Cal Ripken World Series: Newtown Still In It To Win It

Pacific Northwest 5, New England 6

New England outlasted Pacific Northwest on Wednesday after seven lead changes, winning 6-5. New England finally went up for good in the sixth inning on a solo home run by Lucas O'Brien off Brett Coons. Adam Bergeron went 2-2 at the plate to pace New England. He singled in the second inning and homered in the fourth inning. Benjamin Dieckman got the win for New England, tossing one inning of shutout ball. Coons had a short outing, lasting only 1 1/3 innings on the hill for Pacific Northwest. Coons surrendered two hits and two runs.

“It feels awesome to win. Now, we’re 3-1. We were in the [Cal Ripken] World Series for 10-year-olds and we were 0-4 so we came here with the goal of winning one game and then expectations changed. Technically, we’re tied for first, but with the tie-breakers where they are we came up in third place. We get to play Australia tomorrow, which is really cool – we get an extra game. The kids are really excited we exceeded our expectations and can’t wait for our next game.”
-Christopher O’Brien, New England – Newtown, Connecticut

Consolation & All-Star Games
Tomorrow, Aug. 16, 2012, two Consolation Games and an All-Star Game will be played. In the Consolation Games, Australia will play New England at 3:00 p.m. and Canada will play Harford County at 5:30 p.m. The All-Star game will consist of players from the eight teams that did not advance to the Playoffs. Below are the players competing in the All-Star Game at 8:00 p.m.:

Team Bambino
Jack O'Loughlin – Australia
Alex Hall – Australia
Jett Wright – Australia
Jess Williams – Australia
Sean D'Adamo – Harford County
Jake Johnson – Harford County
Andy Dodd – Harford County
Nick Sulzbach – Harford County
David Johnson – Ohio Valley (Mattoon, IL)
Brock Moncel – Ohio Valley
Dalton Armes – Ohio Valley
Garrette Branson – Ohio Valley
Lucas Salazar – Midwest Plains (Lamar, CO)
Davin Jacobs – Midwest Plains
Andres Guevara – Midwest Plains
Colton Eberhardt – Midwest Plains

Team Ironman
Soren Graversen – Canada
Kyle Bloor – Canada
Josh Dobberthien – Canada
Zach Goruk – Canada
Connor Cline – Southwest (Little Rock, AK)
Trey Harris – Southwest
Blake Schluterman – Southwest
Seth Van Dover – Southwest
Brett Coons – Pacific Northwest (Longview, WA)
Zachary Brown – Pacific Northwest
Andrew Walling – Pacific Northwest
Jack Childers – Pacific Northwest
Lucas O’Brien – New England (Newtown, CT)
Adam Bergeron – New England
Connor Barrett – New England
Jason Hebner – New England

Playoff Games
Playoffs will begin on Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. Teams advancing to the playoffs include:

Domestic
Southeast – Jupiter, FL
MD State
Middle Atlantic – Bronx, NY
Pacific Southwest – Mililani, HI

International
Japan
Korea
Dominican Republic
Mexico
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Fans can follow the tournament through the tournament’s official social media pages including Twitter (@CRWSAberdeen), and at Facebook.com/CRWSAberdeen.  In addition, the complete schedule and CRWS information is located on the tournament website,http://CRWS.RipkenBaseball.com.