Sunday, August 26, 2001
Almonte leads New York to third-place finish
Associated Press
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. -- Danny Almonte had three hits and
threw a two-hitter as the Rolando Paulino team from the Bronx,
N.Y. beat Willemstad, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles, 9-1 in the
consolation final of the Little League World Series on Sunday.
Almonte, who pitched the first Little League World Series
perfect game in 44 years earlier in the tournament, allowed just
one run and three hits in three starts.
Almonte's 14 strikeouts against Curacao (3-3) gave him 46 in the
tournament. He also hit .471 for the tournament, including a 3-of-4
Sunday.
Bronx (5-1) scored six runs in the fifth inning, five off home
runs by Santo Sierra and Carlos Garcia and Rolando Torres' score on
a wild pitch. Sierra's homer to left field scored Reynaldo Guava
and Johnelvis Ortiz. Garcia's right-field homer -- his second of the
tournament -- scored Almonte.
Torres scored on a passed ball in the second inning to give
Rolando Paulino a 3-0 lead. Torres reached base on an RBI double
that scored Santo Sierra. Almonte hit an RBI single in the first
inning that scored Tommy Guzman.
Argentis Daal scored the only run on Almonte in the tournament,
hitting a single to center field, advancing on a fielder's choice
and scoring on a wild pitch.
Dinyor Antonia had Curacao's only other hit, a grounder to center
field in the third inning.
Bronx was beaten 8-2 in the U.S. championship by Apopka, Fla.,
on Saturday. Curacao lost 2-1 to Tokyo Kitasuna in the
international championship.
