The all-star team from El Segundo avoided elimination in the Little League World Series Tuesday with a 9-3 victory over its counterpart from the Smithfield (Rhode Island) Little League in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
Louis Lappe and Max Baker limited Smithfield to one hit over the first five innings of the six-inning game, and Brody Brooks and Lucas Keldorf each had two RBIs and two hits in the elimination-bracket game at Howard J. Lamade Stadium.
El Segundo will need to win Wednesday and Thursday to reach Saturday's U.S. championship game. The U.S. champion will face the international champion for the world championship Sunday. With El Segundo batting as the visiting team, Brooks led off the first inning with a single, moved to second on a wild pitch and to third on a passed ball. After Lappe struck out, Connor Curtis' first pitch to the third batter, Jaxon Kalish, was a wild pitch, with Brooks scoring. Kalish moved to second and then to third on wild pitches, and scored one out later on Baker's infield hit.
El Segundo's bid for a shutout ended with two outs in the sixth on Curtis' single, which drove in John Wozniak, who had reached on an error. Brayden Castellone tripled in Connor Queenan, who reached on a fielder's choice, and Curtis.
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