Burrillville beats Coventry 6-0 to win RI Little League Baseball championship
Burrillville beats Coventry 6-0 to win RI Little League Baseball championship. It’s Burrillville first state Little League baseball title in 50-plus years.
- Burrillville Little League lost 18-0 to New York in the Metro Regional tournament’s opening game.
- This was Burrillville’s first regional tournament appearance in 53 years.
- Burrillville will play a New Jersey team in an elimination game.
With its 6-0 win over Coventry on July 26 in the Rhode Island final, the Burrillville Little League baseball team All-Stars earned their right to compete at the Little League World Series Metro Regional in Bristol, Connecticut.
It didn’t go as planned for the Rhode Island state champions on Aug. 2, as they fell to New York’s St. James-Smithtown Little League team in their first game of the tournament, 18-0.
Burrillville held the New York state champions to a 1-0 lead in the first two innings, but St. James-Smithtown was able to grow its lead starting with a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch followed by a two-RBI single. It scored 11 runs in the sixth inning to put the finishing touches on the game.
The game marked Burrillville’s first appearance in Bristol in 53 years. It did so by winning all but one game since July 17. It had dominating performances like its 7-3 showing against North Providence on July 21, where Detonnancourt struck out 12 batters.
Burrillville now heads to the elimination bracket, where it will face New Jersey’s Jackson Holbrook Little League team Sunday, Aug. 3 at 7 p.m. The New Jersey state champions lost to Connecticut, 2-1, Saturday afternoon.
A win means Burrillville will advance to Wednesday’s semifinal match against the loser of Connecticut and New York’s contest.
