JAPAN vs. CHINESE TAIPEI [FULL HIGHLIGHTS] Aug, 21.2024 | LL Baseball World Series

[Music] today got him the giant Slayers from Tokyo iita swaps this one gone taiwan's thrown a no [Music] hitter back toward the wall a slam feeling good today as we welcome you to ESPN's coverage of the Little League World Series presented by T-Mobile all right here we go at volunteer stadium with the two most successful countries in the history of this event outside the US clashing Taiwan they're both unbeaten Taiwan stormed through three games here while Japan has slayed one of the Giants of this tournament in Venezuela and the winner of this one heads to the International Championship game four International teams are left Taiwan Japan the winner heads to Saturday like we said meanwhile gra some dominant pitching you got two guys that can do it iush has 19 K thrown and 21 outs that's absolutely incredible and we'll see suji on the mount hey sample size two CS two batters don't worry about that they can throw with the best of them holding opponents to 184 batting average we're going to see a very serious Japan Team come out here and see what they can do from a city in Tokyo the largest in the world that has produced nine of Japan's 11 differential through the first three games Taiwan is among the best in recent memory well for more on the team from TW in Taiwan here's sebie guys let's go go take a picture bam we're good now one one more maybe another home run we don't know how about the respect from his boys they knew not to be in the picture with you guys they knew but facing Japan so k iita you said has thrown 9 and a third of the 10 Innings Japan's played Yuki suuji got two strikeouts for the other two outs but now he gets the ball with iita unable to throw today yeah lanky arm here not the tallest but when you have long arms that makes it a little harder to see as a hitter the extension the follow through here you walks and Monday against Cuba we told you he was also the starting pitcher and went two and 2/3 without an earned run he go no swing so Yuki suji's got fast ball curveball slider and change up we were told pregame I had two pitches when I was younger that was the fast balling slider good luck Line Drive left center field CH weight up he's going to take photos with you everywhere and bringing you back to Taiwan with him listen why not when he gives the sign to the lean back this is how you start a game to make it to the national championship what a swing 2-1 count sitting Dead red fast ball on the outer half he wants extension take it bow big man another good picture right there what a swing good start for the taipe Cho WEA fourth hit here and an early base runner against Yuki station Cho ta Kai the center fielder he's had 10 plate appearances and he's walked six times that's really good you know you you thought you'd see maybe a bun attempt here to try and get him over he's going to take a pitch or two and try and figure a way to get him over here now he bunts it's a good one Yuki sui not in time bunt single to one just like I say it right there it is a solid bunt for you at home watch and you catch the ball you don't try and poke it you look at the third baseman there hreel did not move it's one of those plays where hey was designed he's not coming in suji's fast enough but not fast enough to get the runner at first base what a start here for Chinese taipe three walks and he's been hit by a pitch it's a leader and the team captain on this team it's nothing in T Lee Chung's the manager it's his fourth time leading Taiwanese team here you're trying to Lodge with him next year I told him he needs to invest in some property here that's all I mean pretty simple and here comes the infield in he just told his hitter not to be nervous ahead one two pull to left bear ball down the line for ucha Ray Cho W saww scores CH sa Kai behind him to zip Taiwan [Applause] well the train keeps on moving here fast ball up and in clears the hips keeps this ball Fair cha getting him on the board some of the hardest hit balls you'll see against the Japan team here you rarely see this they came to play today Mike the that's just pick up where they left off and with so many family members here for Taiwan U cha R's cheering section loves it it's like the exact opposite of what they did against Cuba they slow played them here they said I'm coming out and attacking today I'm not wasting any time and they've gotten some fast balls to hit as we've seen yeah they were down two nothing into the fourth Monday against Q Yuki suji's 01 nothing two riding up and [Applause] in and so Japan lean so heavily they have a plethora of guys that are waiting in the wings to come into the pitch bouncing ball at the short at yuzuki o zawa that pregame infield pays off he makes a smooth play talk about smooth Fields the ball in front of the runner right away You're taught just to get the out takes a quick peek at Chia r at second base here as his momentum is still going to first look at this oh now you ain't going nowhere