SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. -- Every boy to have ever played Little League has dreamed of hitting a home run at Howard J. Lamade Stadium in the Little League World Series. Maybe he even mock-announced the moment to himself a la Crash Davis.

	Brandon Brewer knew he hit his three-run shot on the button.

Apopka, Fla.'s Brandon Brewer lived that dream in Saturday's United States championship game against the Bronx, N.Y.'s "Baby Bombers."

Trailing 1-0 in the top of the third inning, the stage was set as Tyler Scanlon led off with a walk and advanced to third on Stuart Tapley's double. Brewer stepped in and took a first-pitch Louilly Viñas fastball, jerking it over the right-center field fence. The round-tripper gave his Apopka team the lead and, more importantly, the momentum.

"I just try to hit the ball hard every time up to the plate," said Brewer, who, with Tapley on the mound, moved over to shortstop from his normal position, second base. "I kind of knew it was going out because I hit it flush on the barrel."

The 42,000 in attendance weren't sure if it was out, based on his initial reaction.

Brewer hustled out of the batter's box as outfielders Danny Almonte and Rolando Torres converged. As he scurried down the first base line, he shouted at the ball to give it some help.

"I said, 'Go ball!' and 'Get out!'" said Brewer, who now has six RBI and is tied with slugger Will Blankenship for the team lead in the LLWS. "And it did."

The 4-foot-10, 85-pound sparkplug has made a habit out of hitting dingers in clutch situations. Against Davenport East, Iowa, in Apopka's final game of pool play, Brewer hit a three-run homer to virtually the same spot near the lightpost in right center. That shot put the game out of reach and cemented his team's place in the single elimination round.

But nothing, said the affable 12-year-old, could compare to this one.

"The other one wasn't as good, even though it was in the last game of pool play and helped us move on," said Brewer. "But the one today, that one was cool."

The home run served as the catalyst for Florida's 8-2 victory that put it in Sunday's LLWS championship game (ABC, 6:30 p.m. ET). The domino effect of Brewer's blast was evident in the following inning when Scanlon, who was 0-for-7 with a walk in eight plate appearances in Williamsport, smacked a 240-foot, three-run bomb to left.

"We felt like we had the game under control at all times," said Ken Tapley, coach of the new U.S. champions. "Brandon got us started with the three-run jack and we took it from there."

Conversely, the Bronx team, which prided itself on strong pitching throughout the tournament (it boasted the best team ERA entering the game with a baffling 0.75), seemed to fall into a funk after Brewer crossed home plate to make it 3-1.

Bronx manager Alberto González knew when the pitch left Viñas' hand that it was a mistake.

"He left a fastball right in the middle for the coach's son and he hit it out," said González, whose team heads back to New York with a parade awaiting them.

"Remember, these are 12-year-old kids. They get emotional and they get nervous. This happens. We've got nothing to be ashamed of," González said.

On Friday, Brewer said that the best part of his experience in Williamsport was playing ball. His home run allowed him to have fun for one more day, and gave him a memory to last a lifetime. Will Weiss is an assistant editor at ABC Sports Online.