Little League World Series 2017 US Final: A Bit Of Sunshine For Texas

WILLIAMSPORT, PA — Down 5-0 at one point in Saturday’s Little League World Series United States championship, the Lufkin All-Stars battled back, bringing some sunshine back to Hurricane Harvey-battered southern Texas with a 6-5 win over previously undefeated Greenville, North Carolina. The All-Stars made their first appearance in the tournament, which brought the best Little League teams in the world to Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

The Lufkin All-Stars battle Japan at 2 p.m. Sunday for the overall Little League World Series championship. Japan shut out Mexico, 5-0, in an earlier game Saturday.

Lufkin came into the fourth inning with a 5-0 deficit, but rallied against the powerful North Carolina team with pinch-hitter Clayton Wigley’s two-run homer, the Associated Press reported. (For more local news from Houston, including Hurricane Harvey, click here to sign up for real-time news alerts and newsletters from Houston Patch, and click here to find your local Texas Patch. If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)

Malcom Deason narrowed North Carolina’s lead in the fifth with an RBI single, then scored again on a wild throw by North Carolina catcher Bryce Jackson to third. Mark Requena hit a two-run, go ahead home run in the sixth inning to win the U.S. title.

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