2009 Little League World Series results

The results of the 2009 Little League World Series were determined between August 21 and August 30, 2009 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 New York (state) NY 10◄
Washington (state) WA 2
Linescore
Georgia (U.S. state) GA 11◄
Iowa IA 3
Linescore
Georgia (U.S. state) GA 6◄
New York (state) NY 3
Linescore
Washington (state) WA 3
Iowa IA 5◄
Linescore
Georgia (U.S. state) GA 3◄
Washington (state) WA 2
Linescore
New York (state) NY 8◄
Iowa IA 3
Linescore
Pool B Massachusetts MA 1
Texas TX 10◄
Linescore
Kentucky KY 0 (F/5)
California CA 15◄
Linescore
Kentucky KY 0 (F/4)
Texas TX 12◄
Linescore
California CA 14◄
Massachusetts MA 0
Linescore
Kentucky KY 3
Massachusetts MA 12◄
Linescore
Texas TX 6◄
California CA 3
Linescore
Pool C Venezuela VEN 1
Curaçao CUR 2◄
Linescore
Saudi Arabia SAU 2
Japan JPN 5◄
Linescore
Japan JPN 11
Curaçao CUR 12◄
Linescore
Venezuela VEN 4
Japan JPN 5◄
Linescore
Saudi Arabia SAU 3
Curaçao CUR 5◄
Linescore
Venezuela VEN 3
Saudi Arabia SAU 5◄
Linescore
Pool D Taiwan TWN 16◄
Germany GER 0 (F/4)
Linescore
Canada CAN 1 (F/7)
Mexico MEX 2◄
Linescore
Canada CAN 0
Taiwan TWN 8◄
Linescore
Mexico MEX 13◄
Germany GER 0 (F/4)
Linescore
Canada CAN 14◄
Germany GER 13
Linescore
Mexico MEX 3◄
Taiwan TWN 2
Linescore
Elimination round
Semifinals Japan Japan 0
Mexico Mexico 6◄
Linescore
New York (state) New York 1
Texas Texas 4◄
Linescore
Taiwan Taiwan 5◄
Curaçao Curaçao 2
Linescore
Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia 10
California California 11◄
Linescore
Finals Taiwan Taiwan 9◄
Mexico Mexico 4
Linescore
Texas Texas 2 (F/4)
California California 12◄
Linescore
Consolation Game Mexico Mexico 5◄
Texas Southwest 4
Linescore
Championship Game Taiwan Taiwan 3
California California 6◄
Linescore

Pool Play

edit

Pool A

edit
Rank Region Record Runs Allowed Defensive Innings Run Ratio
1   Georgia 3–0 8 18 0.444
2   New York 2–1 11 18 0.611
3   Iowa 1–2 22 18 1.222
4   Washington 0–3 18 18 1.000

New York 10, Washington 2

edit
August 21 1:00 pm EDT
Volunteer Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
  New York 0 0 3 4 3 0 10 11 2
  Washington 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 7 1
WP: Angelo Navetta (1–0)   LP: William Mansfield (0–1)
Home runs:
NY: Nick Pucciarelli (1)
WA: None
Boxscore

Georgia 11, Iowa 3

edit
August 21 5:00 pm EDT
Volunteer Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
  Georgia 1 0 3 1 0 6 11 13 3
  Iowa 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 2
WP: Conner Smith (1–0)   LP: Trae Cropp (0–1)
Home runs:
GA: Justin Jones 2 (2), Trey Maddox (1), Spencer Sato (1)
IA: None
Boxscore

Georgia 6, New York 3

edit
August 22 3:00 pm EDT
Lamade Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
  Georgia 2 2 0 0 0 2 6 7 1
  New York 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 3 0
WP: Justin Jones (1–0)   LP: Vincent Quinn (0–1)
Home runs:
GA: Spencer Sato (2), Justin Jones (3), Blake Jackson (1)
NY: Vincent Quinn (1)
Boxscore

Iowa 5, Washington 3

edit
August 23 Noon EDT
Volunteer Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
  Washington 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 4 0
  Iowa 0 0 0 0 5 X 5 5 0
WP: Brody Egger (1–0)   LP: Keegan Ogard (0–1)   Sv: Cole Scieszinski (1)
Home runs:
WA: None
IA: Jake Quirk (1)
Boxscore

