WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — The cardiac kids from Hagerstown just didn't quite have one more in them.
After thrilling walk-off wins in the regional championship and their Little League World Series debut, Hagerstown seemed poised for another miraculous win.
Down 2-1 in the bottom of the sixth to the Southeast Region champions from Nolensville, Tenn., Indiana's first representative in Williamsport in a decade tied the game and loaded the bases with nobody out.
But it wasn't meant to be.
Jack Rhodes got a pair of strikeouts and a highlight-reel-worthy diving snag by shortstop William Satinoff to get out of the jam and send the game to extra innings.
From there, Tennessee took over, plating three runs in the top half of the seventh, then shutting the Hagerstown Little Leaguers down in order to stay alive in the winner's bracket for the U.S. championship.
Kaden Hall struck out 11 Tennessee batters, but had to move to shortstop after reaching Little League's 85-pitch limit in the game.
Hagerstown isn't done, but their road to a title is much harder.
They'll return to action Tuesday at 3 p.m. to face Hollidaysburg, Pa. in the elimination bracket, where a loss will send them back home to Indiana. They will need to win three games in three days to reach Saturday's U.S. championship.
Just like in their Little League World Series opener, an 8-7 walk-off win over Iowa on Thursday, weather delayed the first pitch in Hagerstown's game Monday by about two hours. The game finally got underway around 5:20 p.m.
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1st inning: Kaden Hall is back on the mound for Hagerstown. He pitched 2 2/3 innings in the win over Iowa, striking out four Iowa batters. He gave up a leadoff single, but then struck out the next three Tennessee hitters to get out of the inning.
Jaykob Troutwine led off the bottom of the first with a walk, then moved around and scored the game's first run on a sacrifice bunt by Nolan Cheeseman.
END 1: Hagerstown 1, Nolensville 0
2nd inning: Hall struck out three more Tennessee hitters in the second, getting the third out after hitting Josiah Porter on the hip with a pitch. He has six strikeouts through two innings.
Hagerstown went down in order in the bottom of the inning.
END 2: Hagerstown 1, Nolensville 0
3rd inning: Hall added two more strikeouts to his total, stranding a runner at second base and maintaining Hagerstown's one-run lead in the third.
Hagerstown again went down in order in their half of the third.
END 3: Hagerstown 1, Nolensville 0
4th inning: Hall struck out three more Nolensville batters in the fourth, but early trouble in the inning caught up to the team from Hagerstown. Leadoff batter Wright Martin led off with a groundball that got through shortstop Jonah Hale. Drew Chadwick followed with a single to deep center and both runners moved up on a passed ball. Hall struck out the next two, but Martin scored on a passed ball to tie the score before Hall finished off Trent McNiel for his 11th strikeout of the game.
Cheeseman singled and made it to third on an error and a passed ball, but was stranded there, leaving the score tied after four innings.
END 4: Nolensville 1, Hagerstown 1
5th inning: After a one-out single by William Satinoff, Hall moved to shortstop after reaching Little League's 85-pitch limit. Heath Johnson, who struck out three Iowa batters in relief in Thursday's win, came on to pitch for Hagerstown.
In all, Hall struck out 11 Tennessee hitters, while allowing just three hits and an unearned run.
Bo Daniel dropped a double just inside the line in left field to plate Satinoff with the go-ahead run, but was thrown out at third after a bunt attempt by Martin to end the inning.
Hagerstown hitters went down in order in the bottom half of the inning, heading to the final inning down a run.
END 5: Nolensville 2, Hagerstown 1
6th inning: Tennessee loaded the bases with one out on a single and a pair of walks, but Johnson got a line out to center and an infield pop out to close out a scoreless inning.
Troutwine led off the bottom of the sixth with a hard grounder that Martin booted to put the tying run on base. The hit chased McNiel off the mound for Tennessee, who struck out eight batters while allowing just one run on two hits. Jack Rhodes came on to pitch for Nolensville.
Hall greeted him with a double to the wall in left field, then Vinson was intentionally walked to load the bases with no outs. Nolan Cheeseman then tied the game with a liner up the middle.
Hayden Moore and Johnson struck out with the bases loaded, then Clark Thornburg's liner was snagged by a diving Satinoff at shortstop to end the treat and send the game to extra innings.
END 6: Hagerstown 2, Nolensville 2
7th inning: Satinoff reached base on an error by Hall to lead off the seventh inning, then scored on a hit by Rhodes to make it 3-2 with no outs. Daniel then tripled and scored on a groundout by Drew Chadwick to push the lead to 5-2.
Troutwine came on to pitch in relief of Johnson with two outs in the seventh, giving up a single before getting the final out.
Hagerstown went down in order in the bottom half of the inning to end the game.
They will face Pennsylvania Tuesday at 3 p.m. That game can also be seen on ESPN.
END 7: Nolensville 5, Hagerstown 2