SPORTS California wins the Little League World Series with a walk-off home run.
Louis Lappe, an infielder for the California squad, achieved something that every young athlete has fantasized about doing in their backyard or while practicing: he hit a walk-off home run that won the game for California.
Lappe blasted the second pitch of his at-bat in the sixth inning, threw his bat into the air as high as he could, and leaped for ecstasy as the El Segundo squad triumphed 6-5
Lappe blasted the second pitch of his at-bat in the sixth inning, threw his bat into the air as high as he could, and leaped for ecstasy as the El Segundo squad triumphed 6-5
He hit his fifth home run of the series, which also happened to be the longest one.
"My mindset was to simply bring the next guy up, and if we kept doing that, we would have triumphed regardless of the outcome
" However, he responded, "I'll take the home run."
the championship game of the Little League World Series. Lappe blasted the second pitch of his at-bat in the sixth inning,
every young athlete has fantasized about doing in their backyard or while practicing: he hit a walk-off home run that won the game for California.