Media heads to Little League World Series after dramatic 2-0 win over Washington

Media is heading to the Little League World Series after a 2-0 victory Friday over Northwest Washington, D.C., in the Mid-Atlantic Regional championship in Bristol, Conn.

The Delaware County team won in dramatic fashion: Trevor Skowronek hit a walk-off, two-run home run in the seventh inning, which was Media’s first hit of the game.

The 20-team Little League World Series is set to begin Wednesday in Williamsport. The last Pennsylvania team to win the Little League World Series was Levittown in 1960.

Friday’s matchup marked the second time the two teams faced off in the tournament. Media defeated Washington, 16-3, on Tuesday, when Skowronek blasted a three-run homer. The D.C. team pulled off a 1-0 win in a semifinal against Delaware on Thursday.

Friday’s game was a pitcher’s duel between Media’s Austin Crowley and Washington’s Grayson Liddle.

Crowley, a right-hander, was nearly perfect on the mound, allowing one hit and striking out 13 in five innings. After allowing the first hit of the game, Crowley closed out the top of fifth with a strikeout and reached the 85-pitch limit. Shortstop Nolan Gratton relieved him in the sixth. Liddle also recorded 13 strikeouts.

Clutch defensive plays kept Media in the game. Second baseman AJ Domenico turned a double play to end a Washington threat in the sixth, the last inning of regulation. In the seventh inning, Cole Carroll made a leaping catch in left field.

Media won the Mid-Atlantic championship in 2012 in the 10-year-old age bracket.

Other area teams have had the spotlight before at the Little League World Series. Philly native Mo’ne Davis became the first girl to pitch a shutout in the tournament with the Taney Dragons in 2014. Now it is Media’s turn.