Georgia 3, Washington 2

edit
August 24 4:00 pm EDT
Lamade Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
  Georgia 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 8 0
  Washington 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 3
WP: Hunter Phillips (1–0)   LP: Brandon Lawler (0–1)   Sv: Cortez Broughton (1)
Home runs:
GA: None
WA: None
Boxscore

New York 8, Iowa 3

edit
August 24 8:00 pm EDT
Lamade Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
  New York 1 0 1 0 2 4 8 11 0
  Iowa 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 5 3
WP: Michael Rapaglia (1–0)   LP: Trae Cropp (0–2)
Home runs:
NY: Angelo Navetta (1), Vincent Quinn (2)
IA: Trae Cropp (1)
Boxscore

Pool B

edit
Rank Region Record Runs Allowed Defensive Innings Run Ratio
1   Texas 3–0 4 16 0.250
2   California 2–1 6 17 0.353
3   Massachusetts 1–2 27 17 1.588
4   Kentucky 0–3 39 13 3.000

Texas 10, Massachusetts 1

edit
August 21 8:00 pm EDT
Lamade Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
  Massachusetts 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 3
  Texas 0 0 4 6 0 X 10 8 1
WP: Travis Daves (1–0)   LP: Austin Batchelor (0–1)
Home runs:
MA: None
TX: Jacob Ramos (1)
Boxscore

California 15, Kentucky 0

edit
August 22 8:00 pm EDT
Lamade Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
  California 2 0 1 5 7 15 17 0
  Kentucky 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
WP: Kiko Garcia (1–0)   LP: Barrett Croslin (0–1)
Home runs:
CA: Luke Ramirez 2 (2), Bradley Roberto (1), Isaiah Armenta (1), Seth Godfrey (1), Andy Rios (1), Kiko Garcia (1)
KY: None
Notes: Completed early due to mercy rule.
Boxscore

Texas 12, Kentucky 0

edit
August 23 2:00 pm EDT
Volunteer Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
  Kentucky 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
  Texas 0 0 12 X 12 8 1
WP: John Shull (1–0)   LP: Ian Woodall (0–1)
Home runs:
KY: None
TX: Nicholas Smisek (1), Steven Cardone (1)
Notes: Completed early due to mercy rule.
Boxscore

California 14, Massachusetts 0

edit
August 23 6:00 pm EDT
Volunteer Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
  California 0 1 0 0 1 12 14 15 1
  Massachusetts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2
WP: Luke Ramirez (1–0)   LP: Matt Hosman (0–1)
Home runs:
CA: Seth Godfrey (2), Andy Rios 2 (3)
MA: None
Boxscore

Massachusetts 12, Kentucky 3

edit
August 25 4:00 pm EDT
Lamade Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
  Kentucky 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 6 2
  Massachusetts 0 1 9 0 2 X 12 13 2
WP: Austin Batchelor (1–1)   LP: Barrett Croslin (0–2)
Home runs:
KY: None
MA: Austin Batchelor (1)
Boxscore

Texas 6, California 3

edit
August 25 8:00 pm EDT
Lamade Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
  Texas 0 0 4 0 0 2 6 8 1
  California 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 7 0
WP: Troy Montemayor (1–0)   LP: Seth Godfrey (0–1)   Sv: Kyle Pollard (1)
Home runs:
TX: Travis Daves (1), Wyatt Willis (1)
CA: Kiko Garcia (2)
Boxscore

Pool C

edit
Rank Region Record Runs Allowed Defensive Innings Run Ratio
1   Curaçao 3–0 15 18 0.833
2   Japan 2–1 18 18 1.000
3   Saudi Arabia 1–2 13 16 0.813
4   Venezuela 0–3 12 16 0.750

Curaçao 2, Venezuela 1

edit
August 22 1:00 pm EDT
Volunteer Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
  Venezuela 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0
  Curaçao 0 1 0 1 0 X 2 2 1
WP: Claycandy Hariquez (1–0)   LP: José Martínez (0–1)
Home runs:
CUR: None
VEN: None
Boxscore

