Elizabeth New Jersey's Elmora Trooper Little League will Advance to Williamsport for the World Series Little League Baseball game.
According to officials from littleleague.org, the team from New York-Haverstraw LL fell behind very early in the contest and couldn’t come back in the 19-4 loss to New Jersey-Elmora Youth LL on Saturday.
According to officials New Jersey's Elmora Youth LL scored on a single by Yadi Mateo and a single by Jayden Capindica in the first inning.
Littleleague.org officials said The New York-Haverstraw LL struggled to contain the high-powered offense of New Jersey-Elmora Youth LL, giving up 19 runs.
New Jersey-Elmora Youth LL scored eight runs in the sixth inning. The offensive firepower by New Jersey-Elmora Youth LL was led by J.R. Rosado, Jayden, Derek Escobar, Yamil Soto, and Joel Sanchez, all driving in runs in the inning according to littleleague.org.
Officials say J.R. pitched New Jersey-Elmora Youth LL to victory. He allowed three hits and four runs over four innings and struck out 11. Yadi threw one and two-thirds innings in relief out of the bullpen.
New Jersey-Elmora Youth LL collected 20 hits on the day. J.R., Yamil, Joel, Sal Garcia, Jayden, Yadi, and Derek all managed multiple hits for New Jersey-Elmora Youth LL. J.R. went 4-for-5 at the plate to lead New Jersey-Elmora Youth LL in hits according to littleleague.org
Congratulations Elmora Troopers of Elizabeth NJ!!