South Shore can take comfort in the fact that its run in the Little League World Series ended Sunday against the team that ended up winning it all in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

Florida, which was eliminated last Tuesday with a 6-1 point win over Tottenville, pulled off two comebacks over the weekend to become the first team from the Sunshine State to win an LLWS title.

The team from Lake Mary, Florida, overcame a four-run deficit to beat Texas 10-7 in the U.S. championship game on Saturday, then tied the game with a two-out, multi-run single in the sixth inning at home before narrowly defeating Taiwan 2-1 in overtime in the title final.

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South Shore, of course, captured four different titles – District 24, Section 3 South, NYS and Metro Region – and was on its way to becoming the seventh Island team to play for all the marbles.

Coach Bob Laterza’s team participated in four LLWS games and finished with a respectable 2-2 record, including a loser’s bracket loss to Florida nearly a week ago.

Advance/SILive.com was, of course, on site for every pitch and has compiled a list of South Shore’s top five highlights during its impressive run.

The takeaways are listed below in reverse order.

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5. The double defense jewel

South Shore was trailing 1-0 against Florida, had two outs and a runner on first base in the fourth inning when No. 5 batter DJ Mieses hit a hard grounder just inside third base.

Third baseman Vin Ruggiero caught the ball a few feet behind the base and quickly threw it to first baseman Jake Romero. The ball bounced a few feet in front of Romero, but the left-hander snagged it cleanly and scored the putout before heading to his dugout full of emotion.

South Shore tied the score at 1-1 by the end of the inning before Florida scored five times in the final two frames to take the win.

4. Dean Scarangelo’s big hit with multiple points

South Shore had already broken a scoreless tie at home against Illinois with two hits in the fourth period, but as many teams in the LLWS can tell you, you can never have enough runs.

And with two out, the right-handed Scarangello hit a two-run single into right field to score both Chace Curro and Romero and double SSLL’s lead.

South Shore, of course, won 4-0 – its second victory in a matter of days – and secured its place in the losers’ bracket against Florida.

Scarangello’s two-run hit was the Tottenville Loop’s only multi-run safety in its four LLWS games.

3. Stephen Grippo’s outstanding pitching

South Shore’s top pitcher Stephen Grippo did not disappoint, finishing his two starts with a 0.78 earned run average (ERA) after allowing just one earned run in 7 2/3 innings pitched – the most of any pitcher for the Metro Region champions.

Grippo, who started twice in the LLWS, allowed seven hits and three walks and struck out 13 players during his time on the mound.

The left-hander only allowed multiple runs in one inning.

2. Dylan DeGaeta’s fiery bat

Manager Laterza repeatedly said during South Shore’s run to the Little League World Series that Dylan DeGaeta was a hitter and that was one of the reasons he took the left-hander.

DeGaeta has been at bat in the bottom half of the SSLL lineup for most of this summer’s 23 All-Star Tournament games, but at the LLWS he had the best at-bat of the 12-man team.

In fact, DeGaeta posted a .625 batting average, making him his team’s best hitter after striking out 5 of 8 in four games. The left-hander, who finished with a double, had all five of his hits during consecutive at-bats in the last three games.

1. “Houdini Act” by LHP Jake Romero

There you have your back against the wall.

South Shore was coming off a narrow 9-1 loss to Nevada in an LLWS opener when starter Romero took the mound for SS’s second contest – a must-win game – against South Dakota.

The left-hander first put a hit batsman in check with two walks with no outs, but then struck out SD’s clean-up hitter before making the second out when SS catcher Peter Giaccio sensationally caught a pop behind home plate.

Romero then recorded his second strikeout of the inning and came out of the first inning unscathed.

The game remained scoreless for three innings, and although South Dakota drew first blood in the fourth inning, Tottenville scored six runs between the fourth and fifth innings to take a 6-3 victory.