By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – The Bristol Little League Baseball City Series looked to be destined for a third and deciding game on Monday, Aug. 25 as the McCabe-Waters Yankees – trailing 1-0 in the best-of-three series against the Edgewood Cardinals – held a 4-1 edge midway through the second contest of the championship tilt. But that lead would not hold as the Cardinals tallied five straight runs to score the City Series championship in a 6-4 win, leading to a sweep by Edgewood as the league won the championship for a fifth straight year from Frazier Field at the McCabe-Waters Little League complex. The Yankees were certainly no pushovers and with a 4-1 lead in hand, it would take a major move by Edgewood to turn the tide of the showdown. Who would make that game changing move for the Cardinals? Enter Dylan Woodsome. And after Brady Lafferty reached base via an infield dribbler that was just pushed out of the catcher’s reach, Woodsome went to work with one out gone in the bottom of the fifth frame. He unloaded a blast that just cleared the fence in right field as his two-run round-tripper got the Cardinals [...]
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