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Home World Series Maddy Freking Becomes 1st Girl To Pitch In Little League World Series Since Mo'ne Davis
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Maddy Freking Becomes 1st Girl To Pitch In Little League World Series Since Mo'ne Davis

stopcorruption August 19, 2019 2 min read 0
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Minnesota’s Maddy Freking on Sunday became just the sixth girl to pitch in the Little League World Series ― and perhaps the first to be compared with New York Mets star Noah Syndergaard by a Major League manager, USA Today reported.

In a losing cause for her Midwest team, Maddy struck out a Southeast (Virginia) batter looking, and rushed off the mound to field a batted ball while throwing home for the out, highlights show.

Maddy, 12, is the first girl pitcher to take the mound in the LLWS since the much-celebrated Mo’ne Davis in 2014. (Incidentally, Davis reportedly has signed to play softball for Hampton University.)

Maddy’s team lost 11-0, but she earned high praise from Pittsburgh Pirates manager Clint Hurdle, who was in attendance.

“The last time I saw that much blonde hair throwing that hard, it was Syndergaard,” Hurdle told ESPN in the clip below. “That was bringing the heat! It’s been fun to watch her.”

” … the last time I saw that much blonde hair throwing that hard, it was [Noah] Syndergaard.”

—Pirates manager Clint Hurdle with respect for Maddy Freking 👏 pic.twitter.com/1MAE8MX2nc

— ESPN (@espn) August 18, 2019

Syndergaard is considered one of the premier fireballers in MLB. 

“We’ve seen [Maddy’s] team play multiple times, and she’s always involved in some kind of action,” Hurdle added. “So I’m sure everybody back where’s she’s from is proud of her, proud of the whole group.”

Struck him out looking, then makes a play for the highlight reel.

Maddy Freking can do it all 😤 #LLWS pic.twitter.com/1WU08V9PXJ

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) August 18, 2019

CORRECTION: A previous version of this story incorrectly reported that the Midwest team had been eliminated after its loss to the Southeast.

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