PEARLAND, TEXAS 11, LYNNWOOD, WASH. 4
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. -- Layne Roblyer hit his second home run of the tournament, helping Pearland, Texas, to an 11-4 victory over Lynnwood, Wash., at the Little League World Series on Monday.
Roblyer, who homered against Philadelphia on Sunday, had a three-run shot in the third inning against Lynnwood, which was eliminated.
Pearland (2-1) scored early, getting a run in the first inning followed by Roblyer's shot to the lawn seats in right field. Christian Terranova scored on a passed ball in the fourth inning.
Pearland led 5-0 before Lynnwood (1-2) got on the scoreboard with three runs in the bottom of the fifth.
Two doubles and a single from the Northwest regional champions made the deficit reasonable, but Pearland scored five runs on two wild pitches, a passed ball and a single in the sixth to seal the victory.
Pearland will play the winner of Chicago and Cumberland, Rhode Island, on Tuesday night.
MEXICO 6, AUSTRALIA 2
Erick Vela hit a three-run, go-ahead home run and Mexico beat Australia.
Trailing by two in the bottom of the fourth inning, Vela stepped to the plate with one out and men on second and third. He took the first pitch he saw deep to right field to put Mexico ahead by two.
Mexico pitcher Aldair Tellez pitched 5 2/3 innings and struck out 12.
Mexico will play the winner of Puerto Rico and Venezuela on Tuesday afternoon. Australia was eliminated.
VENEZUELA 2, PUERTO RICO 1
Ronny Medina struck out nine in five sparkling innings, and Venezuela beat Puerto Rico 2-1 in an elimination game.
Yadiel Santana scored on a passed ball in the first, but that was it for Puerto Rico. Medina allowed two hits.
Venezuela next plays Mexico on Tuesday afternoon. Mexico beat Australia 6-2 earlier in the day.
Venezuela scored in each of the first two innings. Julio Rejon homered in the first, and Jorge Cabrera swiped third in the second and went on to take home when catcher Alvin Martínez overthrew third on the play.
Rapid City, S.D. 5, Czech Republic 3
Daniel Vigoren's go-ahead double and two errors by the Czech Republic helped Rapid City, S.D., win.
Vigoren hit a line drive to the right field gap after Colton Hartford scored the tying run when he got in a rundown between third and home, and Czech Republic pitcher Tomas Oppelt made a throwing error to third base.
Vigoren later scored on an overthrow by Czech Republic shortstop Marek Krejcirik.
Czech Republic's Miroslav Krivanek tied the game at 2-2 in the top of the fifth with a bloop RBI double into shallow right field. Krivanek took third on the throw and scored on a wild pitch moments later.
Krejcirik homered on the game's first at-bat. In the third inning, Rapid City took the lead with a two-run double into the left field gap by Matthew Hegre.
Sports on 08/19/2014