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 Ryan Knaebel, singled on a 3-1 count, scoring one run that gave the Great Lakes Region Champions from Grosse Pointe Woods (Mich.)-Shores Little League, a […]

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 of the fourth when Kenji Takada singled on the first pitch of the at-bat, scoring two runs. Japan’s Region Champion from Kawaguchi Little League secured […]

Australia is not a country that is typically synonymous with baseball. However, it has become one of the fastest-growing Little League® countries in the world. The 2018 Little League Baseball® World Series marks the sixth year that the winner of the Australia Region has earned an automatic bid into the Series, and the sport is […]

Both teams were strong on the mound on Thursday night in the finale of the first day of games at the 72nd Little League Baseball World Series, but Southwest was just a little bit stronger at the plate in a 3-1 victory over New England. Tommy Turner started the game for the New England Region […]

Mexico took its opening Little League Baseball World Series game in dramatic walk-off fashion. Down 2-1 in the bottom of the sixth inning, Angel Martinez singled on the first pitch of the at-bat, scoring the tying and winning runs. The pitching was strong on both sides. Mexico pitchers struck out 17, while Australia pitchers fanned […]

Mid Island Little League, the Mid-Atlantic Region winners, snagged a late lead and went on to defeat the Midwest Region Champions From Grandview (Iowa) Little League, 5-2 on Thursday during the first United States Region game of the 72nd Little League Baseball World Series in Williamsport, Pa. The game was tied at two with Mid-Atlantic […]

Caribbean lost the lead late in a 4-2 defeat to Asia-Pacific on Thursday in Game 1 of the Little League Baseball World Series. The game was tied 2-2 with Asia-Pacific batting in the top of the ninth inning when Ji Hyung Choi was hit by a pitch when the bases were loaded, driving in a […]

In 1980, the Little League Baseball® World Series field featured eight teams; four from the United States, and four international teams. That was the last time Iowa’s Grandview Little League team appeared in the Little League World Series, a run that continues to impact the team as they return to Williamsport 38 years later. Jim […]

By Rob Tota and Lucas Friedman For the 72nd Summer, Williamsport, Pa., the birth place of Little League®, welcomes 16 teams from across the United States and several other nations to culminate the largest elimination tournament in the World – The Little League Baseball® World Series. In June, thousands of teams begin their quest for […]

Wheelersburg Little League, from Wheelersburg, Ohio, captured the 2018 Little League Softball® World Series Championship by defeating Tunkhannock Little League, from Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania, 3-0. Both teams were strong in the circle on Wednesday, but Central was just a little bit stronger at the plate in a victory over East on Wednesday. Kaya Hannon started the game for East and recorded 18 outs. LITTLE LEAGUE SOFTBALL WORLD SERIES […]