2008 Cal Ripken 12-Year-Old
Major/60 World Series Champions
Bear, Delaware won the
Cal Ripken 12-Year-Old Major/60
World Series Thursday night in Martin, Tenn. with a 3 to 2 win
over Kennewick, Washington.
FOR MOST HITS IN 12-YEAR-OLD WORLD
SERIES
MARTIN, Tenn. -- Bear, Delaware's
Hunter Gaston set a Cal Ripken 12-Year-Old Major/60 World
Series record for most hits in a World Series Thursday night at
the Martin (Tenn.) Recreation Complex when he singled up the
middle in the bottom of the third inning against Kennewick, Ky.
The infield hit was Gaston's 15th hit
of the World Series. The record was set by Jimmy Rollins in
1991, and tied by Kasey Ko in 1999. Rollins, who plays for the
Philadelphia Phillies, was the 2007 National League Most
Valuable Player. Ko is currently playing baseball at Brigham
Young University. He was named an Academic-Mountain West
selection this past season.
Gaston finished the series setting
a new World Series Record with 16 hits for the series.
Below is a photo of Gaston getting the hit that broke the
record.
