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FOR MOST HITS IN 12-YEAR-OLD WORLD
SERIES
MARTIN, Tenn. -- Bear, Delaware's
Hunter Gaston tied a Cal Ripken 12-Year-Old Major/60 World
Series record for most hits in a World Series Wednesday night at
the Martin (Tenn.) Recreation Complex when he beat out an
infield hit in the top of the sixth inning against South
Lexington, Ky. The infield hit was Gaston's 14th 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
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Thursday night's Cal Ripken Major
60 12-Year Old World Series Championship game from Martin, Tenn., had
two teams battling for top supremacy…and a shot at the record books.
Thursday’s match up pitted Middle
Atlantic Regional Champions Bear, Delaware against Pacific Northwest
Regional Champions Kennewick, Wash. to decide who is in the record books
forever.
Kennewick entered the game with
the all-time record for home runs in a World Series, with 14, while Bear
closely followed on their heels with 13. Both teams had played six games
in this World Series.
Kennewick broke the record
Wednesday night due in large part to a three-home run performance in
their 8-3 semifinal victory over South Daytona, Fla. Mark Driver’s home
run in the fourth inning gave Kennewick the record.
Bear managed one home run in its
3-2 Championship victory over Kennewick, Wash., a solo shot by Eric Rowe
in the second inning that gave Bear a one run lead and tying them with
Kennewick with 14 home runs in the series.
Visalia, Calif. held the record
for only 24 hours, as it blasted 13 home runs in five games earlier in
the 2008 Cal Ripken World Series, until being eliminated on Tuesday
night by Kennewick. Visalia broke the 13-year old record of 11 home runs
in a World Series that was set by Kokomo, Ind. in 1995.
Co World Series Team Home Run Record
in A Series (14)
Bear, Del. and Kennewick, Wash.
