The U.S. and international championship games both ended in walk-off fashion Saturday at the Little League World Series in South Williamsport, Pa.
In the U.S. final, a record crowd of almost 46,000 fans watched Chayton Krauss deliver an RBI single in the bottom of the sixth inning to give Lewisberry, Pa., a 3-2 victory over Pearland, Texas.
"As far as you could see there were people," said Lewisberry manager Tom Peifer. "They were loud. I kept saying, 'Let's give them something to cheer about.' "
Lewisberry, just a two-hour drive from Williamsport, will play undefeated Tokyo for the World Series championship on Sunday. Tokyo beat Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico, 1-0 in seven innings earlier Saturday.
Tokyo scored the only run when Mexico was unable to turn a double play on a bases-loaded ground ball up the middle.
Mexico dropped to 0-6 against Japan in its past three Little League World Series. It is 11-0 against everyone else in the same stretch.
Japan is seeking its country's 10th world title, and the third in four years. Another league from Tokyo won in 2013.
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Cleared to play: Brazilian soccer star Neymar, who appeared in his first game of the Spanish League season for Barcelona after recovering from the mumps.