AI-assisted summary
Burrillville Little League lost 18-0 to New York in the Metro Regional tournament's opening game.
This was Burrillville's first regional tournament appearance in 53 years.
Burrillville will play a New Jersey team in an elimination game.
With its 6-0 win over Coventry on July 26 in the Rhode Island final, the Burrillville Little League baseball team All-Stars earned their right to compete at the Little League World Series Metro Regional in Bristol, Connecticut.
It didn’t go as planned for the Rhode Island state champions on Aug. 2, as they fell to New York’s St. James-Smithtown Little League team in their first game of the tournament, 18-0.
Burrillville held the New York state champions to a 1-0 lead in the first two innings, but St. James-Smithtown was able to gro