2012 Little League World Series results

The results of the 2012 Little League World Series were determined between August 16 and August 26, 2012 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. 16 teams were divided into two groups, one with eight teams from the United States and another with eight international teams, with both groups playing a modified double-elimination tournament. In each group, the last remaining undefeated team faced the last remaining team with one loss, with the winners of those games advancing to play for the Little League World Series championship.^[1] All times shown are US EDT.

United States
	Winner's bracket
	CA 6◄ CT 4 Linescore	TN 12◄ NE 1 Linescore	NJ 2 TX 5◄ Linescore	OR 0 IN 4◄ Linescore	TN 9◄ CA 6 Linescore	TX 13◄ IN 3 Linescore	TN 4◄ TX 3 Linescore
	Loser's bracket
	CT 12◄ NE 0 (F/5) Linescore	NJ 10◄ OR 4 Linescore	NJ 4 (F/8) CA 5◄ Linescore	IN 0 CT 4◄ Linescore	CT 0 CA 5◄ Linescore	TX 1 (F/5) CA 11◄ Linescore
International
	Winner's bracket
	CUR 0 JPN 7◄ Linescore	TPE 14◄ GER 1 (F/4) Linescore	CAN 13◄ MEX 9 Linescore	UGA 3 PAN 9◄ Linescore	CAN 3 PAN 8◄ Linescore	TPE 0 (F/9) JPN 2◄ Linescore	PAN 1 JPN 4◄ Linescore
	Loser's bracket
	CUR 14◄ GER 2 (F/4) Linescore	MEX 12◄ UGA 0 (F/4) Linescore	CAR 4◄ CAN 3 Linescore	TPE 3 MEX 4◄ Linescore	MEX 6◄ CUR 2 Linescore	PAN 2◄ MEX 1 Linescore
Crossover games	Nebraska 17◄ Germany 1 (F/4) Linescore				Oregon 2 Uganda 3◄ Linescore
Single-Elimination
International Championship	Japan 10◄ Panama 2 Linescore
United States Championship	Tennessee 24◄ California 16 (F/7) Linescore
Consolation Game	Panama 4 California 12◄ Linescore
World Championship Game	Tennessee 2 (F/5) Japan 12◄ Linescore

Double-elimination stage

United States

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

U.S. Semifinal

U.S. Championship

Winner's Bracket

–

Indiana

4

–

Oregon

0

1–0

Indiana

3

1–0

Texas

13

–

New Jersey

2

–

Texas

5

2–0

Texas

3

2–0

Tennessee

4

–

California

6

–

Connecticut

4

1–0

California

6

1–0

Tennessee

9

–

Nebraska

1

–

Tennessee

12

3–0

Tennessee (F/7)

24

4–1

California

16

Loser's Bracket

0–1

Oregon

4

0–1

New Jersey

10

1–1

New Jersey

4

1–1

California (F/8)

5

2–1

California

5

0–1

Connecticut (F/5)

12

2–1

Connecticut

0

2–1

Texas

1

0–1

Nebraska

0

1–1

Indiana

0

3–1

California (F/5)

