Month: August 2018

Southeast Defeats Northwest, 3-0

Both teams were strong on the mound on Saturday, but Southeast was just a little bit stronger at the plate in a victory over Northwest on Saturday. Braeden Newby started […]

Canada Defeats Europe-Africa in Extras, 2-1

Canada seized victory in dramatic walk-off fashion, thanks to a walk-off single at the end of the game to topple Europe-Africa. The game was tied at one with Canada batting […]

A Special Friendship Leads Puerto Rico to Williamsport

Baseball is a sport of camaraderie. Learning to work together and support your teammates can take a team a long way. For two Little Leaguers®, their friendship has led them […]

Midwest Avoids Elimination With 9-5 Win

Saturday’s game against the Midwest Region Champions was a heart-breaker for New England’s Coventry Little League, which lost the lead late in a 9-5 defeat. The Midwest squad trailed, 5-4, […]

Caribbean Eliminates Australia

Following a difficult walk-off loss in its first outing at the Little League Baseball World Series, Australia’s Gold Coast Little League had a tough time generating runs during its second […]

Aukai Kea’s Extra-Innings Home Run Powers West Region to Victory

Aukai Kea lined a pitch over the left-center field fence at Howard J. Lamade Stadium to cap Day 2 of the Little League Baseball World Series and earn the West […]

Power Hitting Leads Latin America To Win

Canada fell behind early and couldn’t come back in an 8-3 loss to Latin America on Friday. The Latin America Region, represented by Vacamonte Little League from Arraijan, Panama, got […]

Great Lakes Rallies in the 6th to Stun Northwest

It came down to one last swing in Game 6 of the 2018 Little League Baseball World Series. With the game tied, 4-4, in the bottom of the sixth inning […]

Shisei Fujimoto And Yuya Ito Power Japan To Win

Japan ran off with the lead late in the game in an 11-1 victory over Europe-Africa on Friday. The game was tied at 1-1 with Japan batting in the bottom […]

Letter from Stephen D. Keener: The Times They Are A-Changin’

“Come gather round people, wherever you roam, and admit that the waters around you have grown.” When Bob Dylan wrote “The Times They Are a-Changin’” in the mid-1960s, we don’t […]