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Crosscutters complete three-game sweep of Aberdeen

The Williamsport Crosscutters completed the three-game sweep of the Aberdeen IronBirds thanks to a 6-1 win on Tuesday at IBEW Local 24 Union Field at Ripken Stadium and, in the process, pushed their winning streak to six in a row. Two Cutters recorded three-hit nights as Santino Panaro, batting in the leadoff position, was 3 for 5 with two runs scored and James McCoy was 3 for 5 with three RBIs, pushing him to 51 on the year, his 18th double and a run scored. Trey Wells had a multi-hit night as well, going 2 for 4 with an RBI while Jake Zitella picked up his fifth double of the year ...

Canada upsets South Korea 5-1 to pick up third win at LLWS

Kian Sandhu faced a tough situation. Seoul, South Korea had bases loaded with two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning trailing four runs. The Asia-Pacific Regional champions were hoping for a spark, but Sandhu had other plans. Sandhu delivered a huge strikeout to end the game and keep Canada’s summer going at the Little League World Series. Canada beat South Korea, 5-1, to advance to today’s elimination game to face Tokyo, Japan in an elimination game at 3 p.m. “Base loaded two outs and I was like if I’m gonna strike this guy out, I’m gonna go crazy,” Sandhu said with ...

Two first-inning runs propel Japan past Mexico in elimination game

With a simple ground out to third base, Kei Kawanishi rifled the ball to first baseman Rui Tobata and just like that, Japan kept its summer going at the Little League World Series. The routine third-to-first ground out ended Tuesday’s elimination game at Volunteer Stadium, giving Tokyo, Japan a 3-1 win against Tijuana, Mexico. The loss eliminates Mexico from the tournament. With the win, Japan advances to face either Canada or South Korea at 5 p.m. on Wednesday at Volunteer Stadium. In the top of the first inning, Japan collected three straight singles to help the offense collect ...