whammy fir it over there that's AIG second basement for Taiwan pong y Yen the very impressive English speaker posted a 3 minute video on YouTube of him telling a story for his English speech practice he's won prizes in Taiwan for how good he is at English at just 12 years [Applause] old his parents here using their translator Dr Phil Chang before the game this is more parents than ever they think that have come from Taiwan to support their team and it's in part due to last year's parents who were here they said it was such a great experience you had to come and now I say no one likes to see they're getting the tarp ready I'm going to try to get this thing on quickly the first inning four batters into this game Taiwan put up three hits three straight hits to start the game beginning with Cho in this High powerered match up against Japan yeah he drove a fast ball right to left Center and then Zuki comes up with a perfect executed bunt for a hit and then here they go again another line drive by Chia man these guys have been absolutely meshing baseball behind K iwashita and there's k iwashita for out number [Applause] two basing all seven here four for four a double three singles two walks and he's been hit by a pitch nothing at [Applause] two huan Chun is also a good listener the coaches say likes to sit quietly listen to everyone chatting would you say you're a good listener very much so I use my eyes and keep my mouth shut what about your ears sometimes yeah I'm listening to of course one two swinging a Miss Yuki sui's fired up because he leaves him man at second and he does limit the damage to two we're back underway Suns out out huge match up to start the Dan Williamsport section as well much like there is on Taiwan side 14 million strong in Tokyo bunch of great baseball players from there SE Suzuki from around there some crazy games for Venezuela in their last two L shangi drops in Beauty he Strikes Out K Hama with the hesitation breaking ball yeah he gave the hesi right there oh yeah held it a little longer than usual snap hook outer half tip your cap move on what a beautiful pitch right there seichi Fujimoto is the manager for Japan he's all business said he's watched all the film of taiwan's first three games and said they're a very good opponent he knows what stands in their [Applause] way his group's battle tested and very disciplined to the best of us outside in the full count for tomaki wanabi he's thrown out of the four of the five pitches he's thrown four sliders I have to think he throw it here and show a little more respect as well we'll see what happens or you come with that heat 32 it's the Heat and we nearly got one up here were you ready for that I no chance [Music] oh breaking ball hammered into the left field base hit it wasn't just the leg lift and hold Lan shei went back down with the leg Yeah I'm telling you little Marcus strowman action right there he's done that twice now is that going to be a tell if he's going to hold that and he stayed right on it his body didn't come forward he let his hands do to and this is K iwashita Japan's two-way star check swing roller to third at uong how got it over to pong y Yen for the force on tomok kiat tanabi for out number [Applause] two pitching is all about deception here that's just a cement mix slider maybe he got confused on it sitting fast ball could not hold back on the mound now the cleanup man tyo hono third baseman he's had some big knocks here Thursday in the first oh that's that's really nice 1-1 outside two and [Applause] [Music] one you know what's interesting about this whole thing if he goes past that 65 Mark he can't pitch as many as possible a sword and it's two and two too what a what a stat that is too I never knew what that was until this year did it come out this year or was that last year what thatat the sword oh like the term yeah oh maybe maybe way three or four years ago from the pitching ninja look at the hold swing and a miss what's that called a sward it's a couple of strikeouts to book in the first for Li shangi a what a sword hold it Let it Fly slider two strikeouts top of the second coming up when you stream and score your games look at all the signage on the Taiwan side that's really good I think they brought that over or made that when they got here I don't know I don't know how it would travel well go to a store unbeaten they are very good they're sharp and that's going to be exciting game over there front of Japan L Kai against Yuki suji nickname Master Kai F shangi he squares and bunts it foul now listen to this stat here last game the last five batters for Taiwan yesterday this year offensively that's something their manager Lee Chung ta talked about after that game against Cuba he said in the past we've had really a lot quicker swinging a miss and Yuki suji exalts after his second strike out two gone simple here it is Down Easy Street little two seam action Runner byou two quick outs for suji and Zang GN talks to his bat and his gloves let him know hey man I need your help