DRUMS — Cam Wisniewski fielded a line drive in center field and threw to force out a runner at second base before Selinsgrove could score the tying run, capping Mount Pleasant’s 5-4 win in the Little League Baseball 8-10-Year-Old state tournament on Wednesday.
Just as they had done a day earlier in another elimination game, the Selinsgrove all-stars responded to an opponent’s sixth-inning rally in their last at-bats. Mount Pleasant broke a 2-all tie with a trio of two-out runs. Selinsgrove then loaded the bases with no outs and scored two times before Mount Pleasant reliever Colton Pepe got out of the vise-tight jam.
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