SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Chayton Krauss hit an RBI single to right field in the bottom of the sixth inning to give Lewisberry, Pennsylvania, a 3-2 victory over Pearland, Texas, on Saturday in front of a record crowd of almost 46,000 fans for a berth in the Little League World Series championship game.

Krauss drove in Braden Kolmansberger, who had walked and moved to third on Jaden Henline’s one-out single.

Cole Wagner struck out 11 over 5 2/3 innings and hit a home run from the undefeated Red Land Little League team, which draws from Lewisberry and several other towns that are just a two-hour drive from Williamsport.

Lewisberry will play undefeated Tokyo for the World Series championship Sunday. Tokyo beat Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico, 1-0 in seven innings earlier Saturday for the international title.

The crowd of 45,716 began lining up for the game at 6 a.m. for the 3:30 p.m. start. They quickly filled the large hill behind the outfield fence, leaving only a small patch behind a television tower for kids to participate in the traditional hill sliding on cardboard sheets. Dozens were left to peer through a parking lot fence above the hill.

Wagner opened the scoring with a homer in the bottom of the first inning, before Texas used some timely base running to tie the score in the second.

Zack Mack doubled and Tristen Schwehr singled to put runners on first and third. Pinch runner Raffi Gross scored when Schwehr stole second base and the throw to second careened off Wagner’s glove as he tried to cut it off.

The Pearland team took a 2-1 lead in the fourth when Marco Gutierrez doubled to right-center field.

That scored Mack, who came all the way around from first base after walking.

Henline, who had a walk-off double against California earlier in the tournament, hit a home run to tie the it at 2 in the bottom of the fourth.

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