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- Updated: June 4, 2016
Scotts Major League Baseball Pitch, Hit & Run, the official youth skills competition of Major League Baseball, held one of its local championships Saturday morning at Busch Stadium.
More than 20 kids from ages 7-14, who advanced from local and sectional rounds, braved the rain to take part. All 30 Major League teams will host local championships at their ballparks on weekends through the end of June.
The top competitors from each age group (7-8, 9-10, 11-12 and 13-14) across the country will advance to the Scotts MLB Pitch, Hit & Run National Finals, which will take place before the Home Run Derby in San Diego on July 11.
Hayden Hartley from Urbana, Ill., won the 13-14 baseball age division Saturday.
“I was just trying to do it with my friends and have a friendly competition,” Hartley said. “But I got farther than I thought I would.”
The competition, now in its 20th year with over 650,000 participants nationwide, falls under the umbrella of the Play Ball Initiative. The program encourages more softball and baseball participation among youth around the country.
The Scotts MLB Pitch, Hit & Run program includes alumni such as …
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