Maryland, Japan Set For Cal Ripken World Series Final
The Cal Ripken World Series championship game will be played Sunday in Aberdeen.
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For the first time since the tournament has been played in Maryland, the home state champion will play for the Cal Ripken World Series championship.
The Maryland representatives from Boyds will play the Japan at 2 p.m. Sunday at Cal Sr.'s Yard in Aberdeen.
Maryland's Jake Heskett allowed just one run—a solo homer—in Saturday's 2-1 semifinal win against the Mid-Atlantic representatives from Bronx, NY. He allowed just two hits, struck out four and walked one in six innings.
Brady Pearre had the go-ahead RBI single in the fourth inning.
"It’s hard to put how I feel about today’s game into words," Maryland coach Will Frazier said in a news release. "Playing in a Championship Game like this, when you have Cal Ripken sitting up in the press box watching us play baseball… We really wanted to play baseball the right way, and that’s what these kids have done all week."
The defending champs from Japan defeated Korea, 7-6, to advance to the final against the local champs.
Sunday's world championship game can be viewed on CBS Sports Network and heard on SFMSports.net.
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Editor's Note: An earlier edition of this post included an incorrect international representative. Patch regrets the error.
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H Flosser
3:25 pm on Sunday, August 19, 2012
It's actually Japan playing Maryland!
helpussomeone
5:03 pm on Sunday, August 19, 2012
Yes. MD who represented the Mid-Atlantic Division won the US Division. They were trailing 13-7 in the 6th.
Stacey
10:52 am on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
The Mid-Atlantic was represented by a team from the Bronx. The Maryland team represented Maryland. There are always 2 Maryland teams: the Harford County team who acts as the host team, and the Maryland State Champion team. They played a great game against a strong team, but fell 17-7.