Senior League World Series: Lemon Grove vs. Italy

Updated at 4:35 p.m. Aug. 15.

—4:35 p.m. Alex Estrada gets game-winning hit. Lemon Grove wins 5-4. Full story to come from Bangor.

—4:15 Game goes extra innnings. Italy pulls ahead 4-2 in bottom of the eighth.

—2:57 p.m. 1-1 bottom of the 4th. Brandon Weed singles, advancing Frankie Nunez to second. Dominik Sawyer is at bat.

—2:43 p.m. Lemon Grove ties it up at 1-1 in the bottom of the third.

—2:15 p.m. Italy knocks in first run of the game. It's 1-0 at the top of the 2nd, with Lemon Grove's Brad Moreno on the mound.

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After back-to-back wins and a day off, the Lemon Grove Senior League All-Stars return to the field to take on Emilia, Italy, at 5 p.m. EST Wednesday in the Senior League World Series in Bangor, ME.

Patch will have live updates here when the game begins, and a full story on the outcome.

The All-Stars are 2-0 after defeating Florida and New Zealand. Italy is 1-1 in the tournament after winning its game 2-0 against New Zealand in pool play Tuesday.

According to the SLWS website, the team from Emilia defeated the Cape Town (South Africa) Little League 9-0 on July 14 to win the Europe-Middle East-Africa regional, held in Novara, Italy. A team from Italy has represented the EMEA at the series four years in a row.

The teams face off against each other in the 1,500-seat, $1.2 million Mansfield Stadium at Hayford Park. Built in 1991 with funds donated by horror writer and Bangor resident Stephen King, the field features about 2 1/2 acres of bluegrass sod, and six 90-foot light towers with 128 lights. It is considered one of the finest ballfields in Maine.

The high temperature today in Bangor is forecast to be 80° F, with a chance of showers, and thunderstorms are a possibility after 3 p.m., according to the National Weather Service. The chance of precipitation is 40 percent.

The tournament is officiated by 12 umpires who come from each of the U.S. regions represented, plus Canada and Latin America. They have a combined total of 228 years of experience. They are:

Umpire

Hometown

Region

Years of experience

Richie Adams

Glendale, NY

U.S. East

21

Calvin Demery

Regina, Saskatchewan

Canada

17

Shawn Dobey

Regina, Saskatchewan

U.S. Central

n/a

Steven Ferrara

Sharon, MA

U.S. East

12

Mike Hudgins

Tomball, TX

U.S. Southwest

17

Douglas Lamb

Springfield, VA

U.S. Southeast

26

James R. MacLean II

Mount Pleasant, MI

U.S. Central

28

Jim O'Bannon

Troup, TX

U.S. Southwest

30

Jaime Perez

Kihei, HI

U.S. West

40

Jim White

Orlando, FL

U.S. Southeast

15

Dennis Williams

Seattle-Tacoma, WA

U.S. West

16

Edward Wing Kong Cheong

Pos Chiquito, Savanenta, Aruba

Latin America

6

Pool play takes place Sunday through Thursday. The semifinal is Friday, and the championship game is Saturday, Aug. 18. It will be broadcast on ESPN.

The All-Stars are the U.S. West champions, having beat the defending World Series champions Hilo, Hawaii, 6-0 for the regional title.

The Lemon Grove Senior League All-Stars are one of five regional teams from the United States in addition to the host district, Maine District 3, who will play in the 2012 Senior League Baseball World Series. Other teams are coming from Canada, Guatemala, New Zealand, and Italy.