{"id":116976,"date":"2023-07-09T12:18:40","date_gmt":"2023-07-09T16:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com\/?p=116976"},"modified":"2023-07-10T10:28:42","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T14:28:42","slug":"riverhead-all-stars-continue-world-series-quest-with-walk-off-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com\/2023\/07\/116976\/riverhead-all-stars-continue-world-series-quest-with-walk-off-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Riverhead All Stars continue World Series quest with walk-off win"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Staring at an 8-0 deficit just two innings into the New York State Little League District 36 championship, most 12-year-olds would get pretty down on themselves and give up \u2014 but not this team. The 12-and-under Riverhead baseball all-star team slowly clawed their way back into the game, inning by inning and eventually prevailed East Hampton, 11-10 in walk-off fashion Saturday morning at Stotzky Park<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tide started to turn in the top of the third when Tyler Chattaway took the mound. For the first time in the game, East Hampton was held scoreless as Chattaway retired the first three hitters he faced. Even though the lead was still 8, the one-two-three inning got the momentum going Riverhead’s way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the bottom of the third inning, Gage Halpin nuked a ball to left field that was just short of a home run but settled for a double. Chase Kwasna followed up with an RBI double and Crosby Palmeri knocked Kwansa in to score with a double of his own. But the big blow was an absolute missile off the bat of Grayson Gradischer that cleared the right field fence by a country mile. Four runs in the inning cut the deficit in half.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The hits kept coming from there and Chattaway was in command the rest of the way, allowing only two runs the rest of the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe pitched four innings and he threw 45 pitches which, in Little League, is unreal,\u201d Riverhead head coach Jason Kwasna said. \u201cThe fact that he came in with confidence and threw strikes made all the difference. Chattaway was a complete stud for us; we can’t say enough about him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Riverhead (7-0) wasn\u2019t done doing damage. In the fourth, they scored another three runs behind a Chattaway RBI triple and a run scoring single from Jason Hubbard. The East Hampton lead shrunk to 9-7. The good vibes started to grow inside the Riverhead dugout. <\/p>\n\n\n\n