Nathaniel Factor and Reid Hefflick both hit home runs to help lead the White Rock-South Surrey baseball team to a 7-4 win over Luz-Maracaibo squad out of Venezuela Sunday at the Little League World Series. The Canadian representatives jumped out to a 3-nothing first inning lead and never trailed in the early game of the day in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

Hefflick struck-out 7 batters to pick up the win on the mound. Reece Usselman got the save.

Canada Region tops Latin America Region: https://t.co/5EElVzUw4j #LLWS pic.twitter.com/iosDXieOYD

— Little League (@LittleLeague) August 20, 2017

White Rock (2-0) moves on to the double elimination round. They will play the winner of the second round game between Seoul, South Korea and Tokyo, Japan Wednesday at 12:00pm pacific.

(KPUG – Doug Lange)