Female Pitcher Leads Team to Little League World Series
Mo’Ne Davis, a 13-year-old pitcher playing for Philadelphia’s Taney Youth Baseball Association Little League, threw a 3-hitter Sunday to lead her team into the Little League World Series.
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Davis struck out six batters in the six-inning game, knocking out the region’s defending champion, Delaware-Newark National. In her previous start, she struck out 10. She becomes the 18th girl to appear in the Little League World Series, joining Emma March, whose South Vancouver squad will represent Canada. The tournament began admitting girls in 1974.
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