Lake Mary, Florida, rallied Sunday to beat Taipei 2-1 in eight innings and claim the Little League World Series championship.
— Lathan Norton was sick and didn’t play Saturday at the Little League World Series. But on Sunday he scored the winning run in the championship.
Lathan raced home from second base on an overthrow at first as Lake Mary, Florida, rallied to beat Chinese Taipei 2-1 in eight innings and claim the title.
“It was the greatest feeling ever”, said Lathan, who had a fever of 102 on Saturday but recovered before the championship. “I still haven’t had time to let it all sink in, but it feels like the most amazing thing ever.”
Taipei clung to a 1-0 lead from the first inning until Florida was down to its last at-bat. The Southeast region representatives outhit Taipei and had a runner on third in three separate innings but couldn’t get a run across.
Then, in the bottom of the sixth, Florida got runners on first and second and DeMarcos Mieses, who had struck out in his previous two at-bats, delivered.
