This one’s for the girls: Reyes’ 2-run single caps Canada’s 14-13 win over Germany at LLWS

Canada gets wild 14-13 win over Germany at LLWS

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Score one for girls at the Little League World Series.

Katie Reyes’ two-run single in the top of the sixth helped Vancouver, British Columbia, rally for a wild 14-13 victory Tuesday over Ramstein Air Force Base, Germany.

Little League president Stephen Keener and other longtime tournament officials said they could not recall a girl getting the game-winning hit before in a World Series game.

“I was excited. I was shaking,” the quiet, 13-year-old girl said about going to the plate for her big hit. She finished with three hits and three RBIs.

Playing first, Reyes also caught the last out, stretching for a throw after second baseman Christian Cullen dove to his left to field a tough grounder.

She joined her happy teammates jumping on the mound after Canada won its last game of the series. Both teams had already been eliminated entering Tuesday.

Germany’s highlight Tuesday was an 11-run fifth capped by homers by Chris Holba and Matt Zembraski that put the team ahead 13-10. The Ramstein team, made up of children of U.S. soldiers or employees on the base, had not scored in its two previous games.

Canada rallied in the sixth, when Anthony Cusati hit his second homer of the game, a two-run shot that got Canada within 13-12. After loading the bases, Reyes drove in the winning runs.

Fifteen girls have played in the series since 1984, when Victoria Roche of Brussels, Belgium, became the first female to play in South Williamsport.

Reyes wasn’t the only girl playing at the series this year — Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, had 13-year-old Bryn Stonehouse playing first base, too.

The only other time there were two girls in the series in the same year was 2004.