Kinley Rasmus breaks record for hits by girl at…
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, workforce representing the Southeast at the event had a pair of hits during a comeback win over a workforce from Tacoma, Washington, on Tuesday that saved Phenix City’s season alive.
Rasmus has 5 hits during the double-elimination event, the most by a girl at the Little League World Series.
Kinley Ramus, reaching safely at second base earlier in the event, has 5 hits during the double-elimination event, 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 recreation against Tacoma earlier in the event.
The eight strikeouts she recorded in that outing tied Mo’Ne Davis’ mark for strikeouts by a girl in a recreation.
Rasmus then added six more strikeouts in a victory on Monday to enhance her event whole to 14, also tying a record held by Davis.
She could have a likelihood to add to her hit whole when Phenix City performs another elimination recreation on Wednesday.
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