RHODE ISLAND SCORES ONE UPSET, HOPES FOR ANOTHER VS. TAIWAN.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Craig Stinson homered on his 13th birthday and Brett Bell struck out seven batters Thursday, leading Cranston, R.I., past Panama City Panama City, city (1990 pop. 34,378), seat of Bay co., NW Fla., on St. Andrews Bay; inc. 1909. A Gulf Coast resort with amusement parks and excellent fishing, it is also a port of entry. The city's industries produce paper, clothing, and chemicals. , Fla., 6-3 for a spot in the championship game of the Little League World Series. Saturday the Rhode Islanders Rhode Island 1 also A·quid·neck Island An island of Rhode Island at the entrance to Narragansett Bay. Settled by religious exiles from Massachusetts in 1638, it was renamed Rhode Island in 1644, probably after the isle of Rhodes. (2-2) will play Taiwan, a 7-1 winner over the Dominican Republic Dominican Republic (dəmĭn`ĭkən), republic (2005 est. pop. 8,950,000), 18,700 sq mi (48,442 sq km), West Indies, on the eastern two thirds of the island of Hispaniola. The capital and largest city is Santo Domingo. on Thursday night. Hsieh Chin-hsiung hit his fifth and sixth homers of the series, tying Lin Chih-hsiang's five-game series record for 1995 winner Taiwan. Hsieh is batting .786 with 13 RBI RBI abbr. Baseball runs batted in Noun 1. rbi - a run that is the result of the batter's performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season" run batted in . Cranston became only the third Eastern U.S. team in the last 21 years to advance to the series final and the first since Shippensburg, Pa., lost to Taiwan 9-0 in 1990. Taiwan has won the series 11 of the last 22 years. ``We can beat them,'' Stinson said. ``I know we can beat them.'' Cranston batted around and scored five runs in the third on Stinson's solo homer Noun 1. solo homer - a home run with no runners on base solo blast home run, homer - a base hit on which the batter scores a run , Brett Bell's bases-loaded double and two errors on Panama City pitcher Mark Sauls Mark Saul is a Celtic fusion musician from Melbourne, Australia. He plays Highland bagpipes, wooden flute, and whistles, in addition to creating the electronic aspects of his music. In the early 1990's, Mark played as a civilian member of the Victoria Police Pipe Band. . He threw wildly to third on a grounder, could not field a bunt, threw a wild pitch and walked two batters in the inning. Shortstop Trey Shields also misplayed a grounder in the inning. Lucas Ashton doubled for Cranston in the fourth and scored on the third of Sauls' four wild pitches. Sauls' father and coach, Dennis Sauls, then replaced him with Clete Thomas. Sauls struck out 12 and threw 97 pitches Monday in a victory over Moorpark. Chris Sison, who batted .750 in the series, tripled in the second and scored on Jeff Boutwell's single for Panama City (3-1). In the fourth, Boutwell walked and scored on Ryan Harris' double, and Harris scored on Heath Anderson's single. Sison reached third on two wild pitches, but Bell struck out Boutwell to end the inning. He made mental notes during Panama City's 10-2 win over Moorpark Wednesday, especially on the Floridians' three home runs. ``I saw those pitches they were hitting out of the park, and I just didn't pitch it there,'' Bell said. Cranston this year became the first team to advance to the series semifinal with a losing record. It won its opener, then lost two in a row including Panama City's 8-6 win Tuesday. But Cranston advanced to the semifinals because it gave up the fewest runs per inning of the three American teams that were 1-2. Chen Chao-ping hit his third homer of the series in the second for the team from Kao-hsiung City, Taiwan (4-0). Hsieh then doubled and scored when left fielder Oscar Mena missed a line drive, and Taiwan added four more runs in the third, including Hsieh's homer. Juan Castillo Juan Castillo may refer to:
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