2008 Little League World Series results

The results of the 2008 Little League World Series were determined between August 15 and August 24, 2008 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. 16 teams were divided into four groups, two with four teams from the United States and two with four international teams each, playing in a round robin format. In each group, the top two teams advanced to the knockout stage. The last remaining team from the United States faced the last remaining international team for the Little League World Series Championship.

Pool play
Pool A	IN 2 MD 3◄ Linescore	LA 5◄ WA 1 Linescore	IN 0 LA 9◄ Linescore	WA 15◄ MD 5 (F/5) Linescore	WA 3◄ IN 2 (F/7) Linescore	LA 4 MD 6◄ Linescore
Pool B	FL 10◄ SD 0 (F/4) Linescore	CT 1 HI 3◄ Linescore	SD 4 CT 9◄ Linescore	FL 2 HI 10◄ Linescore	SD 4 HI 6◄ Linescore	FL 8◄ CT 2 (F/7) Linescore
Pool C	MEX 6◄ CUR 2 Linescore	ITA 6 GUM 7◄ Linescore	ITA 0 (F/4) MEX 12◄ Linescore	GUM 0 (F/4) MEX 10◄ Linescore	CUR 14◄ ITA 1 (F/4) Linescore	CUR 3◄ GUM 0 Linescore
Pool D	VEN 8◄ CAN 1 Linescore	JPN 5◄ SAU 0 Linescore	CAN 3 JPN 9◄ Linescore	VEN 12◄ SAU 0 Linescore	VEN 4 (F/7) JPN 5◄ Linescore	CAN 7◄ SAU 5 Linescore
Elimination round
Semifinals	Curaçao 4 Japan 11◄ Linescore			Washington 4 Hawaii 9◄ Linescore
Semifinals	Venezuela 2 Mexico 5◄ Linescore			Florida 1 Louisiana 6◄ Linescore
Finals	Japan 4 Mexico 5◄ Linescore			Hawaii 7◄ Louisiana 5 Linescore
Consolation Game	Louisiana 3 Japan 4◄ Linescore
Championship Game	Hawaii 12◄ Mexico 3 Linescore

Pool Play edit

Pool A edit

**Pool A**
Rank	Region	Record	Runs Allowed	Run Ratio
1	Louisiana	2–1	7	0.412
2	Washington	2–1	12	0.706
3	Maryland	2–1	21	1.235
4	Indiana	0–3	15	1.285

Maryland 3, Indiana 2 edit

August 15 8:00 pm EDT
Little League Volunteer Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Indiana	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	3	1
Maryland ◄	1	0	0	0	2	X	3	0	1
WP: Josh Barron (1–0) LP: Drew Ellis (0–1) Sv: none Home runs: IN: Austin Hines (1) MD: None Boxscore

Louisiana 5, Washington 1 edit

August 16 8:00 pm EDT
Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Washington	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	2
Louisiana ◄	0	2	2	0	1	X	5	8	1
WP: Kennon Fontenot (1–0) LP: Jason Todd (0–1) Sv: none Home runs: WA: None LA: None Boxscore

Louisiana 9, Indiana 0 edit

August 17 3:30 pm EDT
Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Indiana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Louisiana ◄	5	1	1	2	0	X	9	8	1
WP: Trey Quinn (1–0) LP: Dalton Duley (0–1) Sv: none Home runs: IN: None LA: None Boxscore

Washington 15, Maryland 5 edit

August 18 Noon EDT
Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Washington ◄	5	2	1	0	7	-	15	16	2
Maryland	3	1	0	1	0	-	5	7	1
WP: Derrick Mahlum (1–0) LP: Zane Schreiber (0–1) Sv: none Home runs: WA: Alec Kisena 2 (2), Jason Todd (1), Alek Baumgartner (1) MA: Andrew Yacyk (1) Notes: Completed early due to mercy rule. Boxscore

Washington 3, Indiana 2 edit

August 19 2:00 pm EDT
Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Indiana	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	3
Washington ◄	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	7	1
WP: Alec Kisena (1–0) LP: Christopher Wenger (0–1) Sv: none Home runs: IN: None WA: Jason Todd (2) Boxscore

