Needville Little League advances to face California after earning 2nd World Series win a row

Next for Needville: El Segundo, California, on Monday. This game airs at 6 p.m. CT on ABC13 sister network ESPN 2.
Friday, August 18, 2023
WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania (KTRK) -- Needville showed the Little League World Series that heads-up baserunning is their bread and butter.

The team from Texas claimed victory, 6-2, against Fargo, North Dakota, on Friday night, despite registering just two hits.
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Fargo, which made its official LLWS debut in Friday's game, couldn't overcome early jitters, with a Needville second inning that included back-to-back walks, a hit-by-pitch, a bases-loaded walk, and a steal of home for the 2-0 lead.

Needville's starting pitcher, Easton Ondruch, would allow North Dakota to score two runs in the next half-inning, thanks to a two-run RBI single.

Needville's money inning was the fourth, when passed balls in back-to-back plate appearances brought a run in each, pulling Texas ahead, 4-2. Then, with two baserunners on, Cade Hammons doubled to deep left to drive in two more runs, extending the lead, 6-2.
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The kids from Fort Bend County have won six games in a row, dating back to the start of the Southwest Regional tournament. Texas next faces El Segundo, California, on Monday night at 6 p.m. This game airs on ABC13 sister network ESPN 2.

SEE ALSO: Needville holds off Media, Pennsylvania, to open LLWS

Needville, Texas' DJ Jablonski delivers during the first inning of the team's baseball game against Media, Pa. at the Little League World Series on Aug. 16, 2023.

AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar

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