SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Louis Lappe clash a walk-off homer and California beat Curacao 6-5 within the Slight League Global Order championship on Sunday, regardless of give up a four-run manage.

Louis flipped his bat and threw his hands within the wind as he trotted across the bases, jumping onto house plate earlier than he used to be greeted by way of his teammates order the batter’s field. The leadoff hitter within the base of the 6th inning, Louis lofted the second one sound he noticed simply past the left grassland fence.

Curacao tie the sport within the 5th on Nasir El-Ossais’s lavish slam to heart. Nasir additionally drove in a run within the 3rd.

Jaxon Kalish and Lucas Keldorf drove in two runs each and every for California.

It used to be the primary go back and forth to the overall for the group from El Segundo, a crowd within the Los Angeles department. California’s 8 titles are essentially the most by way of any U.S. order.

Curacao, a petite island off the coast of Venezuela this is house to only 150,000 citizens, has represented the global facet of the bracket within the championship the endmost 3 times non-U.S. groups have competed — in 2019, 2022 and this week — however has misplaced each and every presen.

There used to be disagree match in 2020 on account of the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2021 match used to be restricted to American groups on account of move restrictions.

Curacao returned 5 gamers and its training workforce from the group that misplaced 13-3 to Hawaii within the 2022 ultimate.

Each California and Curacao took a loss right through the match and needed to paintings their means in the course of the removal bracket to the overall. With sound counts mounting around the rosters, each and every became to much less skilled LLWS starters.

Staff O’Connor drove in a run for El Segundo with a unmarried to left grassland that adopted Max Baker’s triple within the fourth, giving California a 5-1 benefit.