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 Monday, August 21
Davenport, Iowa 5, Goffstown, N.H. 0
 
 Associated Press

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - - There's no mistaking big Julian Vandervelde when he steps up to the plate. And there was no mistaking the home run the Davenport, Iowa, first-basemen hit at the Little League World Series on Monday.

 
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  New Hampshire has not scored a run in two pool play games.
Vandervelde, who stands 6-foot-2 and weighs 231, hit a two-run shot off the hedges beyond the center-field wall to spark Davenport to a 5-0 win over Goffstown, N.H.

Pitcher Dan O'Donnell threw a two-hitter while striking out seven. Michael Mitchell had a hit and scored three runs as Davenport won its Series opener.

Alex Sobolov had a double and Jarek Ostrowski singled for Goffstown, which dropped to 0-2 following Sunday's 3-0 loss to Bellaire, Texas.

 
  New Hampshire couldn't catch up to Iowa's offensive attack.
Starter Josh Gregory suffered the loss, giving up five runs - four earned - on eight hits. He also struck out seven.

In two games, Goffstown has yet to score a run and managed just three hits.

In the day's other game, Tokyo improved to 2-0 by hanging on for a 9-8 win over Toronto. Two other games were scheduled: Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, took on Maracaibo; and Bellaire, Texas, faced Vancouver, Wash.

Up 1-0, Davenport added two more in the third inning when Mitchell hit a bloop one-out double off second-baseman Eric Szumiez's glove and came home on Vandervelde's homer, measured at 239 feet.

Davenport sealed the victory with two more runs on O'Donnell's RBI-single and Vandervelde scoring on catcher's Stephen Desjarlais' errant pickoff throw to third.

Mitchell opened the scoring in the first when he reached third on a pair of errors and then came home on a wild pitch.

 



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