The Fairfield Nationwide Little League group is headed to the U.S. championship sport within the Little League World Collection.
They beat Summerlin South from Las Vegas 7-3 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania Wednesday afternoon.
The Fairfield squad went down three runs within the first inning, however rallied for seven unanswered runs to maneuver on.
They’re undefeated up to now within the match.
Fairfield Nationwide will play within the U.S. championship sport on Saturday towards a group nonetheless to be decided.
The final Connecticut group to win a championship was Trumbull in 1989.
They have been the fourth native group to win the title.
In 1951, Stamford Litle League received, then the Norwalk Nationwide Little League group received in 1952.
In 1965, the Windsor Locks Little League group received.
Diego Dalan, president of Fairfield Nationwide Little League, mentioned their solely lack of the season was to New York, however that have might show to be useful down the stretch.
“I wouldn’t say a wake-up call, but it was a reality check,” Dalan mentioned. “It was like, ‘OK, hey, we are vulnerable. Let’s dig deeper here and show everybody what we’re made of.’”
