Hinsdale beat the Little Leaguers from Jasper, Indiana, in the Great Lakes Region championship to advance to their first Little League World Series.
CHICAGO -- There has been little time off for the Hinsdale Little League team since punching their ticket to the Little League World Series.Hinsdale beat the Little Leaguers from Jasper, Indiana on a walk-off hit in extra innings on Wednesday to win the Great Lakes Region championship and advance to the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
Outfielder Michael Kipnis, who drove in the tying run against Jasper to send the Great Lakes Region championship game to extra innings, described what it was like in that pivotal at-bat.'I heard the fans and all of my teammates encouraging me. I knew I needed to get this hit,' he said.Wanless said it wasn't surprising to see Kipnis deliver the game-tying hit.'He's an incredibly clutch kid.
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