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El Segundo to Play For Spot in Little League World Series Title Game
At 4 pm today, the all-star team from El Segundo seeks a berth in Saturday's U.S. championship game of the Little League World Series.
LOS ANGELES COUNTY -- The all-star team from El Segundo will seek a berth in Saturday's U.S. championship game of the Little League World Series when it faces its counterpart from the Northeast Seattle Little League today in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
El Segundo fended off elimination for the second consecutive game with a 5-3 victory over the all-star team from the Nolensville (Tennessee) Little League Wednesday with Louis Lappe hitting a tie-breaking two-run home run in the bottom of the fifth inning in the six-inning game.
El Segundo had been relegated to the elimination bracket of the modified double-elimination tournament with a 3-1 loss to the all-star team from the Needville (Texas) Little League, the Southwest Region champion, on Monday.
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Northeast Seattle, the Northwest Region champion, lost 1-0 to Needville earlier Wednesday.
Needville's victory Wednesday gave it a berth in the U.S. championship game.
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El Segundo and Northeast Seattle have one other common opponent, Nolensville, which lost to Northeast Seattle, 6-2, on Monday.
The 4 p.m. game will be televised by ESPN.
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