The Backyard Batting Cage

By Special Correspondent Mark Rogoff
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa.

Be sure to read the other Japan team victory story here.

Noriatsu Osaka hit three home runs and Kotaro Kiyomiya struck out eight over four innings as Japan defeated Goodlettsville, Tenn., 12-2, to win the 66th Little League Baseball World Series.  The game was shortened to five innings due to the 10-run mercy rule.

The victory before 24,193 fans at Howard J. Lamade Stadium gave Japan its eighth World Series title, the second in the last three years.  Edogawa Minami Little League of Tokyo won the championship in 2010. 

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