Swan Hills Little League (Western Suns) will represent Australia at the 2019 Senior League Baseball World Series in Easley, South Carolina, in July.
The Suns prevailed 6-4 over Brisbane Metro Little League in the 2019 Australian Senior League Championship gold medal game in Lismore on Friday night to punch their World Series ticket.
Western Suns broke a 2-all deadlock with two runs in the fourth inning and added to their lead in the fifth.
Pitcher Dustin Brown tossed a complete game, striking out nine hitters, to help guide the Western Australian charter to the World Series.
Earlier, Brisbane Metro opened the scoring in the second.
John Lemm doubled to drive in Damon Orr (single) with two outs.
The Suns responded in the top of the third, scoring two runs on a hard hit groundball from Daniel Carter.
The back-and-forth contest continued in the bottom of the third.
Metro drew level on Jackson Grounds’ double.
But the Western Suns stamped their authority on the contest, scoring the next four runs before Metro rallied.
Andrew Hurrelbrink drove in two runs for the Suns.
Jackson Grounds finished with a pair of runs batted in for Brisbane Metro.
Macarthur claimed the bronze medal earlier on day six following a 9-7 win over Twins.
Click here for the gold medal game box score.