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15-2 win over Bayside Westhaven was in five innings... Down 3-1 to South Beaches/Greater West Melbourne in the seventh inning, scored three runs for the walk-off win, thanks to a two-strike, two-out, two-run double by Deandre Simpson... Came back from deficits of 1-0, 2-1, and 4-2 to score three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning for a walk-off win over Emilia in what would have been the biggest upset in Bangor World Series history. This time, the heroics were provided by Ray Peterson, who hit the tying single with two outs, and Alex Estrada, who hit the game-winning single. It was the only game of the series to go into extra innings, and the first since 2010, when U.S. West entry Manhattan Beach L.L., Manhattan Beach, Calif., defeated Holmes County L.L., Holmes County, Ohio, 6-3 in nine innings. Stranded 13 runners on base in the game... As a team, had an overall batting average of .337, a two-out batting average of .326, and a runners in scoring position batting average of .375... Hit 13 doubles, more than any other team in the series, with four coming from Peterson... Peterson was the team’s top hitter, batting .533 (8-for-15), with four doubles, nine RBIs, six stolen bases, a slugging percentage of .800, an on-base percentage of .565, an OPS of 1.365, and three sacrifice flies. As the team’s designated hitter, he never took the field... Frankie Nunez led the pitching staff, acquiring an ERA of 1.50 in 14 innings and a walks/hits per inning ratio of 1.07... The pitching staff allowed only one extra base hit, a double in the championship game to Juvenil de Guatemala... Extended the U.S. West region’s pool play winning streak to 17 games, dating back to 2008, when Pearl City, Pearl City, Hawaii, defeated Maine District 3’s Bangor East/West L.L... Championship game match-up against Latin America’s Juvenil de Guatemala was the second time the two regions had met in a Bangor title game, the other occurring in 2006, when Paraguana L.L., Falcon, Venezuela, defeated Pearl City 4-2...
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