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Japan Wins Little League World Series

In dramatic fashion, and aptly named, Konan Tomori smashed a 2 run home run to seal Japan’s victory over Hawaii for the Little League World Series Championship.

Konan Tomori was the star of the Little League World Series Championship. He may not have been the MVP of the series but he most assuredly was the MVP of the game.

He went 2-for-2 with a two-run homer and three RBI, leading Japan to a 4-1 win over Waipahu, Hawaii in the Little League World Series championship game.

Ryusuke Ikeda and Ichiro Ogasawara combined to allow just one run on four hits to earn the win. Neither walked a batter, while they combined for eight strikeouts in the win, the first championship by an international team since Pabao, Willemstad, Curacao won it in 2004.

Ogasawara didn’t allow a hit in his three innings and added a hit for Japan in the victory.

Brysen Yoshii scored the only run for Hawaii, which failed to capture its second Little League World Series crown in three years, having won it all in 2008. The team managed just four hits overall in defeat.

Japan got on the board in the second.

Masaya Ishii walked leading off the inning, and pinch-runner Ryosuke Sugawara moved to third on a single from Kaname Shinozaki. Sugawara came around to score on a wild pitch by starting pitcher Cody Maltezo, who gave up three runs in 5 2/3 innings for Hawaii.

Ogasawara doubled leading off the fourth and scored on a single from Tomori to double Japan’s lead, but Brysen Yoshii scored for Hawaii in the home half on an Ezra Heleski sacrifice to keep it a one-run game.

Hawaii looked to maintain its one-run deficit heading into its final at-bat in the sixth, but Tomori blasted a two-run homer with two outs to make it a 4-1 contest.

Ogasawara pitched around a one-out error in the home half to seal the championship win.

In the consolation game, Chinese Taipei scored nine times in the first inning en route to a 14-2 rout of Pearland, Texas.

Hsun-Hao Shih homered and drove in three runs, while Wei-Chih Chen allowed two runs in four innings to earn the win.

Beau Orlando hit a two-run homer for Texas to account for the team’s scoring.

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