2013 Little League World Series

The 2013 Little League World Series was held in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania, from August 15 until August 25.[1] Eight teams from the United States and eight from throughout the world competed in the 67th edition of this tournament.[2] The Musashi-Fuchū Little League of Tokyo, Japan, defeated the Eastlake Little League of Chula Vista, California, 6–4 in the championship game. For the country of Japan, this was their ninth LLWS championship overall, second consecutive, and the third in four years. This was the last World Series to feature players born in the 20th century.

2013 Little League World Series
Dates	August 22–August 25
Teams participating	16
Champion	Musashi-Fuchū Little League Tokyo
Runner-up	Eastlake Little League Chula Vista, California
Little League World Series

Tournament changes

It was announced on August 29, 2012 that three of the eight international regions had been realigned. The results of the realignment included Australia having its own region, meaning that the national champion of that country would be given a berth into the Little League World Series. Also, teams from Middle Eastern countries (except Israel and Turkey) would compete to qualify with teams in the Asia-Pacific Region to form the Asia-Pacific and Middle East region. Teams from Africa would compete to qualify with teams from Europe to form the Europe and Africa region.[3]

Teams

United States	International
Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan Great Lakes Region Grosse Pointe Woods-Shores Little League	Taoyuan, Chinese Taipei Asia-Pacific and Middle East Region Chung-Ping Little League
Newark, Delaware Mid-Atlantic Region Newark National Little League	Perth, Western Australia Australia Region Perth Metro Central Little League
Urbandale, Iowa Midwest Region Urbandale Little League	Nepean, Ontario Canada Region East Nepean Little League
Westport, Connecticut New England Region Westport Little League	San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico Caribbean Region Samaritana Little League
Sammamish, Washington Northwest Region Eastlake Little League	Brno, Czech Republic Europe and Africa Region South Moravia Little League
Nashville, Tennessee Southeast Region South Nashville Little League	Fuchū, Tokyo Japan Region Musashi Fuchū Little League
Corpus Christi, Texas Southwest Region Universal Little League	Aguadulce, Panama Latin America Region Aguadulce Cabezera Little League
Chula Vista, California West Region Eastlake Little League	Tijuana, Baja California Mexico Region Municipal De Tijuana Little League

• Republic of China, commonly known as Taiwan, due to complicated relations with People's Republic of China, is recognized by the name Chinese Taipei by majority of international organizations including Little League Baseball (LLB). For more information, please see Cross-Strait relations.

Team Rosters

Robert Hassell III Nashville Tenneseee was a 1st Round Draft choice in the 2020 MLB draft ( San Diego Padres)

International

Asia-Pacific Taoyuan, Chinese Taipei	Australia Perth, WA	Canada Nepean, ON	Caribbean San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico	Europe-Africa Brno, Czech Republic	Japan Fuchu, Tokyo	Latin America Aguadulce, Panama	Mexico Tijuana, Baja California
Shih-Che Chou Shao-Hua Chung Yu-Chun Chung Chao-Wei Huang Huai-Chien Lan Chen-Hsun Lee Shu-Ming Lee Chia-Ming Lin Teng-Yu Wang Kai-En Wu Tung-Hua Yeh Ching-Fong Yu Teng-Yao Yu	Zachariah Artingstall Mitchell Brown Chase Diggins Kieren Hall Maverick Hamilton Caydyn Hancock Todd Hatcher Luke Houston Danny Ivester Jake Sheldon Zane Tavinor Michael Tovey Shane Turner Dylan Walsh	Angus Adams David Caon Cole Dennison Justin Dineen Davide Disipio Caden Griffin David Legault Kai Nguyen Ken Nguyen Will Riopelle Clay Surrett Jack Walsh Jason Zhang	Robert Addarich Pedro Aponte Edgar Baez Yan Contreras Braulio Flores Leonardo Lizardi Yamil Munoz Jan Osorio Pablo Sanchez Gabriel Santiago Tommylee Sierra Israel Velazquez Yamil Velazquez	Tomas Chadim Christian Geidl Lukas Hlouch Krystof Jan Hruza Tomas Jurcik Marek Krejcirik Tomas Kuba Eliska Stejskalova Daniel Stoudek Martin Svihalek Robin Vavra Victor Vecerka	Takuma Gomi Ryusei Hirooka Kazuki Ishida Kyousuke Kobayashi Sho Miyao Kouyou Mizushima Tatsuki Nagano Seiya Nishino Dai Okada Keita Saito Jintarou Shiina Shunpei Takagi Ryutarro Takeo Kensuke Tsuchida	Jordan Agrazal Jean Cornejo Juan Crisp Carmelo Cruz Radameth De Leon Rafael Eysseric Daniel Fernandez Jose Gonzalez Armando Lopez Daniel Polo Edgardo Rosales Azarel Salado Jean Mar Sanchez Tomas Sarmiento	Alexander Artalejo Miguel Artalejo Luis Corral Jorge Duenas Saul Favela Martin Gonzalez Axcel Mandujano Luis Manzo Ramon Mendoza Brandon Meza Brandon Montes Jorge Rodriguez Jorge Romero

