LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The kids from Indiana came to play — and they’re not packing their bags just yet.

Floyds Knobs Community Club, representing the U.S. Central Region, kept its World Series hopes afloat Tuesday with a dominant 4-0 win over Czechia (Europe-Africa) at Stallings Stadium in Greenville, N.C.

The win came behind timely hitting and a shutout pitching performance by Briley Mercer and Grace Fiore. The Floyds Knobs team lined up to chants of “Indiana!” after the victory – the program’s first shutout World Series win since 2017.

Mercer started strong, striking out six and allowing just two hits in her three innings of work. Fiore took over from there and slammed the door, permitting only one hit and two baserunners over the final three frames. She worked around a tense fina

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