BASEBALL: Post Oak starts out with win over Rhode Islanders
Published 9:03 pm Thursday, August 16, 2018
Carter Pitts struck out six in 4 1/3 innings, and Justin Michaelis hammered three hits in leading Houston Post Oak to a 3-1 victory over Coventry, Rhode Island, on Thursday in a Little League World Series game.
Pitts held the New England team to two hits. Ryan Selvaggi, who smashed a triple, also pitched the final 1 2/3 innings and struck out three.
Michaelis also had a double.
Despite the loss, Tommy Turner struck out seven Post Oak players and held the Southwest Region team to two earned runs on four hits.
— I.C. Murrell
**CORRECTED to reflect that the Little League World Series is entirely bracket play, with each team guaranteed three games**
About I.C. Murrell
I.C. Murrell was promoted to editor of The News, effective Oct. 14, 2019. He previously served as sports editor since August 2015 and has won or shared eight first-place awards from state newspaper associations and corporations. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee, grew up mostly in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and graduated from the University of Arkansas at Monticello.
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