Ancell leads Texas team to victory
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. -- Call him Texas' two-way threat.
Zane Ancell hit a long home run and struck out 11 to lead undefeated Lubbock, Texas, to a 5-1 win over Chandler, Ariz., in the Little League World Series on Sunday.
The 12-year-old's blast easily cleared the center-field wall 225 feet away, passing a TV tower and falling into a grass field where kids scurried for the souvenir.
But his performance on the mound for Lubbock (2-0) might have been even more impressive. Ancell didn't know he was going to start until 10 minutes before the game.
His curveballs kept Chandler (1-1) off-balance all game, one day after the Arizonans had pounded out 17 hits.
"I felt really good today," Ancell said.
Ancell's two-way success overshadowed teammate Bryndan Arredondo's two home runs to deep center.
In other games Sunday, Lake Oswego, Ore., defeated Walpole, Mass., 1-0; Taiwan routed the Netherlands, 11-1; Curacao beat Saudi Arabia, 2-0; and Coon Rapids, Minn., downed Salisbury, Md., 4-3.