Maryland 6, Louisiana 4 edit

August 19 8:00 pm EDT
Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Louisiana	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	0
Maryland ◄	0	0	4	2	0	X	6	8	1
WP: Andrew Yacyk (1–0) LP: Gunner Leger (0–1) Sv: Josh Barron (1) Home runs: LA: None MD: Ryan Bayrd (1), Andrew Yacyk (2), Zane Schreiber (1) Boxscore

Pool B edit

**Pool B**
Rank	Region	Record	Runs Allowed	Run Ratio
1	Hawaii	3–0	7	0.389
2	Florida	2–1	12	0.750
3	Connecticut	1–2	15	0.833
4	South Dakota	0–3	25	1.167

Florida 10, South Dakota 0 edit

August 15 2:00 pm EDT
Little League Volunteer Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Florida ◄	8	2	0	0	-	-	10	8	2
South Dakota	0	0	0	0	-	-	0	0	1
WP: Darren Miller (1–0) LP: Tanner Simons (0–1) Sv: none Home runs: FL: None SD: None Notes: Completed early due to mercy rule. Boxscore

Hawaii 3, Connecticut 1 edit

August 15 6:00 pm EDT
Little League Volunteer Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Connecticut	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	2
Hawaii ◄	1	0	0	1	1	X	3	5	0
WP: Caleb Duhay (1–0) LP: Eddie Kochiss (0–1) Sv: Tanner Tokunaga (1) Home runs: CT: Eddie Kochiss (1) HI: Pikai Winchester (1) Boxscore

Connecticut 9, South Dakota 4 edit

August 16 3:30 pm EDT
Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
South Dakota	1	0	0	0	0	3	4	5	5
Connecticut ◄	0	2	0	7	0	X	9	6	0
WP: Bobby Moretti (1–0) LP: Cale Fierro (0–1) Sv: none Home runs: SD: None CT: Marcello Ursini (1) Boxscore

Hawaii 10, Florida 2 edit

August 17 8:00 pm EDT
Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Florida	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	3
Hawaii ◄	0	0	4	2	4	X	10	7	0
WP: Trevor Ling (1–0) LP: Kevin Merrell (0–1) Sv: none Home runs: FL: None HI: Tanner Tokunaga (1) Boxscore

Hawaii 6, South Dakota 4 edit

August 18 3:00 pm EDT
Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
South Dakota	0	0	0	3	1	0	4	4	3
Hawaii ◄	0	1	0	3	2	X	6	9	1
WP: Jedd Andrade (1–0) LP: Jesse Riddle (0–1) Sv: Keelen Obedoza (1) Home runs: SD: Cale Fierro (1) HI: Keelen Obedoza (1) Boxscore

Florida 8, Connecticut 2 edit

August 18 6:00 pm EDT
Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Florida ◄	0	0	0	1	0	1	6	8	10	0
Connecticut	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	7	0
WP: Levi Gilcrease (1–0) LP: Tyler Tice (0–1) Home runs: FL: Kevin Merrell 2 (2) CT: Danny Lastra (1), Brett Wilkozs (1) Boxscore

Pool C edit

**Pool C**
Rank	Region	Record	Runs Allowed	Run Ratio
1	Mexico	3–0	2	0.133
2	Curaçao	2–1	7	0.438
3	Guam	1–2	19	1.425
4	Italy	0–3	33	2.828

Mexico 6, Curaçao 2 edit

August 16 11:00 am EDT
Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Mexico ◄	0	0	0	0	5	1	6	4	1
Curaçao	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	0
WP: Carlos Balboa (1–0) LP: Entwin Reigina (0–1) Sv: none Home runs: MEX: Sergio Rodriguez (1) CUR: None Boxscore

Guam 7, Italy 6 edit

August 16 1:00 pm EDT
Little League Volunteer Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Italy	4	0	1	0	1	0	6	9	0
Guam ◄	0	2	0	0	3	2	7	6	3
WP: Nicholas Cruz (1–0) LP: Lorenzo Fabbri (0–1) Sv: none Home runs: ITA: None GUM: None Boxscore

