Hilo, Hawai'i will face Willemstad, Curacao, in the championship game of the Junior League World Series of baseball at 11 a.m. (Hawai'i time) tomorrow at Heritage Park in Taylor, Michigan.

The game will be broadcast live on ESPNU.

Hawai'i won the USA championship with a come-from-behind 6-5 victory over Johnston, Iowa, tonight.

Earlier in the day, Curacao won a 10-8 slugfest from the Mexican national champions from Boca Del Rio, Veracruz.

Iowa took a 5-1 lead and was cruising behind pitcher Cody Brenner. But the Little League pitch count rule, which limits pitchers to 95 tosses in a game, went into effect and Brenner was replaced by Ben Larpenter with two outs in the fifth inning with Connor Yoshioka on first with a single.

Jordan Jinbo followed with a base hit and Quintin Torres-Cost doubled, scoring Yoshioka. Ridge Hoopii-Haslam was walked intentionally to load the bases, but Kean Wong was hit by a pitch, scoring Jinbo. Torres-Cost scored on a wild pitch and Hoopii-Haslam scored the go-ahead run on a passed ball before a ground out ended the inning.

Hawai'i (4-1) was led by Wong, Jinbo and Torres-Cost, who had two hits apiece. Hoopii-Haslam was the winning pitcher, holding Iowa scoreless in the last four innings and striking out nine batters.

Iowa (3-2) had nine hits, two each by Larpenter, Tyler Neumann and Michael Kinning.

Curacao (5-0) remained unbeaten in the week-long World Series by defeating Mexico for the International championship. Curacao, the Latin America regional champions, got two home runs from Sherman LaCrus and two more from Alexander Rodriguez, who was 3-for-3 and scored three runs.

Mexico finished the World Series 3-2.

Curacao played without Manager Johannes Gregorius, who was suspended for inserting an ineligible pitcher in the lineup during Thursday's 7-5 win over Manila, Philippines. Officials from the Asia-Pacific champions filed a protest, and the Little League Baseball and Softball Tournament Committee in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, suspended Gregorius, but let the win stand.