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U.S. CENTRAL
Western L.L., Grand Rapids, Michigan

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Manager George Rosinski
Coaches Roger Sweedyk and Matt Zobro

Pool A
 2-2 (.500) • 2nd Place
Semifinalist

Roster

Game-by-Game Results

Bauer, Noah
Burns, Brad
Buurstra, Brad (Pitcher)
Cintorino, Dominic (Pitcher)
DeVoogd, Parker
Dileonardo, Joey
Husted, Devin (Pitcher)
McNamara, Nick (Pitcher)
Mroz, Kyle
Salmi, Mitchel
Smith, Mitchell (Pitcher)
Sochanek, Jake
Sweedyk, Ben
Zobro, Zackaria (Pitcher)

vs. U.S. East
Auburn L.L.
Auburn, Mass.

7-6 W
Post game

vs. Maine District 3
Hampden-Newburgh L.L.
Hampden

8-5 W
Post game

vs. Latin America
Juvenil de Guatemala L.L.
Guatemala City, Guatemala

6-1 L
Post game

vs. Canada
Notre-Dame-de-Grace L.L.
Montreal, Quebec

4-3 L

vs. U.S. West
Lemon Grove L.L.
Lemon Grove, Calif.

6-1 L
Post game

Statistics

Team Hitting & Fielding

Team Pitching

Team Game-by-Game Hitting & Fielding

Team Game-by-Game Pitching

Notes

Had an interesting pool play schedule, playing at 8 p.m. on its first day, 5 p.m. on its second day, 1 p.m. on its third day, and 10 a.m. on its fourth day... Was down 6-2 entering the bottom of the seventh inning against Auburn before scoring five runs for the walk-off win. Scored all five of the runs with two outs. The win gave Western the head-to-head tiebreaker over Auburn for second place in the pool... Had a seemingly comfortable 8-1 lead entering the top of the seventh against Hampden-Newburgh before allowing four runs and enabling the potential tying run to come to the plate. It was the first time in 11 Bangor World Series that a U.S. Central team played a Maine District 3 team... Limited to only three hits in 6-1 loss to Juvenil de Guatemala... Became the first U.S. Central team to advance to the semifinals since 2005, when Urbandale L.L., Urbandale, Iowa, won the series... Hit .291 as a team overall, .326 with runners in scoring position, and .286 with two outs... Had only one extra base hit, a double by Nick McNamara in 7-6 win over Auburn... Had eight sacrifice bunts, the most of any team... Pitching staff gave up 47 hits in 32 innings while walking 18, for a WHIP of 2.03...