MOT's bid for Junior Little League World Series berth foiled
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After three one-run wins positioned it to reach the Junior Little League World Series, Middletown-Odessa-Townsend was foiled by two such defeats on July 30.
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The Delaware champs lost twice to New Jersey champion Freehold Township at the East Regional July 30 in DuBois, Pennsylvania.
Freehold Township scored four sixth-inning runs to pull ahead in the deciding game and prevailed 9-8 when MOT scored just one run in the bottom of the seventh inning.
Freehold Township had forced a deciding game in the double-elimination format by winning earlier in the afternoon 12-11 as both teams staged incredible rallies.
MOT trailed 8-1 through five innings, then scored three runs in the top of the sixth inning and seven more in the seventh to go ahead 11-8. But Freehold answered by scoring four runs in the bottom of the seventh to prevail in dramatic fashion.
MOT scored three one-run victories to reach the title round, beating Pennsylvania champ East Side of West Chester 10-9, Freehold Township 1-0 and Maine champ Portland 11-10.
The 12-team Junior Little League World Series is Aug. 9-16 in Taylor, Michigan.
MOT qualified for regionals by bouncing back from a 14-4 loss to Naamans to win 10-7 and 12-3 in a pair of decisive rematches in the state tournament.
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