Mexico 12, Italy 0 edit

August 17 Noon EDT
Little League Volunteer Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Italy	0	0	0	0	-	-	0	0	0
Mexico ◄	4	2	6	X	-	-	12	11	0
WP: Jesus Sauceda (1–0) LP: Mirco Bannini (0–1) Sv: none Home runs: ITA: None MEX: Tomas Castillo 2 (2), Jesus Sauceda (2) Notes: Completed early due to mercy rule. Boxscore

Mexico 10, Guam 0 edit

August 18 1:00 pm EDT
Little League Volunteer Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Guam	0	0	0	0	-	-	0	2	0
Mexico ◄	0	7	2	1	-	-	10	10	0
WP: Jesus Sauceda (2–0) LP: Parish Reyes (0–1) Sv: none Home runs: GUM: None MEX: Tomas Castillo (3), Sergio Rodriguez (2), Emmanuel Rodriguez (1), Carlos Balboa (1) Notes: Completed early due to mercy rule. Boxscore

Curaçao 14, Italy 1 edit

August 18 4:00 pm EDT
Little League Volunteer Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Italy	0	1	0	0	-	-	1	1	2
Curaçao ◄	1	6	7	X	-	-	14	11	0
WP: Jayson Libert (1–0) LP: Luca Bortolotti (0–1) Sv: none Home runs: ITA: None CUR: Juremi Profar 2 (2), Tivon Faneyte (1), Hemsley Martha (1) Notes: Completed early due to mercy rule. Boxscore

Curaçao 3, Guam 0 edit

August 19 6:00 pm EDT
Little League Volunteer Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Curaçao ◄	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	5	0
Guam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
WP: Tivon Faneyte (1–0) LP: Nicholas Cruz (1–1) Sv: none Home runs: CUR: None GUM: None Boxscore

Pool D edit

**Pool D**
Rank	Region	Record	Runs Allowed	Run Ratio
1	Japan	3–0	7	0.368
2	Venezuela	2–1	6	0.316
3	Canada	1-2	22	1.222
4	Saudi Arabia	0–3	24	1.412

Venezuela 8, Canada 1 edit

August 15 4:00 pm EDT
Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Venezuela ◄	1	1	4	0	0	2	8	10	1
Canada	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	2
WP: Kevin Morales (1–0) LP: Riley Edwards (0–1) Sv: none Home runs: VEN: Gustavo Perdomo (1) CAN: None Boxscore

Japan 5, Saudi Arabia 0 edit

August 16 6:00 pm EDT
Little League Volunteer Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Japan ◄	0	0	1	0	0	4	5	5	0
Saudi Arabia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
WP: Ryosuke Moriuchi (1–0) LP: Chris Beyers (0–1) Sv: none Home runs: JPN: None SAU: None Boxscore

Japan 9, Canada 3 edit

August 17 1:00 pm EDT
Little League Volunteer Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Japan ◄	0	2	0	1	4	2	9	10	3
Canada	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	4	4
WP: Takumi Ozeki (1–0) LP: Kevin Irving (0–1) Sv: none Home runs: JPN: Yutaka Takeshita (1), Takumi Ozeki (1) CAN: None Boxscore

Venezuela 12, Saudi Arabia 0 edit

August 17 6:00 pm EDT
Little League Volunteer Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Venezuela ◄	1	4	0	0	3	4	12	14	0
Saudi Arabia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1
WP: Aroldo Sanchez (1–0) LP: Beau Branton (0–1) Sv: none Home runs: VEN: Gustavo Perdomo (2) SAU: None Boxscore

Japan 5, Venezuela 4 edit

August 19 Noon EDT
Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Japan ◄	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	2
Venezuela	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	4	8	2
WP: Yutaka Takeshita (1–0) LP: Gustavo Perdomo (0–1) Sv: none Home runs: JPN: None VEN: Aroldo Sanchez (1) Boxscore

Canada 7, Saudi Arabia 5 edit

August 19 4:00 pm EDT
Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Saudi Arabia	2	2	0	0	1	0	5	7	3
Canada ◄	0	0	2	0	5	0	7	6	8
WP: Riley Edwards (1–1) LP: Bryce Jackson (0–1) Sv: Preston Kokotailo (1) Home runs: SAU: Zach Ell (1) CAN: Jake Hagen (1), Eric Watkins (1) Boxscore