Japan 5, Saudi Arabia 2

edit
August 22 6:00 pm EDT
Volunteer Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
  Saudi Arabia 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 4 2
  Japan 2 0 2 1 0 X 5 3 0
WP: Toshinori Wakai (1–0)   LP: John Sheppard (0–1)
Home runs:
SAU: None
JPN: Daisuke Yamaga (1), Toshinori Wakai (1)
Boxscore

Curaçao 12, Japan 11

edit
August 23 8:00 pm EDT
Lamade Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
  Japan 5 2 0 2 1 1 11 5 3
  Curaçao 4 3 0 2 1 2 12 15 6
WP: Jardel Martina (1–0)   LP: Daisuke Yamaga (0–1)
Home runs:
JPN: Motoki Takashima (1)
CUR: Richendly Bicentini (1), Shaïr Lacrus (1)
Boxscore

Japan 5, Venezuela 4

edit
August 24 2:00 pm EDT
Volunteer Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
  Venezuela 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 8 5
  Japan 0 3 1 0 0 1 5 7 0
WP: Motoki Takashima (1–0)   LP: Mikey Edie (0–1)
Home runs:
VEN: Oberto Muñoz (1)
JPN: Jun Magoyama 2 (2)
Boxscore

Curaçao 5, Saudi Arabia 3

edit
August 24 6:00 pm EDT
Volunteer Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
  Saudi Arabia 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 3 1
  Curaçao 2 1 0 0 2 X 5 5 3
WP: Jardel Martina (2–0)   LP: Alex Husain (0–1)   Sv: Jayson Libert (1)
Home runs:
SAU: None
CUR: Junters Dossett (1)
Boxscore

Saudi Arabia 5, Venezuela 3

edit
August 25 Noon EDT
Lamade Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
  Venezuela 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 5 1
  Saudi Arabia 5 0 0 0 0 X 5 1 4
WP: Cameron Durley (1–0)   LP: Giorgio Pineda (0–1)   Sv: John Sheppard (1)
Home runs:
VEN: None
SAU: None
Boxscore

Pool D

edit
Rank Region Record Runs Allowed Defensive Innings Run Ratio
1   Mexico 3–0 3 17 0.176
2   Taiwan 2–1 3 16 0.188
3   Canada 1–2 23 18 1.278
4   Germany 0–3 43 14 3.071

Taiwan 16, Germany 0

edit
August 21 3:00 pm EDT
Lamade Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
  Taiwan 6 6 1 3 16 11 0
  Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
WP: Wen Hua Sung (1–0)   LP: Cannon Byrd (0–1)
Home runs:
TPE: Yu Chieh Kao (1), Wen Hua Sung (1)
GER: None
Notes: Completed early due to mercy rule.
Boxscore

Mexico 2, Canada 1

edit
August 22 11:00 am EDT
Lamade Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
  Canada 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 2
  Mexico 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 11 2
WP: Raul Rojas (1–0)   LP: Anthony Cusati (0–1)
Home runs:
CAN: Anthony Cusati (1)
MEX: None
Boxscore

Taiwan 8, Canada 0

edit
August 23 3:00 pm EDT
Lamade Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
  Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
  Taiwan 0 0 2 1 5 X 8 10 0
WP: Hung Yuan Lin (1–0)   LP: Matteo Vincelli (0–1)
Home runs:
CAN: None
TWN: Wen Hua Sung (2), Hung Yuan Lin (1)
Boxscore

Mexico 13, Germany 0

edit
August 24 Noon EDT
Lamade Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
  Mexico 3 3 0 7 13 12 0
  Germany 0 0 0 0 0 1 7
WP: Oscar Nogera (1–0)   LP: Matt Zembraski (0–1)
Home runs:
MEX: None
GER: None
Notes: Completed early due to mercy rule.
Boxscore

Canada 14, Germany 13

edit
August 25 2:00 pm EDT
Volunteer Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
  Canada 2 0 1 5 2 4 14 13 1
  Germany 0 0 1 1 11 0 13 13 5
WP: Ryan Matsuda (1–0)   LP: Kenny Martin (0–1)
Home runs:
CAN: Anthony Cusati 2 (3)
GER: Chris Holba (1), Matt Zembraski (1)
Boxscore

