The 2009 Little League World Series continued yesterday in South Williamsport and the game was between Warner Robins, Georgia and Chula Vista, California. And according to examiner.com, it was the Georgia team that was the favorite going into the game. Chula Vista seemed to get off to a good start, scoring one run in the 2nd inning. And by the third inning, California had a total of 5 runs, with Luke Ramirez and Seth Godfrey both having home runs. But then Georgia took a 10-5 lead in the 4th inning, after scoring 9 runs.
Then in the fourth inning, Kiko Garcia made a 2-run home run for Chula Vista. And the California team carried on with their great performance, winning the game.read more
Day seven of the 2009 Little League World Series was also the last day of the semifinals. The first two games of the semifinals were played on Wednesday with Mexico and San Antonio, Texas winning their games respectively. They will play the winners from Thursday's semifinal games in the division championship games on Saturday to determine the Little League World Series results going into the World Championship game on Sunday.
The team from Chinese Taipei (also known as Taiwan) faced off with the Curacao team in the International semifinal game on Thursday. Curacao had entered the game the number one seed for going through round one of the tournaments undefeated. The strength behind their wins was their hitting.
Chin Ou was the starting pitcher for Chinese Taipei. Ou shut down the Curacao bats for most of the game. Ou munched on M&Ms while in the dugout through out the game for energy. He used that energy to strike out eight Curacao batters and he allowed no hits until the fifth inning.
Curacao pitcher Claycandy Hariques put up an equally impressive showing. Hariques struck out eleven hitters in the game.
Chinese Taipei won the game 5-2 advancing to the International Championship game on Saturday against Mexico. This is the first time in 12 years that a team from Chinese Taipei has made it to the final weekend of the Little League World Series tournament.
The second game of the day was the US semifinal between Chula Vista, California and Warner Robins, GA. This game could possibly be one of the best in Little League World Series history. The fans in person at the stadium in Williamsport, Pennsylvania witnessed an incredible game by both teams.
Chula Vista took scored five runs in the third inning to take the lead 5-1. In the fourth inning, Warner Robins came to life and scored nine runs taking the lead 10-5. Chula Vista would come back and score two runs in the fourth and another three runs in the fifth to tie the score 10-10.
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