Heline doubles to lift Lewisberry past Taylors 9-8
Alex Edmondson hit a three-run, fourth-inning home run and Brock Myers hit a two-out, three-run triple in the sixth to put Taylors ahead for the first time.
Pennsylvania advanced to Wednesday’s winner’s bracket final against Pearland, Texas.
Kaden Peifer led off the sixth with a home run that pulled at Lewisberry.
With Red Land’s lead at 6-4, both teams’ pitching dominated the next frame.
Lewisberry, Pa’s Ethan Phillips (19) drives in two-runs with a double off Taylors, S.C.’s Bradley Lewis during the first inning of a baseball game at the Little League World Series in South Williamsport, Pa., Sunday, August 23, 2015.
Wagner finished the game with 10 strikeouts, and aside from the pitch that Edmonson demolished in the fourth, he allowed a single earned run on four hits while walking one through five innings.
Speaking of that sixth innings, let’s break down what exactly Red Land did facing its first serious deficit of the summer.
“I saw a lot of tears”, he said. “I’m really trying my best to let them get a piece of it because, I mean, majority will never have this type of attention again in their life”.
Red Land’s Cole Wagner signed autographs for youngsters earlier this week, and to the amazement of Little League coach Bob Corby of Sayreville, New Jersey, the line just kept growing and growing.
It was especially exciting for Jaden’s dad who was watching from the stands as his son hit the game-winning double.
Mexico faces Australia in an elimination game Monday. “Just beyond any of our wildest expectations”, said team manager Tom Peifer. “[The fans] were expecting us to score more runs and were sitting on their hands a little bit, but the way they responded in that sixth inning when we started getting things going was incredible”.