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.

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Pool play
Pool A	NY 10◄ WA 2 Linescore	GA 11◄ IA 3 Linescore	GA 6◄ NY 3 Linescore	WA 3 IA 5◄ Linescore	GA 3◄ WA 2 Linescore	NY 8◄ IA 3 Linescore
Pool B	MA 1 TX 10◄ Linescore	KY 0 (F/5) CA 15◄ Linescore	KY 0 (F/4) TX 12◄ Linescore	CA 14◄ MA 0 Linescore	KY 3 MA 12◄ Linescore	TX 6◄ CA 3 Linescore
Pool C	VEN 1 CUR 2◄ Linescore	SAU 2 JPN 5◄ Linescore	JPN 11 CUR 12◄ Linescore	VEN 4 JPN 5◄ Linescore	SAU 3 CUR 5◄ Linescore	VEN 3 SAU 5◄ Linescore
Pool D	TWN 16◄ GER 0 (F/4) Linescore	CAN 1 (F/7) MEX 2◄ Linescore	CAN 0 TWN 8◄ Linescore	MEX 13◄ GER 0 (F/4) Linescore	CAN 14◄ GER 13 Linescore	MEX 3◄ TWN 2 Linescore
Elimination round
Semifinals	Japan 0 Mexico 6◄ Linescore			New York 1 Texas 4◄ Linescore
Semifinals	Taiwan 5◄ Curaçao 2 Linescore			Georgia 10 California 11◄ Linescore
Finals	Taiwan 9◄ Mexico 4 Linescore			Texas 2 (F/4) California 12◄ Linescore
Consolation Game	Mexico 5◄ Southwest 4 Linescore
Championship Game	Taiwan 3 California 6◄ Linescore

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

26 August - 4:00 pm - Lamade

C2 Japan	0
		29 August – Noon - Lamade
D1 Mexico	6
		Mexico	4
27 August - 4:00 pm - Lamade
		Taiwan	9
D2 Taiwan	5
				30 August – 3:00 pm - Lamade
C1 Curaçao	2
				Taiwan	3
26 August - 8:00 pm - Lamade
				California	6
A2 New York	1
		29 August – 7:00 pm - Lamade (F/4)
B1 Texas	4
		Texas	2
27 August - 8:00 pm - Lamade
		California	12	Third place
B2 California	11
				30 August - 11:00 am - Volunteer
A1 Georgia	10
				Mexico	5

				Texas	4

Pool A

New York 10, Washington 2

Georgia 11, Iowa 3

Georgia 6, New York 3

Iowa 5, Washington 3

Georgia 3, Washington 2

New York 8, Iowa 3

Pool B

Texas 10, Massachusetts 1

California 15, Kentucky 0

Texas 12, Kentucky 0

California 14, Massachusetts 0

Massachusetts 12, Kentucky 3

Texas 6, California 3

Pool C

Curaçao 2, Venezuela 1

Japan 5, Saudi Arabia 2

Curaçao 12, Japan 11

Japan 5, Venezuela 4

Curaçao 5, Saudi Arabia 3

Saudi Arabia 5, Venezuela 3

Pool D

Taiwan 16, Germany 0

Mexico 2, Canada 1

Taiwan 8, Canada 0

Mexico 13, Germany 0

Canada 14, Germany 13

Mexico 3, Taiwan 2

International Semifinals

Mexico 6, Japan 0

Taiwan 5, Curaçao 2

United States Semifinals

Texas 4, New York 1

California 11, Georgia 10

International Final

Taiwan 9, Mexico 4

United States Final

California 12, Texas 2

Consolation Game

Mexico 5, Texas 4

Championship Game

California 6, Taiwan 3

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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