Texas Little Leaguer hits game-winning homer straight to his dad

PORT NECHES, Texas — It’s every Little Leaguer’s dream to hit a game-winning home run. It’s even more special when your dad catches it.

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Jake Smith’s two-run homer gave Port Neches a 4-3 walkoff victory in the championship game of the District 32 Championship, KBMT reported. Smith cracked the game-winner over the center field fence -- and right into the hands of his father, Adam Smith.

The TikTok video of the home run has gone viral.

“We’re all going, ‘Oh my gosh.’ So I just immediately go, ‘I gotta give him a target.’ So I throw my hands up and go., ‘Light ‘em up Jake let’s go, let’s go!’”

Jake Smith was feeling the tension, too.

“I was really nervous,” he told KBMT. “I took like three deep breaths before I got in the box because I, I don’t even know. It was really really nerve-wracking.”

Jake hit the first pitch, which soared right toward his father, a winning blast that propelled Port Neches into the opening round of the Section 2 tournament on July 5 against Beaumont West.

“It’s like slow-motion coming in and I’m like, ‘Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God!’” Adam Smith told KBMT. “And it looks like it’s going to die before it hits the fence. And I just reach down, I didn’t even have to move. Boom! I catch it and immediately I lost my mind.”

Teammate Bryceten Felps, who was on base when Jake homered, could not believe what he saw.

“I thought it was just going to be a line drive hitting the fence and then I’m running and scoring, but then I turned around and watched it and it went over the fence,” Felps told KBMT. “I just started running like crazy jumping all over the place.”

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