Pittsfield Nationals Reach Little League Final
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PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- It will be an all-Pittsfield final this evening in the Berkshire County 12-year-old Little League tournament.
The Pittsfield National League All-Stars Tuesday advanced to the championship round of the double-elimination tournament with a 7-6, seven-inning win over Great Barrington in the losers bracket final.
Sam Sherman drew a bases-loaded walk in the top of the seventh to bring in the winning run for Pittsfield National.
Sherman went 3-for-5 at the plate with two runs scored and a pair of RBis. Jonathan Monahan pitched the final 1-⅓ innings to earn the win for the Nationals.
Great Barrington came back from an early 2-0 deficit on a two-run home run by Nick Pectal in the third. It then took the lead one inning later on a two-run homer by Jackson Smith.
Mike Zinglestein homered to give the Nationals the lead in the fifth, and a two-run single by Nick Hall extended the Nationals’ lead.
But Great Barrington answered again with home runs by Smith and Pectal in the bottom of the sixth to force extra innings.
The Pittsfield American League All-Stars, who are unbeaten in the tourney, can capture the title with a win in this evening’s 5:30 game at Clapp Park. If the Nationals win tonight, a winner-take-all final is scheduled for Thursday.
