Maddy Freking is the first girl to play in the Little League World Series since 2014, when Mo’ne Davis and Emma March both made it to Williamsport and Davis captivated the country with her pitching wizardry.
“It’s an honor,” said Freking, the starting second baseman for the Coon Rapids-Andover (Minnesota) team. “I also think it’s really cool to be, out of however many boys, the 19th girl to be here.”
On Sunday, Freking also became the sixth girl to take the mound at the LLWS. She toed the rubber with the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the second inning for her team, which represents the Midwest Region. She caught a Southeast (Loudon, Virginia) opponent looking at strike three for the second out before sprinting off the mound to make a spectacular sliding play and fire the ball home for the final out of the inning.
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