SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Lathan Norton scored from second base on an overthrow at first base to spark a comeback for Lake Mary, Fla., on Sunday by beating Chinese Taipei 2-1 in eight innings to claim the Little League World Series championship.

Taipei held on to a 1-0 lead from the first inning until Florida’s final at-bat. The Florida team, representing the Southeast region, outscored Taipei and had a runner on third base in three separate innings, but failed to score a run.

Then, in the bottom of the sixth, Florida got runners on first and second, and DeMarcos Mieses, who had been retired in his previous two at-bats, delivered. He drove the leadoff into shallow left, giving Chase Anderson enough time to sprint home and tie the game.

In the eighth, Lathan was placed on second to start the inning. Hunter Alexander bunted and the throw to first went into the outfield.

Taipei got two consecutive singles to start the game. After a bunt that pulled the runners over the line and a popout, Hu Yen-Chun hit a ball to third that deflected off James Feliciano. Chiu Wei-Che scored easily.

This is the first championship in nine tries for Florida, which also came from behind in a 10-7 semifinal win over Texas on Saturday, scoring five runs in its final at-bat.

Taipei was a dominant team at the LLWS from 1969, when it won its first championship, to 1996, when it claimed its 17th. But it had reached the title game only once since then — a 2009 loss to California — before Sunday. Lee Cheng-Ta was manager of both that team and this year’s club, Kuei-Shan Little League of Taoyuan. He led the same team — with a very different roster — to a third-place finish last season.