Little League World Series: Team Canada eliminated

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. –

The dream run is over for the Little Mountain Little Leaguers of Vancouver who, regardless of a determined sixth-inning rally, have been crushed 4-2 Tuesday and eradicated from title competition by a well-rounded crew from Willemstad, Curacao.

Canada, which beat North Brisbane, Australia 7-0 and Takarazuka, Japan 6-0 earlier on the seventy fifth Little League World Collection, then noticed the bats go chilly in a 10-0 loss to Matamoros, Mexico. The Vancouver squad solely had 5 scattered hits in opposition to Curacao.

Lucas Weisser, the beginning pitcher for Canada, labored 3.2 innings and had three strikeouts. Sadly he issued six walks which allowed Curacao to put up some early runs. In reality, Curacao solely had 5 hits in the whole recreation however scored twice within the first inning and left the bases loaded. They scored two extra runs within the third after which let their pitchers and defence steer them dwelling to victory.

Canada had probabilities to attain runs within the third, fourth and sixth innings, however could not provide you with well timed hits, stranding 5 baserunners.

Curacao performs Wednesday in opposition to Managua, the capital of Nicaragua. Curacao began its event by beating Nicaragua 2-0, earlier than dropping 9-3 to Panama and rebounding with a tense 1-0 win over Italy.

BASELINES: Reangelo Decaster was the profitable pitcher. The appropriate-hander lasted 4 innings, permitting one hit and no runs whereas placing out six. Oshondrickson Doran and Davey-Jay Rijke got here out of the bullpen and helped to shut out the sport in aid. Davey-Jay recorded the ultimate three outs to earn the save. Lucas Weisser had two of Canada’s 5 hits.

This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Aug. 23, 2022.