North Carolina beats Rhode Island 4-2 for softball title

Members of the Warwick North Little League team are greeted at T.F. Green Airport in Warwick, Thursday, August 20, 2015.

Salisbury, N.C., defeated Warwick, R.I., 4-2 to win the 2015 Little League Softball World Series on Wednesday night.

Yang hit an opposite-field single in the top of the first, leading to three runs.

The Warwick North girls lost 4-2 to Rowan Little League of North Carolina in the title game.

Emily Carter took the ball in relief and surrendered a double to Kali Morton that brought Yang home before notching a strikeout against Kaylin Dowling and drawing Ellie Wilhelm into a ground-out.

The teams traded defensive stands into the sixth, including seven straight retired batters for Warwick as they headed into their last at-bat.

North Carolina went 3-1 in pool play and is the first team from the state to win the title.

Warwick received a big two RBI base hit in the fourth inning by Alyssa Richard to build themselves a comfortable lead but Iowa came back in the final inning to tighten things up.