Leave it to a Brooklyn kid to secure the win for his Staten Island Little League summer team. 13-year-old pitcher Justin Pedone of Dyker Heights pitched the last three innings and saved the deciding game for his Great Kills team against West Shore to cop best-of-three Babe Ruth League District 7 All-Star series championship.
In the early innings with Dave Murray pitching for Great Kills, the team had a four run lead; but by the fourth inning they had seen their lead dwindle down to a single run. That brought in Pedrone, who proceeded to face nine West Shore batters, striking out five and getting two to pop out and two to ground out. The last inning, protecting a 5-3 lead, Pedone got the first batter to pop out to the infield; struck out batter number two for his 5th K and induced the third batter to hit a hard ground ball to second where Nick Cannatella, with a great stop and throw, ended the game with a perfect play.
This Great Kills team moves on to compete in the New York State Tournament where they will play Westchester in a game this Friday at 8:15 p.m. at South Shore.
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