The World Series didn’t go as planned for Westbrook.

Outscored, 24-5, over four games at the Babe Ruth 13-year-old World Series in Hamilton, N.J., Westbrook went 0-4 and failed to advance beyond pool play.

“To sum it up, we didn’t play to our potential,” said manager Mike Russell. “I don’t want to lie and say we did because we didn’t.”

In Friday’s opener, Westbrook fell, 11-0, to South Lexington, Ky., in a game that was shortened to five innings due to the mercy rule.

Still, Russell felt as though his team was able to bounce back.

“Two hours after the game we practiced hard,” he said. “It was a good practice. It was one of our best practices in a while.”

The next day Joe Royer pitched a complete game, but Westbrook still lost, 2-1, to Florida in what Russell called one of his team’s best games of the tournament.

“It was matter of a hit here or a hit there and the whole thing would have been changed around,” he said. “We would have gone into the next game against Nottingham, N.J., with something to play for.”

Westbrook went on to lose Monday, 9-2, to Nottingham and to Hightstown, N.J., 2-1, the following day.

“I take a lot of blame on my shoulders,” Russell said. “We were laid back. We let the kids take it as a vacation at first. We started to buckle down, but we were too far out.”

Still, the players took some positive memories back with them. Saturday night they went to Waterfront Park to watch the Portland Sea Dogs defeat the Trenton Thunder, 2-1, in 10 innings.

The Westbrook team went into the Sea Dogs’ dugout, met some of the players and were razzed by the coaching staff for their long hair.

Trenton, now a Yankees farm team, used to be a Red Sox affiliate. On display in the stadium were jerseys bearing names sush as Nomar Garciaparra, Trot Nixon and Derek Jeter.

So, who had a worse baseball weekend – the team from Westbrook or Boston?

“We were at the World Series so I’d have to say the Red Sox,” said Russell. “It took a lot to get here.”