11

1–1

Connecticut

4

Winner's bracket Game 2: California 6, Connecticut 4 August 16 3:00 pm EDT Howard J. Lamade Stadium Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E California ◄ 1 0 2 0 2 1 6 7 3 Connecticut 1 0 0 1 2 0 4 6 1 WP: Bradley Smith (1–0)   LP: Ryan Meury (0–1)   Sv: Andrew White (1) Home runs: CA: Bradley Smith (1) CT: Biagio Paoletta (1) Attendance: 9,730 Boxscore Game 4: Tennessee 12, Nebraska 1 August 16 8:00 pm EDT Howard J. Lamade Stadium Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E Tennessee ◄ 1 2 0 0 2 7 12 13 0 Nebraska 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 WP: Brock Myers (1–0)   LP: Blake Quintana (0–1)   Sv: None Home runs: TN: Jake Rucker (1), Jayson Brown (1), Brock Myers (1), Ryan Lyle (1) NE: None Boxscore Game 6: Texas 5, New Jersey 2 August 17 3:00 pm EDT Howard J. Lamade Stadium Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E New Jersey 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 3 Texas ◄ 1 3 0 0 1 X 5 5 0 WP: Tyler Vitt (1–0)   LP: Emil Matti (0–1)   Sv: None Home runs: NJ: None TX: Jordan Cardenas (1) Attendance: 11,100 Boxscore Game 8: Indiana 4, Oregon 0 August 17 8:00 pm EDT Howard J. Lamade Stadium Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E Oregon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 Indiana ◄ 0 0 0 0 4 X 4 6 0 WP: Niah Williamson (1–0)   LP: Greg Mehlhaff (0–1)   Sv: None Home runs: OR: None IN: None Attendance: 13,200 Boxscore Game 14: Tennessee 9, California 6 August 19 2:00 pm EDT Howard J. Lamade Stadium Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E Tennessee ◄ 2 2 0 1 0 4 9 9 1 California 3 0 0 1 1 1 6 9 0 WP: Jake Rucker (1–0)   LP: Andrew White (0–1)   Sv: None Home runs: TN: Brock Myers (2) CA: Porter Slate (1), Bradley Smith (2), Kempton Brandis (1), Cole Tomei (1) Attendance: 17,360 Boxscore Game 15: Texas 13, Indiana 3 August 19 5:00 pm EDT Volunteer Stadium Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E Texas ◄ 3 0 0 6 2 2 13 14 0 Indiana 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 1 WP: Seth Morrow (1–0)   LP: Bryce Huntley (0–1)   Sv: None Home runs: TX: Jordan Cardenas (2), Zachary Sanchez (1) IN: Hunter McCubbins (1) Attendance: 8,900 Boxscore Game 24: Tennessee 4, Texas 3 August 22 8:00 pm EDT Howard J. Lamade Stadium Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E Tennessee ◄ 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 10 0 Texas 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 7 1 WP: Ryan Lyle (1–0)   LP: Zachary Sanchez (0–1)   Sv: Luke Brown (1) Home runs: TN: Jayson Brown (2), Brock Myers (3) TX: None Attendance: 14,400 Boxscore

Loser's bracket Game 10: Connecticut 12, Nebraska 0 August 18 3:00 pm EDT Howard J. Lamade Stadium Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E Connecticut ◄ 0 0 3 6 3 – 12 8 1 Nebraska 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 2 0 WP: Matt Kubel (1–0)   LP: Matt Masker (0–1)   Sv: None Home runs: CT: Will Lucas (1) NE: None Attendance: 16,390 Notes: Completed early due to mercy rule. Nebraska is eliminated. Boxscore Game 12: New Jersey 10, Oregon 4 August 18 8:00 pm EDT Howard J. Lamade Stadium Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E New Jersey ◄ 2 3 0 1 4 0 10 13 1 Oregon 0 2 2 0 0 0 4 7 2 WP: Bener Uygun (1–0)   LP: Hunter Hemenway (0–1)   Sv: None Home runs: NJ: Emil Matti 2 (2), D. J. Pico (1) OR: None Attendance: 15,100 Notes: Oregon is eliminated. Boxscore Game 18: West 5, New Jersey 4 August 20 4:00 pm EDT Howard J. Lamade Stadium Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E New Jersey 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 4 8 2 California ◄ 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 5 7 1 WP: Logan Douglas (1–0)   LP: David Ton (0–1)   Sv: None Home runs: NJ: Emil Matti (3), Anthony Scannelli (1) CA: Danny Marzo (1) Attendance: 8,600 Notes: New Jersey is eliminated. Boxscore Game 20: Connecticut 4, Indiana 0 August 20 8:00 pm EDT Howard J. Lamade Stadium Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E Indiana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Connecticut ◄ 0 2 0 0 2 X 4 5 0 WP: Will Lucas (1–0)   LP: Janson Anderson (0–1)   Sv: None Home runs: IN: None CT: Matt Kubel (1) Attendance: 7,400 Notes: Indiana is eliminated. Boxscore Game 22: California 5, Connecticut 0 August 21 8:00 pm EDT Howard J. Lamade Stadium Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E Connecticut 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 California ◄ 0 1 3 0 1 X 5 7 1 WP: Quinton Gago (1–0)   LP: Matt Kubel (1–1)   Sv: None Home runs: CT: None CA: Hance Smith (1) Attendance: 11,400 Notes: Connecticut is eliminated. Boxscore Game 26: California 11, Texas 1 August 23 8:00 pm EDT Howard J. Lamade Stadium Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E Texas 0 0 1 0 0 – 1 2 0 California ◄ 6 0 1 0 4 – 11 12 0 WP: Danny Marzo (1–0)   LP: Seth Morrow (1–1)   Sv: None Home runs: TX: Jordan Cardenas (3) CA: Hance Smith 2 (3), Quinton Gago (1) Attendance: 15,100 Notes: Completed early due to mercy rule. Texas is eliminated. Boxscore

