Ask Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy who was on his team a few years back, and he may need a refresher when you ask. He’ll recognize the faces, but not necessarily names. But ask him about playing Little League Baseball when he was a kid and he quickly remembers everything. “I ...
A photographic look at pre-game festivites at Bowman Field between the Little League World Series players, the Milwaukee Brewers and Atlanta Braves at Bowman Field for the MLB Little League Classic.
Sometimes one run is all you need and that aws the case for Willemstad, Curacao on Sunday afternoon at Volunteer Stadium. Giendry Ryan took off from third and stole home to give Curacao a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning and from there, the defense and pitching id the well. Curacao held Seoul, South Korea scoreless en route to a tight 1-0 win to advance and send South Korea to the losers’ bracket. Ryan’s run was the game’s only run. Giendry reached with a double with one out before advancing to third base on a wild pitch before he eventually scored. South Korea did ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