today back but it felt good I'm not letting you go popped up foul two and two love this crowd Mike I be honest with you volunteer Stadium we had two unbelievable games on this field yesterday yeah and they waited to the end too yeah slow player mik yep both winners did it in the bottom of the sixth he went around it's a strike out for Yuki suji he pans two and a one two three top of the second heavyweight showdowns living up to it so [Music] far what to do and he's been doing it all day this whole two weeks let's check in with Sebastian jari koizumi is the batter against L shangi hey koizumi these buns that he's been doing watch his front foot or his left foot on the plate that's out right there the Umpire didn't see it he should have been out that happened twice now got to stay on that one and now he's swinging and he fouls it off when the line kind of gets muddied but then if your foot is entirely outside the box over the dish this is there's no way to come inside he went around and Strikes Out on 73 where you can view schedules you can watch highlights plan your experiences using the official llws app wow I mean that is pullitzer stuff from you another buckling breaking ball the fifth time pitch coming so will it be a breaking ball every hesitation has been a fast ball at 74 just missed his hardest and they might want to talk about the wind up yeah I know they go over every before not allowed but that's essentially a quick pitch as far as we know there's nothing against a hesitation on the mound l pull to left Leo schwow makes the catch for out number two Julio Franco had a good stance too ooh good stab behind the plate by uch Ral [Music] thank you well Le chungas said in part 3-1 runs away Sora okamoto with that fun stance K fan base activates and chance the first name of Yuki suji Liang she's 02 pitch a strike out fourth k for L Shang XI he's got the balance of a ballet star out [Music] there a stared now been so many great moments here at the Little League World Series in the hills of sers it advaned to Saturday as well who will be the nothing after two runs in the top of the first Yuki suuji drops in strike one to lean Chun one out base is empty utong how third baseman it's some big moments late in the game Monday against Cuba Watton scored in the fifth and in the sixth he had a two-run double as they just blew it open squared and pulled back you're right Tomo kiabi Japan's catcher stops pretty much everything wall just call him brick wall he's a big big presence too he's a [Applause] monster he's so fun to watch amazing I love that just outside and you Tong how Works a hard-earned walk I used to dominate here back in 98 this one gets away that's on us I I agree that's on youu Yuki suji's 2 two left field base hit for chenbo way uong how to Third and they're at the corners for Taiwan as the lineup turns over here we go with the bottom of the lineup again oh getting the crowd going too a little bit look to swing you don't have to do too much and it was high went up top to get it easy money right there right over the third baseman's head one hopper to the left field and they have this with the entire infield in battery for Japan good stop by Watson ABI what he thought it would be like on the ground to Short to the bag Ozawa to first it's two inning [Music] over yuzuki Ozawa we saw this in Infield every time the ball was hit up the middle he took it himself for a double play we knew about the arm Let it Loose young man huge double play one two line down the line and left and foul [Applause] all right 50 pitches for Li Shang XI and you had said earlier if he goes past 65 he's done open Patriots country here's Cho saai Kai just missed to siosi Eto weather's turning a little bit right here clouds covering the field we had a 27 minute delay in the top of the first we hope we don't have that coming here when you see the difference the win was to score and take the lead that misses five pitch two [Applause] and0 so two and0 man a board P down two two- pitch that's a strike to rku [Applause] Yamamoto a strike three and two and that's the part about you payoff inside rku yamamoto's fired up with the walk Japan's Dugout is as well and they've got two on not work to walk very hard worker high on base guy great breaking ball Cho sa kao2 got him couple gorgeous right here starts on the top of the zone right on the inner part that's huge three straight strikes in a row that's the big difference right now but he's down nothing two against Taiwan and Cho ta Kai fouled [Applause] away 02 again on appeal no swing look like nearly forget about what happens move on and get the next one Jo ta kaai two- two swing and a miss and they'll say it was tip foul it did sound like he got just a piece of it [Applause] oh boy that's really [Applause] close the catcher came right up right [Music] away you got to look once it hits the bat if the ball rotated a different way or made a different movement you these are tough views right here I think that front view right here let's [Music] see didn't