Aukai Kea's two-handed bat flip after his LLWS walk-off homer would make Bryce Harper proud
Friday night's Little League World Series matchup between Hawaii and Georgia went down to the wire, as both teams matched up in a scoreless tie into the 11th inning.
That happened in large part thanks to the pitching performance from Hawaii's Aukai Kea, who held Georgia at bay and made sweet defensive plays like this:
Just another day for Aukai Kea. #LLWS pic.twitter.com/rLJ4vhwpfO
— Little League (@LittleLeague) August 18, 2018
So when Kea's spot in the lineup came back around in the bottom of the 11th, he capped his strong night with a huge walk-off homer to give Hawaii a 2-0 victory ... and followed it up with a two-handed bat flip for the ages:
Flip a bat like @Bharper3407?
— Cut4 (@Cut4) August 18, 2018
That'll get you the Batcast™ treatment, Little Leaguer. pic.twitter.com/7iDjDcl7e9
If that looks familiar, it should:
And, for good measure, here they are together in one GIF:
Great work, Kea -- on the hill, yes, but most definitely at the plate.
On Saturday, Jake and Jordan from the Cespedes Family BBQ caught up with Kea and asked him about his flip ... which he admitted was a direct homage to his favorite MLB star, Harper. (And while he admitted that, he did accurately refer to