International

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

International Semifinal

International Championship

Winner's Bracket

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Japan

7

–

Curaçao

0

1–0

Japan (F/9)

2

1–0

Chinese Taipei

0

–

Germany

1

–

Chinese Taipei (F/4)

14

2–0

Japan

4

2–0

Panama

1

–

Mexico

9

–

Canada

13

1–0

Canada

3

1–0

Panama

8

–

Panama

9

–

Uganda

3

3–0

Japan

10

3–1

Panama

2

Loser's Bracket

0–1

Curaçao (F/4)

14

0–1

Germany

2

1–1

Curaçao

4

1–1

Canada

3

2–1

Curaçao

2

0–1

Mexico (F/4)

12

2–1

Mexico

6

2–1

Panama

2

0–1

Uganda

0

1–1

Chinese Taipei

3

3–1

Mexico

1

1–1

Mexico

4

Winner's bracket Game 1: Japan 7, Curaçao 0 August 16 1:00 pm EDT Volunteer Stadium Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E Curaçao 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 Japan ◄ 3 3 0 0 1 X 7 10 1 WP: Kotaro Kiyomiya (1–0)   LP: Christopher Koeiman (0–1)   Sv: None Home runs: CUR: None JPN: None Attendance: 6,120 Boxscore Game 3: Chinese Taipei 14, Germany 1 August 16 5:00 pm EDT Volunteer Stadium Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E Chinese Taipei ◄ 0 3 6 5 – – 14 11 2 Germany 0 0 0 1 – – 1 1 2 WP: Chun-En Lin (1–0)   LP: Justin Wilson (0–1)   Sv: None Home runs: TPE: Li-Wei Chiang (1) GER: None Attendance: 4,895 Notes: Completed early due to mercy rule. Boxscore Game 5: Canada 13, Mexico 9 August 17 1:00 pm EDT Volunteer Stadium Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E Canada ◄ 7 1 2 1 0 2 13 13 1 Mexico 1 7 0 1 0 0 9 14 1 WP: Ataru Yamaguchi (1–0)   LP: Andres Carrillo (0–1)   Sv: None Home runs: CAN: None MEX: Eduardo Abrego (1), Ramon Ballina 2 (2), Gerardo Moreno (1) Attendance: 7,105 Boxscore Game 7: Panama 9, Uganda 3 August 17 5:00 pm EDT Volunteer Stadium Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E Uganda 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 3 4 Panama ◄ 0 5 2 1 1 X 9 12 1 WP: Julio Goff (1–0)   LP: Job Echon (0–1)   Sv: None Home runs: UGA: Daniel Alio (1) PAN: None Attendance: 7,280 Notes: The start of the game was delayed 22 minutes due to rain. Boxscore Game 13: Panama 8, Canada 3 August 19 Noon EDT Volunteer Stadium Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E Canada 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 3 0 Panama ◄ 0 6 0 2 0 X 8 12 1 WP: Edisson Gonzalez (1–0)   LP: Steven Moretto (0–1)   Sv: None Home runs: CAN: None PAN: James Gonzalez 2 (2), Carlos Flavio (1) Attendance: 6,150 Boxscore Game 16: Japan 2, Chinese Taipei 0 August 19 8:00 pm EDT Howard J. Lamade Stadium Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 Japan ◄ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 0 WP: Noriatsu Osaka (1–0)   LP: Cheng-Kai Hu (0–1)   Sv: None Home runs: TPE: None JPN: Hajime Motegi (1) Attendance: 16,250 Boxscore Game 23: Japan 4, Panama 1 August 22 4:00 pm EDT Howard J. Lamade Stadium Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E Panama 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 Japan ◄ 3 0 0 0 1 X 4 8 1 WP: Ryuji Osada (1–0)   LP: Julio Goff (1–1)   Sv: Noriatsu Osaka (1) Home runs: PAN: None JPN: Kotaro Kiyomiya (1), Shun Oshima (1) Attendance: 13,145 Boxscore

