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.

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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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pool A

Maryland 3, Indiana 2

Louisiana 5, Washington 1

Louisiana 9, Indiana 0

Washington 15, Maryland 5

Washington 3, Indiana 2

Maryland 6, Louisiana 4

Pool B

Florida 10, South Dakota 0

Hawaii 3, Connecticut 1

Connecticut 9, South Dakota 4

Hawaii 10, Florida 2

Hawaii 6, South Dakota 4

Florida 8, Connecticut 2

Pool C

Mexico 6, Curaçao 2

Guam 7, Italy 6

Mexico 12, Italy 0

Mexico 10, Guam 0

Curaçao 14, Italy 1

Curaçao 3, Guam 0

Pool D

Venezuela 8, Canada 1

Japan 5, Saudi Arabia 0

Japan 9, Canada 3

Venezuela 12, Saudi Arabia 0

Japan 5, Venezuela 4

Canada 7, Saudi Arabia 5

International semifinals

Japan 11, Curaçao 4

Mexico 5, Venezuela 2

United States semifinals

Hawaii 9, Washington 4

Louisiana 6, Florida 1

International final

Mexico 5, Japan 4

United States final

Hawaii 7, Louisiana 5

Consolation Game

Japan 4, Louisiana 3

Championship Game

Hawaii 12, Mexico 3

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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