{"id":17610,"date":"2013-08-12T16:59:05","date_gmt":"2013-08-12T20:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=17610"},"modified":"2013-08-12T17:00:25","modified_gmt":"2013-08-12T21:00:25","slug":"11-1-thrashing-of-italy-sets-up-kau-for-strong-run-in-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=17610","title":{"rendered":"11-1 thrashing of Italy sets up KAU for strong run in Senior World Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

One more win could put Kennett, Unionville players in World Series semi-finals<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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East’s Drew Jarmuz powered the offense going 4-for-4 with three runs scored, the KAU Kings dominated an Italian team, 11-1, in the Senior Little League World Series, Tuesday.<\/p><\/div>\n

BANGOR, Maine \u2014 Numbers could tell the story of the Little League Senior Division Eastern Regional Champions\u2019–formerly known as the KAU Little League Kings–11-1, five-inning victory over the European and Africa Champions from the Emilia Little League of Italy during the second day of pool play at the World Series in Bangor, Maine.<\/p>\n

But behind the numbers from Monday\u2019s game were more ingredients needed for \u00a0top-notch baseball: timely hitting, consistent pitching and reliable defense. \u00a0And for the team formerly known as the KAU Kings, a different player always seems to be making a crucial play when the Easterrn Regional Champions need one.<\/p>\n

As for the numbers, the Eastern champions batted around three times and scored nine runs in the first three innings, while banging out 15 hits in a game that lasted only 1 hour and 45 minutes. Leadoff hitter Drew Jarmuz continued to drive the East\u2019s lineup from the top, going\u00a0 4-for-4 with three runs scored. A quartet of hitters in the middle of the lineup followed Jarmuz\u2019s lead.\u00a0 Eric Duerr hit two doubles in four at-bats, batted in four runs and scored two more. Tucker Reese had a perfect 3-for-3 day and scored a run while Andrew Jone went 3-for-4 with four RBI.<\/p>\n

Starting pitcher Alex Pechin and reliever Ryan Barrett combined on a two-hitter gave up Italy\u2019s lone run in the top of the fifth inning.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn our [first] game against Texas, the middle and bottom of the lineup carried us,\u201d said Coach Mike Pechin. \u201cToday against Italy it was the top of the lineup.\u00a0 We are hitting the seams off the ball. And our pitching has been phenomenal over both games. I think our pitchers just befuddled the Italians. The score really doesn\u2019t reflect how competitive the Italian team is, but I think at some point they knew it would be difficult to hit against our pitchers. \u201c<\/p>\n

Starting pitcher Alex Pechin and reliever Ryan Barrett recorded some impressive numbers of their own as they combined on a two-hitter, facing only two batters over the minimum for a five-inning game. Barrett gave up Italy\u2019s lone run in the top of the fifth inning. The East coaches\u2014like the coaches for the rest of the teams\u2014are trying to conserve their pitching.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to make sure we get an out on every play and cut down on a big inning for any team,\u201d Mike Pechin said. \u201cThere\u2019s always someone different who makes a play that reinvigorates the team.\u201d Coach Pechin singled out third baseman Tucker Reese and catcher Eric Duerr for those energy-infusing plays against the Italian squad.\u00a0 In the top of the 3rd<\/sup>, Reese charged a softly hit ground ball and whipped the ball to first baseman Andrew Jones just nip Italy\u2019s baserunner.\u00a0 In the top of the 5th<\/sup> with runners for the Europe and Africa champions at first and second base,\u00a0 Duerr laid out in a spread-eagle dive to snag a foul ball in front of the East\u2019s first base dugout.<\/p>\n

The coaches said they were concerned about the 10 a.m. start time for Monday\u2019s game.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe thought the team might be lethargic, and they were quiet when they got to the field,” Mike Pechin said. “We were concerned. But their attitude turned out to be the quiet confidence we\u2019ve been preaching to them about since we began districts. \u201c<\/p>\n

The Eastern champs will have the luxury of more than a full day off before their game against the U.S. Central champion from Clear Ridge Little League in Chicago, Tuesday at 5 p.m.<\/p>\n

While the coaches will attend the Clear Ridge tonight, Pechin said the team will have time to spend with their families. Nearly three-quarters of the team already has family\u2014including six sets of grandparents\u2014in Bangor, with more expected to arrive depending on how deep the team goes in to the tournament. Pechin also pointed out that the young men have been eyeing up a waterpark behind leftfield and are expected to spend some time there.\u00a0 \u201cThis will be a night where the team can stay up late and sleep in tomorrow.\u00a0 They do have a curfew, but who knows what time they really fall asleep? Now that we\u2019ve been here a few days, the excitement has been somewhat replaced by a quiet confidence<\/p>\n

\u00a0EAST (KAU Kings) 11, European and Africa (Emilia Little League of Italy) 1<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Play by play: <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Bottom 1st<\/sup> inning<\/span><\/p>\n

Drew Jarmuz leadoff single<\/span><\/p>\n

Eric Duerr doubles to score jarmuz<\/span><\/p>\n

Tucker Reese HBP<\/span><\/p>\n

Andrew Jones singled to load bases<\/span><\/p>\n

Duerr scored n a fielder\u2019s choice<\/span><\/p>\n

Reese scored on a single to leftfield by designated hitter Dan Garver<\/span><\/p>\n

3-0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Bottom 2nd<\/sup> inning<\/span><\/p>\n

Jarmuz\u00a0 led off with single to shortstop. With two out, Reese singled to leftfield to score Jarmuz<\/span><\/p>\n

4-0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Bottom 3rd<\/sup> inning<\/span><\/p>\n

Eric Takoushian led off hit by pitch<\/span><\/p>\n

Garver walked<\/span><\/p>\n

Jarmuz singled to load bases<\/span><\/p>\n

Alex Pechin hit a single that the shortstop couldn\u2019t handle to score one run<\/span><\/p>\n

Duerr hit his second double of the game to left field to give the East a 9-0 lead<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Bottom 5th<\/sup> inning (needed to score 2 runs to end the game by 10-run mercy rule)<\/span><\/p>\n

Joe Zirolli walked<\/span><\/p>\n

Reese singled to centerfield and was pinch run for by Jonathan Burns<\/span><\/p>\n

Zirolli and Burns both moved up base on a wild pitch<\/span><\/p>\n

Jones hit a line drive to centerfield to score Zirolli<\/span><\/p>\n

Burns scored on a wild pitch for 11-1 final and 10-run difference<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One more win could put Kennett, Unionville players in World Series semi-finals BANGOR, Maine \u2014 Numbers could tell the story of the Little League Senior Division Eastern Regional Champions\u2019–formerly known as the KAU Little League Kings–11-1, five-inning victory over the European and Africa Champions from the Emilia Little League of Italy during the second day […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,4],"tags":[3989,25,3990,24],"class_list":["post-17610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-sports","tag-kau-kings","tag-kennett","tag-senior-league-world-series","tag-unionville"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}