Loser's bracket Game 9: Curaçao 14, Germany 2 August 18 Noon EDT Volunteer Stadium Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E Curaçao ◄ 8 0 5 1 – – 14 12 1 Germany 0 0 2 0 – – 2 4 6 WP: Arjun Huerta (1–0)   LP: Jared Mendiola (0–1)   Sv: None Home runs: CUR: Christopher Koeiman (1) GER: None Attendance: 5,480 Notes: Completed early due to mercy rule. Germany is eliminated. Boxscore Game 11: Mexico 12, MEA 0 August 18 6:00 pm EDT Volunteer Stadium Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E Mexico ◄ 0 5 7 0 – – 12 13 0 Uganda 0 0 0 0 – – 0 0 2 WP: Felix Diaz (1–0)   LP: Felix Enzama (0–1)   Sv: None Home runs: MEX: Joel Turrubiates (1), Andres Carrillo 2 (2), Felix Diaz (1) UGA: None Attendance: 6,735 Notes: Completed early due to mercy rule. Uganda is eliminated. Boxscore Game 17: Curaçao 4, Canada 3 August 20 2:00 pm EDT Volunteer Stadium Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E Curaçao ◄ 0 1 0 0 3 0 4 3 0 Canada 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 7 2 WP: Railison Bentura (1–0)   LP: Cole Dalla-Zanna (0–1)   Sv: None Home runs: CUR: Mychellon Jansen (1), Mildward Baranco (1) CAN: Noah Hanson-Stafford (1) Attendance: 4,875 Notes: The start of the game was delayed for 5 minutes due to rain. The game was further delayed in the bottom of the 1st for 18 minutes due to rain. Canada is eliminated. Boxscore Game 19: Mexico 4, Chinese Taipei 3 August 20 6:00 pm EDT Volunteer Stadium Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E Chinese Taipei 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 7 2 Mexico ◄ 1 0 3 0 0 X 4 4 2 WP: Felix Diaz (2–0)   LP: Cheng-Feng Lee (0–1)   Sv: Ramon Ballina (1) Home runs: TPE: Chun-En Lin (1) MEX: Omar Cervantes (1) Attendance: 5,880 Notes: Chinese Taipei is eliminated. Boxscore Game 21: Mexico 6, Curaçao 2 August 21 4:00 pm EDT Howard J. Lamade Stadium Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E Mexico ◄ 0 0 5 0 0 1 6 8 1 Curaçao 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 6 2 WP: Andres Carrillo (1–1)   LP: Christopher Koeiman (0–2)   Sv: Ramon Ballina (2) Home runs: MEX: Ramon Ballina (3), Eduardo Abrego (2) CUR: None Attendance: 12,150 Notes: Caribbean is eliminated. Boxscore Game 25: Panama 2, Mexico 1 August 23 4:00 pm EDT Howard J. Lamade Stadium Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E Panama ◄ 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 1 Mexico 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 0 WP: Edisson Gonzalez (2–0)   LP: Ramon Ballina (0–1)   Sv: None Home runs: PAN: James Gonzalez (3) MEX: None Attendance: 12,950 Notes: Mexico is eliminated. Boxscore

