SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — Fast friends in the Little League dorms, the boys from Japan and Tennessee played one last game Sunday to decide which team would be crowned World Series champions.
Noriatsu Osaka's big bat helped send the team from Tokyo home with the title banner.
Osaka's third home run of the game put an exclamation point on Japan's 12-2 victory over Tennessee in five innings in the Little League World Series championship game Sunday.
