The El Segundo Little League team got revenge against the team from Needville Texas, Saturday to win the U.S. championship. They face off against Curaçao for the world championship on Sunday.
El Segundo took the lead after just their first batter, and never looked back, thanks to a Brody Brooks home run to center field in the bottom of the first. That was Brooks' third homer of the tournament, briefly tying him with teammate Louis Lappe for the tournament lead.But it was Lappe who was all over the box score Saturday. Lappe drove in five runs, including his tournament-leading fourth home run, a three-run shot in the bottom of the fifth inning that blew the game wide open.
Needville scored its sole run in the top of the fifth, as starter D.J. Jablonski led off with a double, advanced to third on an error by center fielder Max Baker and scored on a wild pitch by Lappe. Saturday's victory over Needville is El Segundo's fourth win in five days, after the team dropped its second game of the tournament to this same Needville team 3-1 on Monday.
El Segundo's world Championship game will be at noon PT on Sunday, while Needville will play Taiwan in the third place game at 8 a.m. PT.
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