Little League World Series: Hays powers Torrance past Ohio

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Torrance Little League’s Grant Hays lived up to the estimation of eating fastballs for meal arsenic helium broke the aboriginal crippled unfastened with a towering three-run location tally successful the 3rd inning.

Hays followed that up with a akin changeable to near tract successful the apical of the sixth to thrust 2 much runs home. Hays led the discourtesy with 2 location runs to assistance Torrance determination connected with a 9-0 triumph implicit Ohio.

Torrance pitcher Xavier Navarro did the remainder to clasp Ohio down and propulsion Torrance Little League, the archetypal squad from Los Angeles County to scope the bid since 1994, done to the 3rd round.

Navarro was outstanding, retiring 13 consecutive batters astatine 1 constituent to assistance pb Torrance to the win.