didn't look like it but again that's a really hard call to make in a very very big spot for both [Music] teams so you be middle name what Michael Miguel our pitcher for Japan five pitch walk and a two- out base runner for Taiwan already up by two and [Applause] this that misses so backto back two out walks two on for Taiwan one of their best bats coming up in Huen [Applause] Chun you K suji can he get out of this Jam gave up the two runs in the first first base for this Taiwanese team good pitch just missed two [Applause] and0 yeah we talked about it before I mean that one's just a little bit up good stop by tomok kiat tanabi on a pitch Yang oh taking on a pitch in a pretty good spot that's what they do though from Yuki suji the payoff hot shot and that is a fair ball down the line Lea SCH house scores Taiwan adds on that was about as close as it gets down the line called The Fair ball and Taiwan adds [Applause] Insurance here it is 3-2 count you know a heater's coming ball driven down the Third Base Line this guy has been doing it so many times Mr Clutch let's see tough to tell there I think they're going to review it man here it is right there look at that ball turning and oh baby we're going to have to get a couple looks in that one did it get a little chalk on the end again a review of a play oh oh my gosh good luck up there in the boat ah called Fair on the fields by Mario Martinez with a good look at it and will it stand for huan Chun celebrating its second Lee just walked down the line and pointed at it and two and on ESPN we'll get you up top to stadium for Nevada and Texas this game continues on ESPN 2 we send you up to Carl Jess and Julie FY at lomy all right Mike thank you very much that inning just ended on a Fly ball the center field so they score no more as we welcome you to our ESP nothing to go away from its Ace in the third inning with one out preserving him for Saturday or Sunday he'll be available to come back Saturday the International Championship game with Sunday being the overall World Series championship game we got some pin trading if we can get the pin off the lanyard how much time have you spent pin trading uh I went a couple days I went a couple nights when I knew I didn't have to get down too early good trade right there popped up foul ground and U Chow makes the play for out number one in the bottom of the fourth on my butt I want you to be comfortable if you don't like it don't trade it you know usually I always give them a good deal too and you just replenish your supply before we walked down here today that was lucky man found you added some fossils we found a little treasure free for the taking if it's free it's me and I'll take three B do we found some old ESPN Little League World Series pins up for grabs Tomo kiwan ABI oh great catch in the stands look at the young lady over he said don't worry Papa I got you just unfaced didn't break stri see if we can see or catch this oh high pins one to the bottom of the zone and there's two down memory of a lifetime for that young lady look at this fast ball inside yeah you're on top of the plate anything in if you don't have to move everything he [Music] did this one comes down near his foot Miss guys I was talk I was talking to uh K's mom tamoko pregame I said are you worried you keep hearing your son say he's hungry I think that told him he wanted to be a pro baseball player when he was just 5 years old big dream starting early here for team Japan wow how about that at age five for K iwashita who hovers right over the plate and the other day he got smoked by pitch on the elbow not the salmon though I did try the salon oh and a nice pitch again joai Kai jumps off the mound with a bright smile Quan little leag pin for Taiwan the Taiwanese team was kind enough to give [Music] us struck well right fields and sui Ito makes the [Music] play been dominant so far sayi Fujimoto [Music] sharo koizumi faces Zang g n i mean he reached up to 104 I think he was 98 to 101 versus me every time oh oh thank you and then he developed a split change too not fair little roller up the line foul you know the pitcher you had the most home runs again take that home run man check swing and he went around Zang JN strikes out and there's two down here in the top of the fifth just a simple fast ball up in the zone could not hold up Good Start by him welcome to the world series gets a first strike out yeah there's no one you had more hits any po homers or no no you got bum Garner Mike fires Matt Garza Lance Lyn Chris Russen R in my childhood bedroom when he left the Red Sox check swing and he went around according to the home playay umpire lean CH strikes out and two pitch I didn't know that yeah give him a give him a call 2-1 t hono on a hop nice pick by uong how for the first there hey side saddled it boom look it ready boom with the easy pick money and a nice throw of the first pick Tong [Applause] how bouncer foul and pitch in the finals if they make it got it so that's Evan tarez I think Florida has a couple guys too