National Champ: Upper St. Clair Boy Wins Baseball Crown in New York

While most Pittsburghers were busy seeing how Pedro Alvarez was doing on Monday night—"El Toro" was eliminated in the first round of MLB's Home Run Derby—Jacob Hufnagel was already celebrating winning a national championship for the 'Burgh.

Jacob, an 8-year-old from Upper St. Clair Township, is in New York City with Alvarez and four other Pittsburgh Pirates all-stars, and on Monday before the Derby, Jacob bested two other national finalists to win the 7-8-year-old boys' Pitch, Hit & Run competition at Citi Field.

Scores are calculated by a formula that combines contestants' baserunning speed (from second base to home plate, using Major League distances), throwing accuracy (targets) and hitting distance and location (from a tee).

Jacob is a righthand-hitting, 4 foot 1 inch shortstop in the Upper St. Clair Athletic Association.

Read here how he earned his spot in the national finals.