{"id":160884,"date":"2025-08-16T14:38:26","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T14:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/braintree-little-league-team-needs-win-today-to-move-on-in-world-series-nbc-boston\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T14:38:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T14:38:26","slug":"braintree-little-league-team-needs-win-today-to-move-on-in-world-series-nbc-boston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/braintree-little-league-team-needs-win-today-to-move-on-in-world-series-nbc-boston\/","title":{"rendered":"Braintree Little League team needs win today to move on in World Series – NBC Boston"},"content":{"rendered":"

Everything is on the line Saturday afternoon for the Little League team from Braintree, Massachusetts.
Braintree American has to win to stay alive in the World Series tournament, after they were blown out in their first game on Thursday.<\/a>
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\u200bThe Irmo, South Carolina, club, representing the Southeast region, that defeated Braintree in its LLWS debut on Thursday got a big boost from slugger-pitcher Joe Guiletti.
With the bases loaded in the second inning, Guiletti smoked a line drive to left-center field that cleared the fence for a grand slam that gave his team an 8-0 lead.
\u201cI wish I (walked him),\u201d Massachusetts manager Frank Fasoli said. His assistants suggested the move, but Fasoli ultimately decided to let Guiletti see a pitch. \u201cThat\u2019s on me, though.\u201d
South Carolina ultimately won 13-0 in three and a half innings \u2014 the game was stopped under Little League scoring rules. It was the largest opening game shutout by an American team since 2015, when the Mid-Atlantic region defeated the Midwest, 18-0.
The first couple days of the tournament were not particularly competitive, with the eight winning teams scoring a combined 59 runs and the losers getting just three.
Early wins give teams a valuable break. Thursday\u2019s winners earned three days off, which are pivotal because of Little League\u2019s pitch count rules requiring rest days depending on how many pitches players throw.
Saturday’s elimination bracket game is set for 3 p.m. at Lamade Stadium<\/a> in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, where Braintree will face the Southwest’s team from Richmond, Texas, which lost to Fairfield, Connecticut, on Thursday.\u200b
No matter what happens, the boys’ families say they are proud<\/a> of everything they have accomplished this summer.<\/p>\n

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