MARTIN, Tenn. — Jake Fraley, Eric Rowe and Hunter Gaston led the
Bear Babe Ruth baseball team to the Cal Ripken Major/60 World Series
title tonight with a 3-2 victory over Kennewick, Wash.
Fraley pitched a complete game, striking out 11. He allowed two runs, one of which was unearned, and six hits while walking one.
Bear scored the eventual winning run in the bottom of the fifth inning.
Rowe had a solo home run while Lonnie Funderburk also had an RBI.
Hunter
Gaston continued his hitting tear, setting a World Series record with
his 15th and 16th hits of the tournament. Gaston broke the record
previously set by the Phillies’ Jimmy Rollins in 1991 and tied by Kasey
Ko in 1999. Gaston went 2-for-3 with an RBI in the final.
DeVante Parker also had two hits for Bear.
Bear finished the tournament with a 6-1 record.
Article Courtesy of News Journal.