TBA Special from LLWS -Perth Drops Their Final Game But Wins

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WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania, 19th August –
At the end of the game it was hard to tell which
team was the winner and which was the looser.
After Southwest USA beat Australia 5-2 both
teams huddled in a circle and did cheers in
honor of both teams and if not for the
scoreboard there would be no indication of who
the winner was. “We shared a float actually with
Southwest at the grand slam parade so there
was a lot of familiarity from the boys through
going through the parade together and riding
the bus home together,” said Head Coach Glen
Tovey.
The familiarity did not stop there as one
youngster in particular from Corpus Christi,
Texas made a lasting impression on Tovey.
“There was a young man on their team Jesus
Ortiz who actually when I got on the bus (after
the parade) stood straight up and said please
sit here sir. There are a couple young men in
the international grove that have made a really
strong impression on me. That young man is
definitely one of them and it was really fun to
play him today.”
Ortiz and his mates from Texas fell behind Perth
2-0 when Jake Sheldon doubled and cleared
the bases with the first ever RBI for Australia
and the first runs in Michael Tovey and
Maverick Hamilton who singled and were hit by
a pitch. “We have broken the donut. There is
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another box complete for the Australian people
at the Little League World Series. It was a
special moment for us. My son scored the first
run for Australia so it was pretty special one for
a dad and a head coach,” a beaming Tovey
exclaimed.
The Australian lead was short lived as
Southwest dialed up the long ball hitting two
homers in the bottom of the inning. After a
leadoff walk and a pair of singles the bases
were loaded when Kieran Hall uncorked a wild
pitch to score the first run. Jacob Cruz who
went 3 for 3 hit the first homerun a 3-run shot
that gave the Texans the lead. Jacob Garza
followed with a solo shot and neither team
would score again.
Australia would threaten in the last inning
getting a 1-out base runner when Sheldon was
hit by a pitch but Juan Sosa struck out the next
three batters to end the game. After the teams
exchanged handshakes the two clubs circled in
to one big huddle and showed the Little League
spirit that makes Williamsport so different from
any other place. “There was a lot of spirit and
camaraderie actually before we went into this
game and it was a beautiful thing to see and
ended up even more special than we thought it
might be,” said Tovey.
The Little League World Series has become a
huge learning experience for the entire
baseball family of WA. “I have grown as a
manager, I have grown as a coach and I have
grown as a human being and it has been an
amazing experience. Thank God for the
experience it has been absolutely amazing.”
said Tovey.
There is pride on display not just for Australia
but for baseball WA with the trip to the Little
League World Series. “We are definitely
passionate people in Australia and Western
Australia and it is great that is on display and it
has shown for what it is. We wanted to do our
best when we came out here and after shaking
off the nerves in game one we have shown we
can have a go,” said the smiling Perth Head
Coach.
When Australia set out on this journey they
wanted to show they belonged on the world
stage. “I think the way we have played and the
way we have carried ourselves the way we
competed with those we played against has
been well and truly to my expectations or even
greater. Today was just an awesome
performance for the boys. We realize that ten
and a half months of hard work is truly
worthwhile and now we feel gratified and a lots
been achieved,” said Tovey.
The team is not done for the week and have
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plenty to soak in. They will play a friendly game
on Wednesday morning against the Czech
Republic but not before taking a day trip
Tuesday the 20th to Yankee Stadium in New
York for the Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays
day game in the Bronx. They will finish out the
week watching the rest of the World Series with
the Championship games this Saturday and
Sunday the 24th and 25th. The team will depart
the USA for Perth on Monday the 26th.
Dan Vaughan is the host of and contributor to
Talking Baseball Australia, as well as the Voice
of the Alcohol. Think Again Perth Heat.
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