BRISTOL — Through two games at the Mid-Atlantic Regional, the Pennsylvania stars from East Side Little League (West Chester) are making it look easy.

Ryan Donnelly was dominant over four shutout innings, and Cole Warner blasted an opposite-field 2-run home run as part of a 5-run second inning as Pennsylvania advanced to the Mid-Atlantic championship game with a 10-0, 4-inning win over Washington D.C. (Capitol Hill Little League) on Tuesday.

The boys from Capitol Hill are still alive and will meet Delaware (Wilmington — Naamans Little League) on Thursday (3 p.m., ESPN), with the winner advancing to play Pennsylvania in Friday’s championship game (3 p.m., ESPN).

Tuesday was all about the boys from West Chester, however.

Donnelly fanned four, allowed just two hits, struck out four and faced just one over the minimum in getting the win. He needed just 45 pitches to complete his four innings. The first hit he allowed was a leadoff single by D.C.’s Lucas Munoz, and Munoz was quickly erased on a line drive double play turned by second baseman Darren Molineux.

The other hit came via a bloop 2-out double in the fourth inning to the speedy James Dickinson.

The Pennsylvania offense, one through 12, was firing on all cylinders right from the get-go.

Donnelly, the leadoff hitter, drew a walk in the first inning, and a single by Molineux and a walk to Warner loaded the bases with no outs. Dillon DiGiulio’s RBI single got Pennsylvania on the board, and Ryan Hennessey grounded into the rare 2-RBI fielder’s choice, with Warner racing in from second base on a ball that didn’t leave the infield to make it 3-0.

While Donnelly was in cruise control on the mound, the bats went to work again for Pennsylvania in the second inning. For the second consecutive inning, they loaded the bases with no outs, as Colton DiGrazio singled and Mike Nolan and Adam Gazonas walked. Pat Corliss’ fielder’s choice made it 4-0 and flipped the order back to the top.

Donnelly’s RBI groundout made it 5-0, and Molineux followed with an RBI single of his own, setting the stage for Warner. The right-handed batter blasted the ball well over the fence in right-center, an impressive shot to make it 8-0.

The Pennsylvania boys invoked the 10-run rule in the fourth inning. Nolan led off with a double, and a single and stolen base from Gazonas put two runners in scoring position with two outs. Corliss’ RBI single made it 9-0, and Gazonas scored on a wild pitch to end the game.

Everett Choi took the loss for D.C., allowing seven runs on five hits in 1 ⅔ innings, walking four.

Pennsylvania outhit D.C. 10-2, with nine of the 12 in the lineup recording at least one hit (Molineux had two).

CONNECTICUT CHAMPS STAY ALIVE

After dropping their first game to New Jersey champion Bayonne Central Little League on Saturday in the Metro Region, the Connecticut state champs from Darien stayed alive with a 6-2 win over Rhode Island champion Lincoln on Sunday to stay alive.

Rhode Island tied the game in the top of the fourth inning, 1-1, when Milo Sheridan walked, went to third on an error and scored on a wild pitch.

No matter, as the Connecticut bats erupted in the bottom of the inning, scoring five runs.

In the fourth, Hugh Butler walked and Chase Sutter singled to get things going for the boys from Darien. Butler scored on a passed by and Alex Abelson followed with an RBI single to make it 3-1. After a fielder’s choice for out number one, Charlie MacLane’s RBI double made it 4-1, and with two outs, Johnny Huntingdon and Logan Masi drew back-to-back bases-loaded free passes to make it 6-1.

That was more than enough for the combination of MacLane and Rex Paquette on the mound. MacLane started and went 3 ⅔ innings, allowing one unearned run on one hit, striking out two and walking three. Paquette was credited with the win, allowing one run on three hits in 2 ⅓ innings. He struck out two and didn’t allow a walk.

The remaining game in Bristol will all be nationally televised on ESPN. The schedule for the rest of the week at the Giamatti Center is as follows

1 p.m. — New England Elimination Game, Maine vs. Vermont

5 p.m. — Metro Elimination Game, Connecticut vs. New York

7 p.m. — New England Championship Game, Massachusetts vs. Maine/Vermont

3 p.m. — Mid-Atlantic Championship Game, Pennsylvania vs. Delaware/Washington D.C.

7 p.m. — Metro Championship Game, New Jersey vs. Connecticut/New York