Kanta Iwashita hit a two-run house run and Sho Tanaka had two hits and two runs as Japan earned an 11-0 victory over Puerto Rico in 4 innings to open their Little League Global Sequence on Thursday in Williamsport, Pa.
Iwashita additionally pitched 4 sturdy innings for Japan, giving up only one hit and putting out 8 with one stroll.
Japan completed the sport with simply six hits, capitalizing on 4 Puerto Rico mistakes to run up the ranking. The group from Tokyo rang up 5 runs within the first inning and 6 extra within the 3rd.
Jonyel Cordero had the one hit for the group from Guayama, Puerto Rico, which drops into the comfort bracket to stand Canada on Saturday. Japan will face Friday’s winner between Mexico and Venezuela.
Nevada 9, New York 1
Wyatt Erickson tossed an entire sport and the group from Henderson, Nevada, scored 3 runs within the 3rd inning and 5 runs within the 5th to defeat New York.
On most sensible of his stellar pitching, Erickson used to be additionally accountable for a two-run hit all through the 3rd inning after teammate Russell McGee drove within the first run of the sport.
The one run for the group from Staten Island, N.Y., scored got here on Stephen Grippo’s unmarried within the fourth inning.
–Box Stage Media