Elimination round edit

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

August 20 – 4:00 pm - Lamade

Japan	11
		August 23 – 12:30 pm - Lamade
Curaçao	4
		Japan	4
August 21 – 4:00 pm - Lamade
		Mexico	5
Mexico	5
				August 24 – 3:30 pm - Lamade
Venezuela	2
				Mexico	3
August 20 – 8:00 pm - Lamade
				Hawaii	12
Hawaii	9
		August 24 – 3:30 pm - Lamade
Washington	4
		Hawaii	7
August 21 – 8:00pm - Lamade
		Louisiana	5	Third place
Louisiana	6
				August 24 – 12:00 pm - Volunteer
Florida	1
				Japan	4

				Louisiana	3

International semifinals edit

Japan 11, Curaçao 4 edit

August 20 16:00 EDT
Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Japan ◄	1	6	1	0	0	3	11	7	0
Curaçao	3	0	0	0	0	1	4	6	1
WP: Takumi Ozeki (2–0) LP: Junters Dosset (0–1) Sv: none Home runs: JPN: Ryohji Kimura (1), Takumi Ozeki (2) CUR: Tivon Faneyte (2), Juremi Profar (3) Boxscore

Mexico 5, Venezuela 2 edit

August 21 4:00 pm EDT
Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Venezuela	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	6	0
Mexico ◄	1	0	0	4	0	X	5	8	2
WP: Sergio Rodriguez (1–0) LP: Kevin Morales (1–1) Sv: none Home runs: VEN: None MEX: Sergio Rodriguez (3) Boxscore

United States semifinals edit

Hawaii 9, Washington 4 edit

August 20 8:00 pm EDT
Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Washington	2	1	0	1	0	0	4	7	2
Hawaii ◄	4	0	3	2	0	X	9	8	0
WP: Caleb Duhay (2–0) LP: Derrick Mahlum (1–1) Sv: none Home runs: WA: K. J. Neaville (1) HI: Tanner Tokunaga (2), Iolana Akau (3), Pikai Winchester 2 (3) Boxscore

Louisiana 6, Florida 1 edit

August 21 8:00 pm EDT
Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Florida	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	1
Louisiana ◄	0	3	1	2	0	X	6	6	1
WP: Kennon Fontenot (2–0) LP: Michael McGuire (0–1) Sv: none Home runs: FL: None LA: Bryce Jordan (1) Boxscore

International final edit

Mexico 5, Japan 4 edit

August 23 Noon EDT
Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Japan	2	0	0	0	2	0	4	6	0
Mexico ◄	0	0	5	0	0	X	5	9	3
WP: Carlos Balboa (2–0) LP: Ryosuke Moriuchi (1–1) Sv: Jesus Sauceda (1) Home runs: JPN: None MEX: Sergio Rodriguez (4) Boxscore

United States final edit

Hawaii 7, Louisiana 5 edit

August 23 4:00 pm EDT
Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Hawaii ◄	0	0	1	0	0	6	7	10	1
Louisiana	0	0	0	3	2	0	5	7	1
WP: Trevor Ling (2–0) LP: Gunner Leger (0–2) Sv: none Home runs: HI: None LA: Kennon Fontenot (1) Boxscore

Consolation Game edit

Japan 4, Louisiana 3 edit

August 24 Noon EDT
Little League Volunteer Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Louisiana	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	1
Japan ◄	3	0	0	0	1	X	4	7	3
WP: Takumi Ozeki (2–0) LP: Peyton McLemore (0–1) Sv: Shodai Mizuno (1) Home runs: LA: None JPN: None Boxscore

Championship Game edit

Hawaii 12, Mexico 3 edit

August 24 3:30 pm EDT
Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Hawaii ◄	1	2	1	3	4	1	12	11	1
Mexico	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	6	3
WP: Caleb Duhay (3–0) LP: Sergio Rodriguez (1–1) Home runs: HI: Tanner Tokunaga 2 (4), Iolana Akau (4) MEX: Jesus Sauceda (3) Boxscore

External links edit

Full schedule from littleleague.org