Louis Lappe hit a walk-off home run as California defeated Curaçao 6-5 in the Little League World Series championship on Sunday.
By Seth Engle | Associated PressLouis Lappe hit a walk-off homer and California beat Curaçao 6-5 in the Little League World Series championship on Sunday, despite giving up a four-run lead.
Louis flipped his bat and threw his arms in the air as he trotted around the bases, leaping onto home plate before he was greeted by his teammates surrounding the batter’s box. The leadoff hitter in the bottom of the sixth inning, Louis lofted the second pitch he saw just beyond the left field fence.
Curaçao tied the game in the fifth on Nasir El-Ossais’s grand slam to center. Nasir also drove in a run in the third.Get Philly local news, weather forecasts, sports and entertainment stories to your inbox.It was the first trip to the final for the team from El Segundo, a community in the Los Angeles area. California’s eight titles are the most by any U.S. state.
Curaçao, a small island off the coast of Venezuela that is home to just 150,000 residents, has represented the international side of the bracket in the championship the last three times non-U.S. teams have competed — in 2019, 2022 and this year — but has lost each time. There was no tournament in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2021 tournament was limited to American teams because of travel restrictions.
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