Lafayette rallies to win again in Little League World Series

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - Call them the comeback kids.

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Andrew Stevenson reached base on a bunt single with two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning, then scored from third on a throwing error to help Lafayette, La., overcome a seven-run deficit in a 9-8 victory over Owensboro (Ky.) Southern on Sunday in the in the Little League World Series.

On Saturday against Westbrook, Maine, Lafayette (2-0) scored three times in the sixth to overcome a 2-0 deficit and win 3-2. Connor Toups, one of the smallest players on Lafayette at 4-foot-10 and 78 pounds, drove in the winning run in the sixth.

Lafayette manager Mike Conrad said he called for Stevenson to bunt to take advantage of his speed.

"Today I told him to just get set, make sure the ball is down and then take off," Conrad said.

Stevenson then advanced to third and scored on a throwing error after teammate Andreas Duplantis hit a grounder to short.

In another early contest on the five-game schedule, West Oahu of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, downed Davenport (Iowa) Northwest, 7-3.

Stevenson drove in the winning run Sunday with a two-run single.

"He may be the fastest player up here," Conrad said.

Owensboro (0-2), the Great Lakes region winner, raced out to an 8-1 lead by the bottom of the third inning on Dalton West's two-run homer down the left-field line and Luke Daugherty's three-run shot.

Lafayette, the Southwest champion, took over from there. Down 8-4 in the fifth, Lafayette tied the game on Alex Miller's single.

West Oahu 7, Davenport (Iowa) Northwest 3

West Oahu (2-0), the Northwest champion, used early homers to jump out to a 7-0 lead, then held off a late rally to defeat Davenport (0-2), the Midwest winner.

Vonn Fe'ao and Quentin Guevara hit back-to-back solo shots that that easily cleared the left-field fence 205 feet away from home plate.

After each blast, the ball rolled down a short grassy hill and fans chased after the souvenirs.

Davenport scored in top of the sixth off a Spencer Mallonee homer and two runs off an error and a wild pitch, but Fe'ao came on in relief to strike out Ryan Cartee to end the game.