Mexico 3, Taiwan 2

edit
August 25 6:00 pm EDT
Lamade Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
  Mexico 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 6 2
  Taiwan 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0
WP: Marcelo Martinez (1–0)   LP: Cheng Chieh Lee (0–1)   Sv: Raul Rojas (1)
Home runs:
MEX: Luis Trevino (1), Raymundo Berrones (1), Luis Perez (1)
TWN: Wen Hua Sung (3)
Boxscore

Elimination round

edit
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
26 August - 4:00 pm - Lamade
 
 
C2   Japan0
 
29 August – Noon - Lamade
 
D1   Mexico6
 
  Mexico4
 
27 August - 4:00 pm - Lamade
 
  Taiwan9
 
D2   Taiwan5
 
30 August – 3:00 pm - Lamade
 
C1   Curaçao2
 
  Taiwan3
 
26 August - 8:00 pm - Lamade
 
  California6
 
A2   New York1
 
29 August – 7:00 pm - Lamade (F/4)
 
B1   Texas4
 
  Texas2
 
27 August - 8:00 pm - Lamade
 
  California12 Third place
 
B2   California11
 
30 August - 11:00 am - Volunteer
 
A1   Georgia10
 
  Mexico5
 
 
  Texas4
 

International Semifinals

edit

Mexico 6, Japan 0

edit
August 26 4:00 pm EDT
Lamade Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
  Mexico 5 1 0 0 0 X 6 5 3
WP: Raymundo Berrones (1–0)   LP: Toshinori Wakai (1–1)
Home runs:
JPN: None
MEX: Raul Rojas (1)
Boxscore

Taiwan 5, Curaçao 2

edit
August 27 4:00 pm EDT
Lamade Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
  Taiwan 0 0 0 2 1 2 5 7 1
  Curaçao 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 3
WP: Chin Ou (1–0)   LP: Claycandy Hariquez (1–1)
Home runs:
TPE: Tang Fu Cheng (1)
CUR: None
Boxscore

United States Semifinals

edit

Texas 4, New York 1

edit
August 26 8:00 pm EDT
Lamade Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
  New York 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 8 0
  Texas 2 2 0 0 0 X 4 7 0
WP: Steven Cardone (1–0)   LP: Angelo Navetta (1–1)   Sv: John Shull (1)
Home runs:
NY: None
TX: None
Boxscore

California 11, Georgia 10

edit
August 27 8:00 pm EDT
Lamade Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
  Georgia 0 1 0 9 0 0 10 11 1
  California 0 0 5 2 3 1 11 14 3
WP: Andy Rios (1–0)   LP: Conner Smith (1–1)
Home runs:
GA: Conner Smith (1)
CA: Seth Godfrey (3), Luke Ramirez (3), Kiko Garcia (3), Andy Rios (4)
Boxscore

International Final

edit

Taiwan 9, Mexico 4

edit
August 29 Noon EDT
Lamade Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
  Taiwan 0 2 2 0 0 5 9 6 2
  Mexico 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 6 6
WP: Wen Hua Sung (2–0)   LP: Marcelo Martinez (1–1)
Home runs:
TPE: None
MEX: None
Boxscore

United States Final

edit

California 12, Texas 2

edit
August 29 7:00 pm EDT
Lamade Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
  Texas 0 0 0 2 2 1 3
  California 9 0 3 X 12 9 0
WP: Luke Ramirez (2–0)   LP: John Shull (1–1)
Home runs:
TX: None
Home: Luke Ramirez (4), Bulla Graft 2 (2), Andy Rios (5)
Notes: Completed early due to mercy rule.
Boxscore

Consolation Game

edit

Mexico 5, Texas 4

edit
August 30 11:00 am EDT
Volunteer Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
  Mexico 0 0 3 0 0 2 5 7 1
  Texas 0 1 2 1 0 0 4 7 0
WP: Jorge Maldonado (1–0)   LP: Steven Cardone (1–1)
Home runs:
MEX: Raymundo Berrones (2)
TX: None
Boxscore

Championship Game

edit

California 6, Taiwan 3

edit
August 30 3:00 pm EDT
Lamade Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
  Taiwan 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 5 2
  California 0 0 1 3 2 X 6 10 0
WP: Kiko Garcia (2–0)   LP: Hung Yuan Lin (1–1)
Home runs:
TPE: Wen Hua Sung (4), Chin Ou (1)
CA: None
Boxscore
edit