When it mattered most, Louis Lappe shined like a major league star.
In a tie game in the final inning of the Little League World Series championship game, the El Segundo, California, shortstop connected to send the ball past the left field wall for a walk-off home run to win the title in the moment of a lifetime.
It was a thrilling end to another magnificent tournament in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, as Curacao came back from a four-run deficit in the top of the fifth with a grand slam to tie the game at 5 apiece.
But ultimately, California held off Curacao, 6-5, on August 27 to put an end to the thrilling 11-day tournament.
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