team, Hilo hit .434, only .010 points off the record .444 set in 2006 by Paraguana... Had a team ERA of 1.17... Opponents hit only .201...
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