Little League World Series Tournament [Mon, August 9th]

Teams to Watch

1. New England: RI Cumberland National - CT Fairfield Am. 
2. Mid-Atlantic: NY Stony Point - PA Council Rock Newtown 
3. Southeast: FL Viera/Suntree - GA Columbus 
4. Great Lakes: IL Moline - OH West Side 
5. Midwest: IA Grandview - MN Plymouth/New Hope 
6. Southwest: E.TX Pearland White - AR Arkadelphia 
7. Northwest: WA Auburn - OR Murrayhill 
8. West: S.CA Ocean View - HI Waipio 
9. Canada: BC Little Mountain - ON Windsor

Rundown

New England: Rhode Island's Cumberland National continues it's winning streak by shutting out Bangor 10-0. They now have the only 3-0 record in the region. Fairfield Americans (CT) beat Portsmouth (NH) by just one run in their 3-2 victory. Starting tomorrow, the games will be carried live on the New England Sports Network (NESN) is owned by the Boston Red Sox and Boston Bruins and delivered to over 4 million homes throughout the six-state New England region and nationally via DirecTV and Dish Network.

Mid-Atlantic: NY takes a day off giving Council Rock (PA) an opportunity to catch up and match their 3-0 record with an impressive 14-1 win over Maryland's Railroaders LL. But it was Tom's River National (NJ) that earned the second shutout of the tournament (NY shut out Maryland) with it's blistering 21-0 win over Capital City LL. With their 0-3 record, it appears the Washington D.C. team is having the same luck at winning baseball game as the D.C. politicians are at running the country. (What? I was supposed to let that one go?)

Southeast: Viera/Suntree maintains a perfect 3-0 record with a 5-0 shutout of Spring Hill (TN) who haven't won a game yet. Huntsville (AL) get's it's first victory by beating South Carolina 10-3 - the other winless team. Ripley (WV) won an important game against Virginia, 3-2, keeping them in the hunt with a 2-1 record. Columbus Northern (GA) is the only other team with a perfect record after today's 7-3 win over Winston-Salem.

Great Lakes: Richmond (MI) got its first win with a shutout of Terre Haute 9-0. The real battle is between West Side (OH), who beat Burlington (WI) 9-2, and Moline National (IL), who beat Owensboro (KY) 7-3. Each are the favorites to win in the semi-finals on Wednesday and will likely to face off on Saturday, August 14th. No games tomorrow.

Midwest: Iowa's Grandview continue their domination by keeping Daniel Boone American to just one run while scoring seven of their own. Plymouth/New Hope is also undefeated and also only allowed Kansas' Riverton Area one while scoring 13 times. Canyon Lake (SD) made sure Nebraska's Kearney remained winless with a 6-5 victory.

Southwest: ESPN2 begins it's live broadcast of 2010 Little League World Series Tournament play of the semi-finals in Waco, Texas. Yesterday, Pearland White extended it's perfect record to 3-0 with a 13-2 victory over winless Ocean Springs, Mississippi. Arkadelphia looked like it's identical twin with it's own 10-3 victory over winless Tulsa American also extending it's record to 3-0. Eagle Pass American, who play just down the U.S.-Mexican border from the Mexican 2010 LLWS team Oriente, beat Lincoln Parish 14-1. So far, no shutouts the entire tournament.

Northwest: Boulder Arrowhead from Billings got their first win yesterday and did it decisively with a 14-0 shutout of Laramie handing Wyoming their first defeat. Murreyhill beat winless Gastineau Channel preserving their perfect 3-0 record. Tomorrow is likely to be a preview of Saturday's championship as Washington's Auburn face Oregon's Murreyhill at 12:30 in San Bernardino.

West: Huntington Beach's Ocean View Little League showed today why they are the favorites to Win the West by not only shutting out Utah but having their explosive offense score 22 runs. The are now the only undefeated team in the region. Arguably the second-strongest team, Hawaii, barely beat Mountain Ridge - a team who hasn't won a game - with a score of 4-3.

Canada: Only one game was played with the other three rained out. Calgary Rocky Mountain got their second win handing Windsor their first defeat with a final score of 8-4. The Canadian National Little League website is worth a visit.

Asia-Pacific: Remember who Park View Little League had to beat to be World Champions? The Team from Taiwan. This years, only Fu-Hsing LL from Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) made it out of the preliminary games played 7/10-7/14 with a perfect 4-0 record shutting out EVERY OPPONENT and scoring 36 runs. For the championship, they played an undefeated Philippines team who had scored 32 runs against Vietnam in one game alone and 46 total runs. Fu-Hsing's pitching dominated giving them the incredible record of not only zero losses but no team could score against them. Final score -10-0.