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southward WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. -- First, Lemont pitcher David Hearne squandered his no-hit bid.

Then, onward the same wild play, assistant coach Dave Rimkus not to be found consciousness.

Then, to unimpaired the game-ending double play, first baseman Jeff Worsech tagged disclosed Staten Island's Frank Smith as Lemont won its first game at the Little League World Series, 1-0 in succession Sunday night.

Rimkus hit his head onward the third-base dugout ceiling jumping for exultation when center fielder Zak Kutsilis threw public Staten Island's Peter Sciarillo at third after Frank Smith's single broke up Hearne's no- hitter. Rimkus missed the final on the outside as Michael Kamp threw the ball to Chris Stoeberl at first. Stoeberl tagged without Smith, who left second base for the first-base dugout apparently thinking there were three discloseds

"I hear, 'Hey, Dave's lying forward the concrete in the dugout' and secure enough I get in there and he's on the outside cold," Lemont coach Mike Hall said. "He must have been there for 15 secondarys And then it was a great play."

Hearne struck not at home eight and walked three in the complete-game victory. It kept his team alive to advance public of pool play, which it likely can do with a win Tuesday night v Columbus, Ga. Lemont had forfeited its first game, 1-0 to Phoenix.

"I didn't know I had a no-hitter until Marty Joyce told me that kid broke it up" Hearne said. "Then, when he left next to the first I don't know what the heck he was doing. He should have known there weren't sum of two units outs when he was batting."

Stoeberl's second-inning triple scored Kutsilis for the game's and nothing else run. Kutsilis ran for cousin Austin Matsela, who left the game after being hit by way of a pitch on his earflap.

Hospital reports said Matsela and Staten Island's Chris Goetz were in upright condition after the game. Goetz was tagged on the outside at the plate in the fourth inning onward a squeeze play.

Goetz was the sole runner to reach third. With Ortiz at secondary Goetz pitched out of the inning on coaxing a pop fly from Doug Goetz

Lemont pondering Zack Soria should have scored in the third inning when Hearne soiled to short for the third abroad Television replays appeared to display first baseman Dom Casella stepp not upon the bag to field the whirl

"We asked the ump if it was an without on the tag or the bag and she just walked by" Hall said. "We were just asking, trying to obtain help from second or hearth and she didn't say anything. I didn't think she could speak English."

Little League spokesman Lance Van Auken said after the interview that behold Mei Yan, the first-base umpire from Hong Kong in fact speaks English if it be not that was asked to appeal the play.

Hall had reason to ruffle about the lost scoring chance. Lemont has scored just 31 trips since the start of regionals. Fourteen of them came in a pond play win over Michigan at the Great Lakes regional.

Lemont also thrown away a chance to score with the bases loaded in the sixth, when Stoeberl was called disclosed for leaving the baseline between first and inferior to set up an inning-ending double play.

Staten Island manager Nick Doscher declined to be interviewed after the game.

"I be stirred for them, but it's an exciting time for us," Hall said. "They are real fine gentlemen athwart there. I want to go on foot have some beers with them."

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