as well that can go this popped up right around home PL for ow to get to the finish line here three and one on sh Tanaka yeah so far Chong the M that International oh that was a close just misses and show Tanaka walks they had him to pitch that International final and they chose not to and brought him in it was too late let's look back at this pitch right here he went backto back Breakers just a bit off I know he wanted that one yep pitches on both sides they want to see it yeah these games have been appear to be to his pitcher mid a with the count two and one he's going to swap his left fielder and his right fielder so choa comes from right to left and leauna goes from left to right against yuzuki Ozawa 22 fouled back and a big cut from yuzuki [Applause] Ozawa 22 down full count one pitch away from bring the tying R of the plate for Japan it's blowing [Applause] now 3-2 in the air left side of the in field at shenbo way to end the inning chai Kai gets out of trouble Taiwan takes a three-run lead to the sixth the last week in these last couple games on this field for this year monsters back there helping us out so big thank you to everyone who makes it possible we love coming here utong how leads off for Taiwan up by three on Japan against shotaro koizumi all right so let's think about this for Taiwan if they can hang on they get to Saturday they can kind of line things up as best they want to this a line drive behind short and it drops down a base hit for uong how lead off single and they' have the pitching in pretty good shape their offense has been Japan's manager SEI Fujimoto appr they went to work early three hits from the first three batters and you Chow Ray was a guy with the two RBI double the Kickstart then we had a little rain calmed everybody down then we hit the fourth inning another double by Huen Chun two big doubles today to make the score three nothing and the pitching has been really good as well it's a continuation of what taiwan's done here and they've got the lead get the leadoff man on as well and Japan's made a pitching change it's third baseman tyo hono takes over on the mound first time we're watching him he's got a very enjoyable wind up he does he it goes heel up first so from the foot coming up it's not knee up it's back heel to the butt like we're doing butt kicks snap the butt knee up and then go maybe that gives him a little more drive to throw that ball harder heel up cracked in the air left field fyama backs up and makes the catch for out number one good swing right there by Tong [Applause] how heel up first pitch breaking ball dots The Edge Cho weights himself growing up this is hammered left Center for dama makes the running catch throw back in double play gorgeous [Applause] Reach Out And Touch Somebody for Yama says let me reach and let me catch this ball wow weah's been crushing I got it hold on I'm not done I'm going to turn around I'm going to make the fire in Oh What A Catch and I'm going to double you up momentum switch back to Japan National Championship game on Saturday afternoon at 12:30 Eastern over on ABC Dora okamoto walked his first time take strike one I was trying to keep him out check swing did he go yes he did choai Kai strikes [Music] out that's nasty right there slider you can't pick up the spin yeah I'm swinging at that one too bud if Taiwan gets to the Little League World Series Championship game on Sunday pan down by three two outs left to work with against lean Sun Kai this is Yuki suji 22 swinging a Miss lean Sun Kai fired up as a right-handed hitter when a right-handed pitcher is throwing you don't know whether it's going to break so it's very hard to decide looking for a third shutout cracked well left field and that will reach the wall kit takam moris got a two out [Applause] double you knew Japan wasn't going to go down without a fight either he squared that one up just right and said hey don't you Dar throw that fast ball right down the plate I'm ready to swing one hop the wall oh wa always talk about hearing the noise of that ball coming off the bat another Runner here then we got a little magic koki takamore's first hit in Williamsport and now Su Yoshi ETO the right fielder slices one down the line a fair ball takamori rounds third throw to the plate does not get him and Japan's not done yet [Applause] to get in scoring position as well but in little league you just played as is bouncing ball toward third and a foul ball called foul umpire might miss it that's what he did and it was a foul ball all the way nice call there by both umpires [Applause] 02 Yamamoto bounces it towards second pong Yen makes the play Taiwan wins it and is headed back to the International Championship as we talked about before it came down to pitching it was one big inning for Chinese taipe in the first a monster 2 RBI double Japan making it close at the end they couldn't keep up is over on ESPN Todd Frasier it is always a pleasure my friend for you for Sebastian Salazar and our entire crew led by Scott gipson and Johnny Hannah Mike