Little League World Series: Pennsylvania Punches Ticket With Walk-Off Homer on Game’s First Hit

The Media, Pa. club advanced to the tournament on Friday in unlikely fashion.

With a spot in the 2023 Little League World Series on the line, an unlikely walk-off home run was all Pennsylvania needed on Friday to punch its ticket to next week’s tournament.

The aspiring Media, Pa. little league team defeated Washington D.C., 2–0, in the Mid-Atlantic Regional championship to earn a coveted LLWS berth, thanks to a two-run bomb from Trevor Skowronek on the first hit of the game.

After a scoreless 6.5 innings, Skowronek stepped to the plate to deliver the winning homer facing a 0–2 count in the bottom of the seventh, sending the ball flying over the right field wall as the crowd erupted. 

Friday’s thrilling win will now send Media back to its home state in triumph as the club prepares to travel to Williamsport, Pa. as one of 20 teams in this year’s LLWS. The tournament will begin Aug. 16 and end Aug. 27.

THE FIRST PENNSYLVANIA HIT OF THE GAME IS A WALK-OFF HR TO SEND THEM TO WILLIAMSPORT 😱 pic.twitter.com/MBycZn6x65

— ESPN (@espn) August 11, 2023

Prior to Skowronek’s heroics, the regional battle in Bristol, Conn. came down to the final frames following standout, 13-strikeout days from Media’s Austin Crowley and Washington’s Grayson Liddle in five innings of work.

With its spot in Williamsport in the bag, Media will now set its sights on making state history by becoming the first Pennsylvania team to win the LLWS since Levittown in 1960.