Mifflinburg scored five runs in the third on a two-run single by Oakley Whitesel and bases-loaded walks drawn by Charlie Hackenberg and Aurand to take a 6-1 lead.

Walters helped his own cause out with an RBI double in the fourth before Mifflinburg's eventual game-winning runs were scored in the fifth on a two-run homer from Nick Gemberling.

"Nick put a charge in that ball. That kid hits the ball hard every time up and he hits all day long," Cooper said.

Mifflinburg needed Gemberling's home run as the team sat on its big lead through the final two innings.

"We got complacent, we got a little sloppy on the bases and we got a little bit lazy," Cooper added. "My players might have learned a lesson tonight that an eight or nine-run lead might not be enough."