United States

Great Lakes Grosse Pointe, MI	Mid-Atlantic Newark, DE	Midwest Urbandale, IA	New England Westport, CT	Northwest Sammamish, WA	Southeast Nashville, TN	Southwest Corpus Christi, TX	West Chula Vista, CA
Louis Cardinale John Cullen Ryan Duffy Tyler Hill John Lizza Chad Lorkowski Thomas Maxey James Mazzola Antonio Moceri Joseph Rheaume Ryan Shanley Jack Vyletel Evan Zschering	Brett Callahan Justin Courter Joseph Davis Brian Green Jack Hardcastle Nathan Hardcastle David Hawtof Eric Ludman Ryan Miller Jared Owens Brandon Sengphachanh Nick Sharpe	Alex Augustine Brenden Ball Chase Brundage Ty Cowley Grant Garwood Brook Heinen Joshua Neyens Will Pattison Sam Petrillo Garrett Purcell Brady Roberts Lucas Strain Carter Troncin Sam Young	Harry Azadian Matt Brown Christopher Drbal Chad Knight Tatin Llamas Ricky Offenberg Max Popken Alex Reiner Drew Rogers Charlie Roof Matt Stone	Will Armbruester Cameron Bowers Adam Carper Jack Carper Dalton Chandler Jacob Dahlstrom Bryce Delay Nathan Fitzgibbons Jack Matheson Dylan Matsuoka Austin Oh Zack Olson Jack Rud Jack Titus	Zane Denton Robert Hassell Austin Kasick Blake Kirchenbauer Chris McElvain Trae McLemore Blake Money Tanner Morgan Ben Pickman Knox Preston Bricen Russell Conner Smith	Ruben Cortez Jared Cruz Brandon DeLeon Evan Elizaldi Jacob Garza Oscar Hernandez Juan Jasso Jesus Ortiz Josh Ramirez Lonnie Rocha Christian Servantes Juan Rosa	Patrick Archer Kevin Bateman II Giancarlo Cortez Jake Espinoza Michael Gaines Dominic Haley Grant Holman Nick Mora Charly Peterson Micah Pietila-Wiggs Ricky Tibbett Rennard Williams

Results

The drawing to determine the opening round pairings took place on June 13, 2013.[4]

United States bracket

	August 15 – Game 2
	Delaware	6
					August 18 – Game 14 (F/4)
	Iowa	3
					Delaware	3
	August 15 – Game 4 (F/7)
					California	15
	California	3
									August 21 – Game 24 (F/9)
	Michigan	0
									California	6
	August 16 – Game 6
									Connecticut	3
	Texas	4
					August 18 – Game 16
	Washington	8
					Washington	7
	August 16 – Game 8
					Connecticut	9
	Tennessee	2
	Connecticut	3
																	August 24 – U.S. championship
																	California	12
	August 17 – Game 10
																	Connecticut	1
	Iowa	6
					August 19 – Game 18
	Michigan	5
					Iowa	5
					Washington	6
									August 20 – Game 22
									Washington	6
	August 17 – Game 12
									Tennessee	5
	Texas	2
					August 19 – Game 20 (F/4)
	Tennessee	10
					Delaware	0
					Tennessee	10
													August 23 – Game 26 (F/9)
													Connecticut	14
													Washington	13

International bracket

	August 15 – Game 1
	Panama	9
					August 18 – Game 13 (F/4)
	Puerto Rico	4
					Panama	0
	August 15 – Game 3 (F/4)
					Mexico	13
	Australia	0
									August 21 – Game 23
	Mexico	12
									Mexico	2
	August 16 – Game 5
									Japan	5
	Chinese Taipei	10
					August 18 – Game 15
	Canada	2
					Chinese Taipei	2
	August 16 – Game 7
					Japan	3
	Japan	7
	Czech Republic	3
																	August 24 – International championship
																	Japan	3
	August 17 – Game 9
																	Mexico	2
	Puerto Rico	4
					August 19 – Game 17
	Australia	0
					Chinese Taipei	6
					Puerto Rico	4
									August 20 – Game 21
									Chinese Taipei	7
	August 17 – Game 11
									Panama	8
	Canada	4
					August 19 – Game 19 (F/4)
	Czech Republic	3
					Canada	0
					Panama	12
													August 22 – Game 25 (F/7)
													Mexico	4
													Panama	2

Crossover games

Teams that lose their first two games get to play a crossover game against a team from the other side of the bracket that also lost its first two games. These games are labeled Game A and Game B.

