Two pitchers from the Latin America team from Barquisimeto, Venezuela combined to throw a one-hit shutout in a 4-0 victory over the Canadian team out of Vancouver at the Little League World Series on Friday in South Williamsport, Pa.
Andres Reyes Querales did the bulk of the work and recorded the win, allowing one hit over five innings of work with seven strikeouts to three walks. Sebastian Lopez replaced him and threw a perfect sixth inning with one strikeout to preserve the victory.
Santiago Martinez had the only extra-base hit of the game, a leadoff double in the bottom of the second inning, and later scored as part of a three-run inning for the Venezuelan team, which improved to 2-0 and will face the 1-0 team from Japan on Monday.
Tyson Grimsrud-Ronse broke up the no-hitter with a leadoff single in the top of the fifth, but he never advanced as the next three batters struck out.
Nevada 5, Washington 3
Cache Malan homered and hit a double to lead Las Vegas Summerlin Little League, representing the Mountain Region, to a victory over Bonney Lake Little League.
Batting third in the lineup, Malan hit a first-inning double and came around to score as the second run of the inning. He added a two-run homer in the top of the sixth to give Nevada some insurance, extending the lead to 4-1 before Mason Schutte singled another run home.
Washington plated two runs in the bottom of the sixth on Mason Woods’ sacrifice fly and Finn Harrington’s double, bringing the tying run to the plate before a strikeout by Andrew Madsen ended the game.
