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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 ...

Triple, home run in sixth lift South Korea to 5-0 win over Czechia

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Brno, Czechia held their own against Seoul, South Korea on Friday night at Volunteer Stadium, but in the end, the Europe and Africa Regional champions came up shy of an upset, falling to the Asia-Pacific Regional champions, 5-0. The win advances South Korea in the winners' bracket against Curacao on Sunday while Czechia will compete in an elimination game on Monday afternoon at Volunteer Stadium. South Korea held just a narrow 2-0 lead against Czechia before a three-run sixth inning helped the team gain separation and breathing room. That sixth inning was sparked by a huge triple ...

Czechia catcher Kaspar made superb plays against South Korea in loss

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Twice against South Korea, catcher Voitech Kaspar made outstanding plays at the plate to prevent two runs from scoring. Against a team like South Korea, a perennially strong region when it comes to Little League Baseball over the decades, some teams may have gotten a little star struck and nervous before the game even started. But Brno, Czechia didn’t bat an eye and played tough. And behind the plate, Kaspar made sure to make an impact. And did he ever. In the top of the fourth inning, Jae Hyun Maeng of South Kore a had a leadoff single to reach and slowly worked his way around ...