Things were far from ideal for Leon, Nicaragua entering the top of the sixth inning. The Latin America Regional champions trailed 4-2 with the bottom of the order up. Glancing at the box score and seeing one hit, one may assume Nicaragua didn’t rally. But a few walks, fielder’s choices ...
This afternoon Latin America won the game 6-4 over Panama in a game that was hard fought every inning. In this photo gallery we show our complete selection of "keeper" photos from the game. DAVE KENNEDY/Sun-Gazette
Jaymiell Martina and Giendry Ryan combined for a complete-game no-hitter against Japan to lift Curacao to a 6-0 win and advance in the winners’ bracket. Curacao will play on Sunday against either Brno, Czechia or Seoul, South Korea while Japan falls into the elimination bracket and will ...
Once Jaymiell Martina struck out Japan’s Ryosuke Takaoka in the top of the second inning, any worries he may have had being on the mound against Tokyo, Japan went away. It was also with that strikeout that he felt he had the ability to do something special. And do that he did. Martina ...
Cooper Thissen used his left arm and bat to make quite an impact at the Little League World Series. Anthony Johnson ensured the riveting story Thissen produced enjoyed a happy ending. Thissen hit a lead-off home run and threw 5 1/3 dominant innings of no-hit baseball Friday afternoon at Lamade Stadium and Johnson closed with two clutch strikeouts as Davenport, Iowa defeated Bonita, California, 1-0 and the pitching duo combined on a no-hitter. Thissen struck out 15 and his home run in the bottom of the first came after he fanned the side in the top half on 10 pitches. He golfed a ...
A three-run first inning helped set the tone for Tijuana, Mexico as the Mexico Region champions earned a 7-1 win against Sydney, Australia in Friday’s early game at Volunteer Stadium. Australia wasn’t able to get timely hits to put runs on the board, stranding six runners on base and scoring just one run in the fifth inning which cut the deficit to 5-1. But Australia was held scoreless in the sixth and couldn’t rally. Mexico collected just three hits in the win, but took advantage of three Australia errors and seven walks to score runs. Mexico scored twice in the bottom of ...
