Louis Lappe hit a walk-off home run in the sixth inning to power El Segundo to a 6-5 win over Curaçao in the Little League World Series championship game.
Half of the 12 players pitched in the tournament. While Lappe was known as the ace, Brooks, Declan McRoberts, Parks, Kalish and Baker all provided support. And defensively, there was great fielding in the outfield, but no one was better than Keldorf at the catcher position. In a tournament where wild pitches and passed balls were common, Keldorf had one passed ball in six games.
Among the memorable moments over two weeks of games in Williamsport, who’s going to forget Baker’s hat constantly falling off after throwing a fastball on the mound. People started to think that he was tipping off his pitches. Except the hat also fell off when he was running to catch fly balls in the outfield.
There was expressions of ecstasy on the face of Lappe each time he hit one of his five home runs. It was evidence of pure joy from a 12-year-old loving baseball and never taking for granted that he could hit a ball over the fence.And there was the awe of seeing Brooks getting hit after hit, showing his speed running around the bases and displaying the power of his arm throwing frozen ropes to first base on ground balls from his shortstop position.
Manager Danny Boehle, a St. Bernard High grad who is the younger brother of successful Loyola volleyball coach Michael Boehle, appeared to be the perfect manager for this group. Even though his son, Quinn, was on the team, Boehle treated everyone as part of his family. He’d go to the mound during timeouts and leave by saying, “Love you.”The summer has ended for El Segundo players. They’ll be returning to school, but there’s still more fun to happen. A parade is scheduled for Sept.
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