The Braintree Little League team suffered its first loss of the summer Thursday in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The Braintree American 12A squad ran into a buzzsaw in the Irmo, South Carolina team, which handed the Wamps a 13-0 loss at the Little League World Series.

Braintree's offense was completely shut down by Irmo starting pitcher Joe Giulietti, who tossed 3.1 innings of no-hit ball and fanned eight batters during his time on the mound. Giulietti also helped his own cause with the bat in the bottom of the second inning when he crushed a grand slam off Braintree starter Coleman Gouthro, which put Irmo on top 8-0 at the time.

Braintree got it's only hit of the day when Gouthro lined a single to left in the top of the fourth off reliever Brody Miller. But that was it for the Wamps, who

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