	Game A
	August 19 – Lamade Stadium
	Australia	2
	Texas	5

	Game B
	August 20 – Lamade Stadium
	Czech Republic	5
	Michigan	3

Consolation game

The consolation game is played between the loser of the United States championship and the loser of the International championship.

	Consolation game
	August 25 – Lamade Stadium
	Connecticut	14
	Mexico	15

World Championship

	Little League World Championship
	August 25 – Lamade Stadium
	California	4
	Japan	6

2013 Little League World Series Champions
Musashi-Fuchū Little League Tokyo, Japan

Home Run Count

Name	HR Count	Team
Brandon Montes	5	Mexico
Ramon Mendoza	4	Mexico
Chad Knight	3	New England
Nick Mora	3	West
Angus Adams	2	Canada
Harry Azadian	2	New England
Matt Brown	2	New England
Jared Cruz	2	Southwest
Saul Favela	2	Mexico
Takuma Gomi	2	Japan
Grant Holman	2	West
Kazuki Ishida	2	Japan
Ricky Offenberg	2	New England
Ben Pickman	2	Southeast
Daniel Stoudek	2	Europe-Africa
Shunpei Takagi	2	Japan
Miguel Artalejo	1	Mexico
Jack Carper	1	Northwest
Shih-Che Chou	1	Asia-Pacific
Juan Crisp	1	Latin America
Zane Denton	1	Southeast
Jake Espinoza	1	West
Daniel Fernandez	1	Latin America
Michael Gaines	1	West
Jacob Garza	1	Southwest
Martin Gonzalez	1	Mexico
Brook Heinen	1	Midwest
Huai-Chien Lan	1	Asia-Pacific
Tatin Llamas	1	New England
Armando Lopez	1	Latin America
Thomas Maxey	1	Great Lakes
Trae McLemore	1	Southeast
Antonio Moceri	1	Great Lakes
Seiya Nishino	1	Japan
Micah Pietila-Wiggs	1	West
Max Popken	1	New England
Knox Preston	1	Southeast
Alex Reiner	1	New England
Jorge Romero	1	Mexico
Edgardo Rosales	1	Latin America
Jean Mar Sanchez	1	Latin America
Brandon Sengphachanh	1	Mid-Atlantic
Matt Stone	1	New England
Carter Troncin	1	Midwest
Jack Vyletel	1	Great Lakes
Tung-Jua Yeh	1	Asia-Pacific

No-hitter

Grant Holman of the Eastlake Little League (Chula Vista, CA) tossed a no-hitter in the sixth game of the tournament against Grosse Pointe, Michigan.

Champion's path

The Musashi Fuchū LL reached the LLWS by winning all eight of their Tokyo and national tournament games.[5] In total, they went undefeated with a 13–0 record.

Round	Opposition	Result
All-Tokyo Tournament
Winner's Bracket Round 3	Suginami LL	15–0
Winner's Bracket Quarterfinals	Koganei LL	8–1
Winner's Bracket Semifinals	Chōfi LL	15–5 (4 inn.)
Winner's Bracket Final	Machida LL	4–1 (4 inn.)
Japan Regional
Opening Round	Hiroshima Saiki LL	6–3
Quarterfinals	Kishiwada LL	11–1 (5 inn.)
Semifinals	Sendai Aoba LL	8–5
Japan Championship	Miyagino	11–6

References

1. "Schedule/Results". Little League. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
2. Communications division (November 12, 2012). "Dates and Sites for 2013 Little League World Series Tournaments Announced". Little League. Archived from the original on May 10, 2013. Retrieved March 14, 2013.
3. Communications division (August 29, 2012). "Regions Realigned for 2013: Australia to Play in Little League Baseball World Series". Little League. Archived from the original on September 23, 2012. Retrieved March 14, 2013.
4. Communications Division (June 13, 2013). "Schedule Set For the 2013 Little League Baseball® World Series". Little League. Archived from the original on June 20, 2013. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
5. "Japan Tournament Results". Unpage.com. Retrieved August 25, 2013.