Washington still in contention in Little League World Series
Austin Oh helps lead Sammamish, Wash., to a win over Nashville, Tenn.
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT - A six-run third inning proved just enough for Sammamish, Wash., to stay in contention at the Little League World Series.
Austin Oh drove in the final two runs of the rally and the Northwest champions hung on for 6-5 win over Nashville, Tenn., in an elimination game last night night.
Sammamish (3-1) moves on to a matchup tomorrow against one of the two other teams remaining in the U.S. bracket - Chula Vista, Calif., and Westport, Conn.
Oh's single to center drove in Will Armbruester and then Jack Matheson, who scored on an errant throw by centerfielder Robert Hassell.
Armbruester, Jack Carper and Dalton Chandler each had RBI singles during the rally that put Sammamish ahead 6-2. The Washington team had six of its eight hits in the third inning and the rally came after the team's first six batters were struck out by Trae McLemore.
Ben Pickman had two hits, including a solo home run in the fifth that rounded out Nashville's scoring.
In an international game *
Jose Gonzalez was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to cap a four-run rally in the final at-bat, lifting Aguadulce, Panama, to an 8-7 win over Taoyuan, Taiwan, in an elimination game .
Jordan Agrazal had three RBI, including a two-run single with two outs in the bottom of the sixth for Panama.
Reliever Yu Teng-Yao struck Gonzalez in the foot, allowing Edgardo Rosales to score the decisive run. Rosales reached base on a two-out error by third baseman Yeh Tung-Jua.
Panama (3-1) squandered a 4-0 first-inning lead. The Latin America champion advanced to face one of the two other remaining International Division teams - Tijuana, Mexico, or Tokyo - on Thursday.
In a consolation game *
Lukas Hlouch hit a two-run double in the bottom of the fifth inning for Brno, Czech Republic, in a come-from-behind 5-3 win over Grosse Pointe, Mich.
Marek Krejcirik had two hits and drove in a run for Brno (1-2). Hlouch sealed the victory in relief by striking out Thomas Maxey with a runner on second.
The Czechs overcame a 3-0 deficit in a game between two teams that had been eliminated from contention.
Maxey and Antonio Moceri hit solo home runs in the second inning. Chad Lorkowski had two hits, including an RBI-single in the third for the Great Lakes champion, which closed the tournament 0-3.