MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL -- Taylor Weisman's walk-off double allowed Harrisburg to advance to its first title game ever in a 3-2 win over Atlanta at the 2012 Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI) World Series.
Harrisburg (7-1) will meet undefeated Dominican Republic RBI (8-0) in Sunday's championship game. The Dominican team made it to last year's final and last won the softball championship in 2008.
Weisman went 3-for-4. She gave Harrisburg RBI an early lead with a run-scoring single in the bottom of the first. She singled again in the sixth and her walk-off double in the seventh sent Harrisburg RBI into the championship game.
Harrisburg RBI won its last at-bat earlier in the day, as well; defeating Mathews Dickey Boys & Girls Club RBI (0-7) by the score of 3-2.
The RBI World Series softball championship game is Sunday at 1:00 p.m. CT at Jane Sage Cowles Stadium at the University of Minnesota. The game will be taped to air on MLB Network and MLB.com on Friday, August 17th at 12:00 p.m. EST.
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