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Iowa blanks New Jersey 6-0 to advance to winners' bracket final at LLWS

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Davenport, Iowa is going where no other Midwest team has gone since the Little League World Series started using a double elimination format in 2010. The Davenport Northwest Little Leaguers will play in the winner’s bracket final Wednesday following an eye-opening, 6-0 win against Bayonne, New Jersey Sunday at Lamade Stadium. Now, it will try becoming the first Midwest team since that region was formed in 2001 to reach a U.S. championship, facing Nevada Wednesday night. Although this is a different league in Davenport, this team also is trying to become the first U.S. finalist from ...

Five-run fifth inning, combined with great pitching, propels Nevada past Washington at LLWS

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Henderson, Nevada might start slow but it finishes mighty strong. And a second straight outstanding finishing kick has it one win from playing in the U.S. championship. Brooks McFarland and Logan Edwards combined on a two-hit shutout, and Nevada scored five fifth inning runs, turning a scoreless game into a 5-0 win against Tacoma, Washington Sunday at Lamade Stadium. Up next is a showdown in the winner’s bracket final against either New Jersey or Iowa. Nevada rallied from a late three-run deficit to win its opener against Ohio, 6-5 and has scored nine of its seven runs in the ...

Japan scores 10 runs in win against Dominican Republic

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After losing their opener earlier this past week in the Little League World Series, Tokyo, Japan bounced back in convincing fashion with a rout over Santiago, Dominican Republic of the Caribbean Region at Volunteer Stadium, 10-1, on Saturday afternoon. Japan jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning and never looked back from there. Japan held a 5-0 lead in the top of the third before the Dominican Republic scored a run in the bottom of the inning. A one-run top of the fourth inning gave Japan a 6-1 lead and then Japan added four runs in the fifth for a nine-run lead. Japan ...

Canada shuts out Australia to advance at LLWS

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Vancouver, British Columbia is alive for at least one more game at this year's Little League World Series after recoridng a 4-0 win against Sydney, Australia in an elimination game at Volunteer Stadium. Canada led just 1-0 through five innings before gaining separation with a three-run sixth inning. Pitching wise, Canada limited Australia to just two singles. Canada's Felix Hoyano and Kiah Sandhu combined on the mound as Hoyano threw 5 2/3 innings with nine strikeouts before being pulled at 70 pitches. Sandhu recorded the final out in his one-third inning of work. Sandhu recorded ...