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Aug, 2022

Emotional Pearland pitcher gets hug from player he hit with pitch in viral Little League moment

PEARLAND, Texas (KTRK) -- With a whole town tuning in Tuesday, Pearland Little League fulfilled its journey back to the Little League World Series with a 9-4 victory over Tulsa, Oklahoma in the Southwest Regional Final.

Pearland ran the table en route to its fourth World Series berth in 12 years, going 13-0 from district, state, and regional levels.

The moment that may be most talked about from Tuesday's game involved Pearland pitcher Kaiden Shelton who threw an errant pitch that hit Tulsa batter Isiah Jarvis in the head.

Jarvis was on the ground for several minutes as coaches and trainers checked on him.

Meanwhile, Shelton was distraught over what happened. After Jarvis walked to first base under his own power, he called for time, went to the mound, and embraced and comforted Kaiden.

After getting hit in the head with a pitch, this little leaguer showed a true act of sportsmanship by comforting the pitcher %uD83E%uDD72 pic.twitter.com/AbzXaLL5uz

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A whole town watches its boys of summer

Residents have been catching every game of the regional tournament so far. An official watch party took place at Hometown Sports Bar and Grill.

"I was watching with my family, and so there was a lot of excitement!" said Danae Lee, a fan.

This version of the team is undefeated in the regional tournament and is picking up support with every run scored.

"It's everywhere. You see signs all over Pearland!" said Nancy Small, another fan.

 

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