Mountain Ridge beats Chicago 13-2 in LLWS

Las Vegas' Brad Stone, right, rounds third to greetings from manager Aston Cave after hitting a grand slam off Chicago pitcher Brandon Green during the first inning of a baseball game in United States pool play at the Little League World Series tournament in South Williamsport, Pa., Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar

Chicago's Trey Hondras (24) steals third ahead of the tag by Las Vegas third baseman Dillon Jones (15) during the first inning of a baseball game in United States pool play at the Little League World Series tournament in South Williamsport, Pa., Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar

Las Vegas pitcher Brennan Holligan (27) delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against Chicago at the Little League World Series tournament in South Williamsport, Pa., Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar

Chicago pitcher Brandon Green delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against Las Vegas at the Little League World Series tournament in South Williamsport, Pa., Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar

Las Vegas' Brad Stone, top left, crosses the plate after hitting a grand slam off Chicago pitcher Brandon Green during the first inning of a baseball game at the Little League World Series tournament in South Williamsport, Pa., Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar

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By ED GRANEY LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

August 17, 2014 - 12:39 pm

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — The game that was supposed to be a nail-biter turned into a rout.

Mountain Ridge Little League continued to put on a show at the Little League World Series on Sunday, blowing past the Great Lakes champion from Chicago 13-2 at Lamade Stadium.

Mountain Ridge now advances to the winner’s bracket final on Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. PDT on ESPN against the winner of Sunday night’s game between the Southwest and Mid-Atlantic champions.

Mountain Ridge jumped to a 4-0 lead on Bradley Stone’s first-inning grand slam Sunday and was never threatened behind starting pitcher Brennan Holligan, who allowed just two hits in the mercy-rule victory.

The team from Las Vegas, now one win from playing for the United States championship, hit five home runs.

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