Japan's Seiya Arai (14) is embraced by Kazuki Watanabe (8) and Ryuto Inoue (5) after he scored the winning run to defeat Texas 12-2 in the 2017 Little League Baseball World Series Championship game against Southwest at Lamade Stadium on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017. / Photo by Linsey Fagan

Texas manager Bud Maddux congratulates infielder Mark Requena (15) for hitting a two run homer to give their team their first lead of the game to clinch a 6-5 win against North Carolina in the Little League Baseball World Series U.S. Championship at Lamade Stadium on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017. With the win, Texas advanced on to the Little League Baseball World Championship game to play Japan. / Photo by Linsey Fagan

Michigan team members congratulate pitcher Joey Randazzo after he hit a home run during their game against New Jersey in the Little League World Series at Lamade Stadium in Williamsport, Pa. Aug. 19, 2017. / Photo by Erin O Neill

North Carolina pitcher, Carson Hardee (16) takes a moment before his next pitch in the U.S. Championship of the Little League World Series at Lamade Stadium in South Williamsport, Pa., August 26, 2017. / Photo by Erin O Neill

Young fans slide down the hill on a piece of cardboard at Lamade Stadium before the Little League World Series International Championship Game to begin on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017. / Photo by Erin O Neill

Texas fans cheer outside Lamade Stadium before the U.S. Championship of the Little League World Series in South Williamsport, Pa., August 26, 2017. / Photo by Erin O Neill

Jade Lee, 7, of Middleburg, Pa., puts the finishing touches on her "Little League House" made entirely of cardboard during the U.S. Championship of the Little League World Series at Lamade Stadium in South Williamsport, Pa., August 26, 2017. / Photo by Erin O Neill

Japan's Keitaro Miyahara (10) hits the ball during his team's 12-2 victory over Mexico in the International Championship of the Little League World Series at Lamade Stadium in South Williamsport, Pa., August 26, 2017. / Photo by Erin O Neill

Texas pitcher, Collin Ross (17) pitches in the first inning of the US Championship of the Little League World Series at Lamade Stadium in South Williamsport, Pa., August 26, 2017. Photo by Erin O'Neill. / Photo by Erin O Neill

Kamilla Jakubovryc, of Frederick, MD, lays at the top of an deserted Volunteer Stadium while her daughter, Emma Jakubovryc, 5, brushes her mother's hair during the Little League Championship Game in Lamade Stadium in South Williamsport, Pa., August 27, 2017. / Photo by Erin O Neill

Eli Haynoski, 4, of Bradford, Pa., catches a tennis ball outside Lamade Stadium prior to the Little League World Series Championship game in South Williamsport, Pa., August 27, 2017. / Photo by Erin O Neill

Japan's Ryusei Fujiwara (4) and Ryota Ono (3) sit in the infield while savoring their 12-2 win over Texas to claim the 2017 Little League Baseball World Series at Lamade Stadium on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017. / Photo by Linsey Fagan

Texas infielder Collin Ross (17) catches a high fly ball during the 2017 Little League Baseball World Series Championship game against Japan at Lamade Stadium on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017. Japan defeated Texas 12-2 in five innings. / Photo by Linsey Fagan

Owen Carpenter, 12, of Elmira, NY, dressed in a gorilla suit, slides down the hill on a makeshift cardboard sled prior to the beginning of the 2017 Little League Baseball World Series Championship game between Southwest and Japan at Lamade Stadium on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017. / Photo by Linsey Fagan

Bill Seith, of Virginia Beach, Va., jumps up during the wave during the Little League Baseball World Series U.S. Championship game between North Carolina and Texas at Lamade Stadium on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017. / Photo by Linsey Fagan

Texas players cheer as infielder Mark Requena (15) runs to homeplate after hitting a two run homer to give their team their first lead of the game to clinch a 6-5 win against North Carolina in the Little League Baseball World Series U.S. Championship at Lamade Stadium on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017. / Photo by Linsey Fagan

Jack Dykstra, 9, left, and his brother Paul Dykstra Jr., 11, of Gull Lake, MI, swap out their old shoelaces to support youth sports at the Dick's Sporting Goods booth prior to the start of the 2017 Little League Baseball World Series Championship game at Lamade Stadium on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017. The boys travelled with their father from Michigan to see the Championship game for the first time. / Photo by Linsey Fagan