![]() ![]() Mets: Brandon Nimmo (left index finger) was out of the lineup for the fourth straight game. ![]() "I didn't get one when I was 11, so I had to get one now," he said. The California native fell a couple wins shy of reaching LLWS when he was a kid. Knapp purchased a West regional Little League cap. "A tremendous experience," said Smith, who had an RBI double in the eighth. Each team could add a 26th player because it was a neutral site game. Two of the more excited players were Phillies C Andrew Knapp and Mets 1B Dominic Smith, who were recalled from the minors. "And that one kid who's never been here before, you want to show them the right way to play and how exciting it is and how great it is."Ĭommissioner Rob Manfred announced the Cubs will face the Pirates in next year's Williamsport game on Aug. I think that's pretty cool," Frazier said. "Some of them are stepping into America for the first time ever and they get to see a Major League Baseball game. They danced between innings, ate plenty of ice cream and watched the lowly Mets collect 14 hits. The Little League teams were introduced, in full uniform, before the game. ![]() Rosario had a two-run single in the second, chased Pivetta with a single in the fourth and added a sixth-inning RBI single. Santana followed with his 18th homer, and Vargas was lifted after allowing two runs and six hits in 5 1/3 innings. Hoskins narrowly missed homering with a long foul in the third and a single off the wall in the sixth against Vargas, who entered with an 8.10 ERA. "We share a common love, hitting dingers," Hoskins said. Phillies outfielder Rhys Hoskins chased down Little Leaguer and internet sensation Alfred "Big Al" Delia. Santana took selfies with the youngsters. While watching the kids play, Mets ace Jacob deGrom interviewed some for TV. "We were driving through the city and people were coming out of their homes and waving to us," Mets manager Mickey Callaway said. They were met by youth players at the airport, then bused to the Little League complex. The teams flew 185 miles Sunday morning from Philadelphia, where the first four games were played. The Mets built a 6-0 lead in the fourth to take the five-game series and improve to 8-5 against the Phillies, who dropped a half-game behind division-leading Atlanta. "I kept telling these kids, let it all sink in." "It's been a long day, but well worth it," said Frazier, who hadn't been back to Williamsport since 1999. "That's crazy, because I remember when I was sitting in that dugout."įrazier, who sparked a four-run second with a leadoff single, helped Toms River, New Jersey, win the 1998 title when he led off the game with a home run and struck out the final batter. "Pretty surreal because I walked into the dugout and they were getting ready to play a game and one of them was like, `Whoa, that's Scott Kingery!"' said the rookie infielder, who doubled in the fifth. Players and families from the 16 teams competing in the nearby LLWS packed into 2,500-seat Bowman Field, the 92-year-old home of the Phillies' Class A affiliate in the New York-Penn League.Īnd the spotlight shined on New York's Todd Frazier and Michael Conforto and Philadelphia's Scott Kingery, who are among 54 players who reached the majors after playing in the LLWS. "It's something I experienced for the first time since I was in Little League." "I thought the handshaking gesture was huge," Phillies manager Gabe Kapler said. "They were having a great time."Ĭarlos Santana hit a two-run homer for the Phillies, but Nick Pivetta (7-10) allowed six runs in 3 2/3 innings in Philadelphia's seventh loss in 11 games.Īfter the final out, players lined up across the diamond for a postgame tradition for kids that's never seen in the majors. "I had some cool interactions with the kids," Vargas said of his in-game dialogue. Philadelphia dropped into a three-way tie for the top NL wild card. Jeff McNeil added a two-run single to back Vargas (3-8) as the Mets claimed the second Little League Classic and prevented the Phillies from moving into first place in the NL East. Put a big league game in a tiny park full of 11 and 12 year olds, though, and those kinds of customs get tossed aside.Īmed Rosario had three hits and drove in three runs, and the New York Mets went from cheering on players in the Little League World Series to impressing the youngsters in an 8-2 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday night. ![]() WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - Jason Vargas never talks to fans from the on-deck circle, just like major league teams never line up after a game and shake hands. ![]()
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