Crossover games

Game A: Nebraska 17, Germany 1 August 20 Noon EDT Howard J. Lamade Stadium Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E Nebraska ◄ 2 15 0 0 – – 17 12 0 Germany 0 0 1 0 – – 1 2 4 WP: Blake Quintana (1–1)   LP: Justin Wilson (0–2)   Sv: None Home runs: NE: Jared Wegner (1) GER: None Attendance: 4,600 Notes: Completed early due to mercy rule. The game was delayed in the top of the 2nd due to rain. Boxscore

Game B: Uganda 3, Oregon 2 August 21 1:00 pm EDT Howard J. Lamade Stadium Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E Oregon 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 7 1 Uganda ◄ 0 0 0 2 1 X 3 7 0 WP: Daniel Alio (1–0)   LP: Greg Mehlhaff (0–2)   Sv: Job Echon (1) Home runs: OR: None UGA: None Attendance: 9,800 Notes: This was the first win by a team from Africa at the Little League World Series. Boxscore

Single-elimination stage

International Championship: Japan 10, Panama 2 August 25 12:30 pm EDT Howard J. Lamade Stadium Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E Japan ◄ 2 2 1 2 3 0 10 9 0 Panama 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 6 4 WP: Yuta Ishida (1–0)   LP: James Gonzalez (0–1)   Sv: None Home runs: JPN: Noriatsu Osaka (1), Kotaro Kiyomiya 2 (3), Satoru Aoyama (1), Rintaro Hirano (1) PAN: None Attendance: 19,850 Notes: Panama is eliminated. Boxscore

United States Championship: Tennessee 24, California 16 August 25 3:30 pm EDT Howard J. Lamade Stadium Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Tennessee ◄ 2 0 6 4 0 3 9 24 21 3 California 1 0 4 0 0 10 1 16 14 2 WP: Luke Brown (1–0)   LP: Dylan Moore (0–1)   Sv: None Home runs: TN: Jayson Brown (3), Brock Myers (4), Lorenzo Butler 3 (3) CA: Kempton Brandis (2), Hance Smith (4) Attendance: 24,175 Notes: California is eliminated. The two teams set a Little League World Series record with 40 combined runs.[2] Lorenzo Butler set a Little League World Series record with 9 RBI.[3] Boxscore

Consolation Game August 26 11:00 am EDT Howard J. Lamade Stadium Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E Panama 1 1 1 0 0 1 4 9 0 California ◄ 4 4 0 1 3 X 12 8 1 WP: Logan Douglas (2–0)   LP: Julio Goff (1–2)   Sv: None Home runs: PAN: Edisson Gonzalez (1) CA: None Attendance: 8,575 Boxscore

World Championship Game August 26 3:00 pm EDT Howard J. Lamade Stadium Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E Tennessee 0 0 0 1 1 – 2 2 0 Japan 2 1 2 5 2 – 12 11 0 WP: Kotaro Kiyomiya (2–0)   LP: Justin Smith (0–1)   Sv: None Home runs: TN: Brock Myers (5), Lorenzo Butler (4) JPN: Noriatsu Osaka 3 (4), Yuta Ishida (1), Tatsuya Irie (1) Notes: Completed early due to mercy rule. Japan wins the Little League World Series. Boxscore

References

1. Communications Division (June 14, 2012). "66th Little League Baseball World Series Schedule Announced". Little League. Retrieved August 17, 2012.
2. "Tennessee, Japan advance to final". ESPN. Associated Press. August 25, 2012. Retrieved August 25, 2012.
3. Smith, Cameron (August 25, 2012). "Little League slugger Lorenzo Butlet’s 3 HR, 9 RBI almost overshadowed by wild 10-run comeback in 6th inning". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved August 25, 2012.

External links

• Full schedule from littleleague.org