Twice in Tuesday’s elimination game against Seoul, South Korea, the kids from Little Mountain Little League in Vancouver, British Columbia saw a tough situation unfold. In the bottom of the fourth inning, Do Yoon Kim, Hyun Been Han and Rio Gil all reached and loaded the bases with just one ...
Six Little League World Series pitchers have produced 15 single-game strikeouts over the past 10 years. Two are current Davenport, Iowa pitchers. And they compiled those numbers in consecutive Series starts. Their first Series starts, by the way. Yup, one better believe the Davenport ...
Hamilton, Ohio continues playing its best baseball at the perfect time. Like a freight train, the Great Lakes champions continue gathering momentum, too. Ohio pounded out 12 hits; Josiah Infante and Bryson Williams combined on a four-hitter and Ohio won its fourth straight Little League ...
Making history at Paseo Verde is mighty difficult. But the team from Henderson, Nevada has done just that. And now it stands alone as the most decorated team in the league’s tradition-laden history. The U.S. championship does exist for the dreams from Henderson and, Saturday, they will ...
Vancouver, British Columbia was riding a hot streak through the losers’ bracket. The Canada Regional champons from Little Mountain Little League beat Panama and South Korea in back-to-back elimination games and were playing well. But Tokyo, Japan is just as tough and got the win, 7-3, at Volunteer Stadium to eliminate Canada. Japan advances to Tuesday’s game at 9 a.m. at Volunteer Stadium against Leon, Nicaragua. “I told the players yesterday that Canada beat South Korea and I told them they are so tough,” Japan manager Masanori Takeda said. “They hav a lot of momentum. ...
With bases loaded in the bottom of the first inning to start the game for Nicaragua, Willemstad,Curacao pitcher Jaymiell Martina thought to himself, oh no. But he stepped off the mound, calmed himself, and delivered three straight strikeouts. “I told myself in my head that no one’s ...
