A 2-0 lead quickly evaporated as MOT Little League fell to a team from Pennsylvania 7-3 to fall into the elimination bracket of the Little League Mid-Atlantic Regional.
Trevor Abbott and Maddox Day got the Delaware champs off to a great start with back-to-back singles in the first inning, scoring on RBIs from Chris Belcher and SJ Foster.
Pennsylvania would put a run back in the second inning, but it was a 4-run, 4th inning that flipped the lead for good.
Blake Bransfield singled home Foster, who singled to lead off the 5th, but that was it for Delaware's offense on the day, as they scattered their 7 hits.
Chris Belcher allowed one run while striking out four batters in his 3 innings of work, but the bullpen could not maintain the lead.
Delaware will get a second chance in an eliminati