Meyer propels Nevada to LLBWS title game
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- Nevada beat Ohio 12-2 on Saturday in South Williamsport, Pa., advancing to the LLBWS title game for the second straight year after a Las Vegas squad won the U.S. championship a year ago and lost in the finals.
- Carsynn Meyer, the first girl to play in the U.S. championship, stepped to the plate in the second inning before 20,000 fans and delivered an RBI single up the middle with the bases loaded to extend Nevada's lead to three.
- Owen Guzman went 3-for-3 with two runs scored and pitched solidly for 3⅔ innings, opening the game with a triple and later adding an infield single that preceded a Brooks McFarland RBI double in the fifth.
- Nevada's five-run second inning — fueled by four singles, two walks, and a hit batter — broke the game open, and the team ended it in the fifth via the 10-run rule after adding two more runs.
- Bob Frazier led Ohio with two hits and an RBI, but Ohio will now play Japan in the consolation game at 10 a.m. while Nevada faces international champion Curaçao in Sunday's finale.
- Nevada's title-game opponent Curaçao — from Henderson rather than Las Vegas — gives the state back-to-back LLBWS finals appearances, a streak the source frames without historical context.
Why it matters: Nevada reaches the LLBWS championship for the second consecutive year with a different squad (Henderson vs. last year's Las Vegas team), giving the state a chance to erase last year's finals loss against Curaçao; Meyer's appearance also makes her the first girl to play in the U.S. title game, a milestone the dominant winning-margin framing can crowd out.
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