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By Ray Wilde
Sports correspondent
Branson, MO -- The Mifflin
County Babe Ruth 15-16-year-old
All-Stars showed off their arms in
more ways than one on Monday
against Arizona.
Mifflin County advanced in pool
play to 3-0 in the 2026 World
Series with a 5-1 win over Arizona.
Today, Mifflin County wraps up
pool play with a game against
Columbia, 0-3, (the country) at
noon.
On Monday, Mifflin County got
great pitching performances from
Haven Bridge and Colton Aumiller.
Bridge, who got the win, went the
first four innings. He didn't give up
a hit or a run, struck out five and
walked one.
Aumiller finished the game by
giving up a run, two hits. He didn't
walk anybody and struck out three.
The big defensive play of the
day came in the sixth inning when
Liam Shaffer caught a ball in right
field and fired a bullet to third base
for a double play.
It marked the 11th double play
for Mifflin County and the fifth one
in the World Series.
"Haven (Bridge) and Colton
(Aumiller) were brilliant today," said
Denny Yetter, the Mifflin County
manager.
"That throw by Liam
(Shaffer) was more than just
outstanding, it was great."
Mifflin County got off to a great
start. The local All-Stars scored
four runs in the first inning. In fact,
the first six batters reached base.
Kooper Walters led off by
getting hit by a pitch. Aumiller
followed with a base hit. Walters
scored when the Arizona center
fielder had a bad throw home.
Shaffer then hit a triple down the
right field line that scored Aumiller.
Luke Shawver then smashed a
double scoring Shaffer.
Jett Powell reached on an error
and Landon Pecht surprised
everybody with a bunt to load the
bases.
Max Trawitz then hit into a
double play that scored Cam
Kauffman, who was a courtesy
runner for Shawver.
Mifflin County added a run in
the fifth. Aumiller walked and
Noah Bunch was sent in to run for
the pitcher. Shaffer singled and
Shawver walked to load the bases.
Powell was then hit by a pitch to
knock home Bunch.
Arizona (Native Americans)
brought in Logan Bunch to calm
down the Mifflin County bats in the
first inning and he held Mifflin
County to two hits until he left in
the fifth inning.
NOTES - Arizona was coached
by two former major league
players, Brian McRae and DJ
Carraso... When Bridge struck out in the fourth inning, he
became the league's 32,000th
official at-bat... Walters made
an outstanding catch in center field
in the seventh inning....For Yetter it
was his 90th career win and was
his 22nd as an All-Star manager.
Yetter's All-Star record is 22-11
and his overall mark is 90-63.