Maryland Little Leaguers Rout DC In Mid-Atlantic Region Slugfest

BRISTOL, CT – Maryland's Little League baseball team has defeated Washington, D.C. in the Mid-Atlantic regional tournament. And the game was an all-out slugfest. The Berlin Little Leaguers beat the Mamie Johnson Little League team Tuesday 18-7. The game was played in Bristol, Connecticut.

Maryland's Lukas Loring and Adam Gardner combined for seven of the team's 14 hits in the contest, and contributed four RBIs. Owen Knerr stole the show though with a pair of home runs and accounting for five RBIs on his own.

On the D.C. side, Jibril Scott lead the team with four hits and two runs scored, including a double. Solomon McKinney and Tony Hairston also contributed doubles, with McKinney accounting for two RBIs.

Both teams came into the game coming off losses. Maryland fell to New Jersey on Monday and D.C. was defeated by New York over the weekend.

You can see the full box score on Gamechanger.

The Mid-Atlantic champion will go on to play the Midwest champion Aug. 16 in the Little League World Series.

Here are the lineups:

Maryland

Kannon Cropper

Foster Smith

Stephen Wade

Owen Knerr

Alex Navarro

Lukas Loring

Ryder Swanson

Case Tilghman

Adam Gardner

Waylon Hobgood

Riley Calloway

Gavin Solito

Nate Berzonski

Washington, D.C.

Jibril Scott

Tony Hairston

Dejuan Taylor

Kenyatta Carmichael Jr.

Solomon McKinney

Rocco Gilbert

Stephen Showalter

Ian Makle

Jayden Brown

Daniel Marshall

Langston Speed

Joshua Young

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