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Six-run second helps Japan advance to International Championship Game with 11-4 win
Japan advances to Saturday’s International Championship Game for the fourth time since 2001. Japan will take on the winner of the second International semi-final matchup between Mexico (3-0) and Venezuela (2-1), which will be held Thursday afternoon.
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Former UW Huskies square off in US semi-finals
Timo Donahue, coach of the Waipi'o baseball team in the 11- to 12-year-old Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa., will provide insights from youth baseball's oldest and most prestigious tournament. Doanahue played baseball for the Huskies, hit .366 and won a Pac-10 batting title in 1989 and played in the Cleveland Indians organization. Mill Creek manager Scott Mahlum attended UW at the same time as Donahue but didn't know him.
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Lake Charles advances to semi-finals despite loss to Hagerstown, Md.
Peyton McLemore's relief pitching effort assured SLC of holding on to the lead in fewest runs allowed in the pool while the team was falling short for the first time in a 6-4 loss to Hagerstown, Md.
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Mill Creek survives, advances to semis
Alex Jondal belted a 2-2, two-out pitch off the base of the left field wall in the bottom of the seventh inning to score Jason Todd from third base and give Mill Creek a 3-2 win over Jeffersonville, Ind., on Tuesday afternoon.
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Curacao advances to International sem-finals
A 3-0 win Tuesday over Asia-Pacific entry Yona, Guam, earned it the No. 2 spot in Pool C and advanced it to the International semifinals at 4 p.m. today against Tokyo.
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Homers help Canada beat Saudi Arabia, 7-5
Jake Hagen and Eric Watkins hit back-to-back homers to highlight a five-run fifth ...
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Japan clinches pool title
Yutaka Takeshita drove in Ryo Motegi with a sacrifice fly in a two-run seventh as Tokyo, Japan, defeated Latin America champ Maracaibo, Venezuela, 5-4, Tuesday at the Little League Baseball World Series.
Tue Aug 19, 2008
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Ryan Howard returns to Series for second straight year
Shane Victorino must have been jealous of Ryan Howard. Howard got to meet the Waipahu, Hawaii, Little Leaguers, among other players and fans Monday during a visit to the Little League World Series for the second straight year.
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Hagerstown, Md. Falls, But Hope Remains
The Federal Little League 11-12 All-Stars are no strangers to offensive fireworks. They’re just not used to being on the wrong end of them.
The Mid-Atlantic champions had hopes of clinching a United States semifinal berth at the Little League World Series on Monday afternoon.
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Curacao (1-1) to face Guam (1-1) in do-or-die game Tuesday night
Curacao broke open a 1-1 ballgame in the bottom of the second, when they scored six runs on four hits, including a grand slam by Profar.
They would tack on six more in the third, getting a three-run homer from Profar that made it 11-1, a two-run blast from Tivon Faneyte that made it 13-1, and a solo shot from Hemsley Martha that closed out the scoring.
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Mexico flexes its muscle
Emmanuel Rodriguez hit his own 315-foot shot in the second inning Monday at Volunteer Stadium, tying the approximate distance set by teammate Tomas Castillo the day before, as Matamoras finished pool play 3-0 with a 10-0, four-inning win over Yona, Guam.
Mon Aug 18, 2008
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Hawaii’s comeback sends Canyon Lake home winless
The Canyon Lake Little Little League All-Stars closed out their Little League World Series by giving undefeated Hawaii all it could handle Monday. But Keelen Obedoza’s homer in the fifth inning broke a 4-4 tie, carrying Waipio Little League to a 6-4 win over the Rapid City team.
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South Dakota's Fierro makes history with big blast
In a weekend full of firsts for the Canyon Lake All-Stars, Cale Fierro added one more.
Fierro became the first player from the state to hit a home run in the Little League World Series when he smacked a lead-off blast to left field to open the fifth inning.
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Louisiana cruising thanks to pitching staff
Kennon Fontenot struck one of the most imposing figures on the mound so far at the Little League World Series.
Trey Quinn sustained the most effective performance.
Gunner Leger specialized in efficiency.
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Mill Creek Hammers Hagerstown, MD, 15-5
The Federal Little League 11-12 All-Stars are no strangers to offensive fireworks. They’re just not used to being on the wrong end of them.
The Mid-Atlantic champions had hopes of clinching a United States semifinal berth at the Little League World Series on Monday afternoon. But instead, Federal ran into a buzzsaw as Northwest champion Mill Creek, Wash., hit four home runs and used a five-run first inning and a seven-run fifth to roll to a 15-5 victory in five innings, handing Federal its first loss in 16 games this summer.
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Home runs extend Citrus Park's season
Citrus Park had already decided to stay through the Little League World Series, win or lose.
The team is quick to say it's more fun when it wins.
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Jeff/GRC still alive at Little League World Series
The Jeff/GRC team lost 3-2 Saturday to Hagerstown, Md., and 9-0 Sunday to Lake Charles, La., at the Little League World Series. Jeff/GRC plays Mill Creek, Wash., at 2 p.m. Tuesday. The game is on ESPN.
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Shelton Little Leaguers enjoy a summer full of baseball, memories
A jaded adult might wonder what the kids from Shelton National are taking out of this experience at the Little League World Series.
What's the best part? The whirlwind of the tournament? The attention from ESPN? Being away from home since July?
Anthony Searles fielded the question as deftly as he has fielded his position at catcher since June.
"Playing baseball," he said.
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Canyon Lake looking for that first win
One more game, one more chance — one last chance — to show the world what kind of baseball the boys from Rapid City can play.
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Canyon Lake spends day away from field
For the Canyon Lake Little League All-Stars, Sunday was a day off from baseball. The game had consumed them for the better part of three weeks as the team progressed from city, state and regional baseball tournaments and advanced to a first-ever berth for a South Dakota team in the Little League World Series.
But Sunday was a day to be kids.
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