Pearl River will play South Shore noon Saturday in the loser's bracket of the New York State baseball 12-year-old tournament in Lockport, NY.
Pearl River lost to Burnt Hills, 5-4, in the finals of the winner's bracket Friday. Pearl River built a 3-0 lead with Jeffrey Long and Matt Russo driving in runs, but Burnt Hills tied the game on Trevor Wyatt's three-run home run in the fourth, then moved ahead to stay with two runs in the fifth.
Russo, Liam McLinskey and Sean Flaherty each had two hits for Pearl River.
New York State 12-year-old Baseball
Burnt Hills 5, Pearl River 4
Pearl River 012 001 -- 4 9 2
Burnt Hills 000 32X -- 5 6 2
WP: Rhodes; LP: Tarsnane
RBI: BH -- Wyatt 3, Bowerd; PR -- Russo, Long, Flaherty
2B: BH -- Boward; PR -- Russo
HR: BH -- Wyatt
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