Park View Little League lost to Goodlettsville, Tennessee 4-2 in seven innings in Tuesday’s elimination game at the Little League World Series.
Lucas Marrujo hit a clutch 2-run homer for Park View in the bottom of the 5th inning to tie things up after Tennessee scored once in the 2nd and added another on a solo homer in the top of the 5th.
But Tyler Jones smacked the go-ahead solo shot in the top of the 7th inning to help Tennessee pull away. Goodlettsville added an insurance run before closing it out in the bottom half of the frame.
With the loss, the West champs from Chula Vista were knocked out of the double elimination tournament.
The game was originally scheduled for Monday, but was postponed because of rain and games being made up from the weekend.
Many fans that didn’t make the trip to Pennsylvania gathered in Otay Ranch Tuesday to cheer on their local team.
Park View bounced back from its opening loss to Iowa with a 5-0 win Saturday against a team from San Antonio, Texas before falling on Tuesday.
Tennessee will face Iowa on Wednesday in another elimination game.
