Kinley Rasmus breaks record for hits by girl at Little League World…
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Kinley Rasmus is on a record-setting roll at the Little League World Series.
The 12-year-old pitcher and shortstop for the Phenix City, Alabama, team representing the Southeast at the tournament had a pair of hits during a comeback win over a team from Tacoma, Washington, on Tuesday that stored Phenix City’s season alive.
Rasmus has 5 hits during the double-elimination tournament, the most by a girl at the Little League World Series.
Kinley Ramus, reaching safely at second base earlier in the tournament, has 5 hits during the double-elimination tournament, the most by a girl at the Little League World Series. Marc Vasconcellos/The Enterprise
The daughter of former major league pitcher Cory Rasmus has already distinguished herself on the mound.
Kinley Rasmus allowed one hit in six innings in a game against Tacoma earlier in the tournament.
The eight strikeouts she recorded in that outing tied Mo’Ne Davis’ mark for strikeouts by a girl in a game.
Rasmus then added six more strikeouts in a victory on Monday to spice up her tournament whole to 14, also tying a record held by Davis.
She could have an opportunity so as to add to her hit whole when Phenix City performs another elimination game on Wednesday.
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