Asia-Pacific vs Australia | LLWS Opening Round | 2024 LLWS Highlights

s howick's ready to work to Cho the right fielder and it's a strike to start from s hock the one-1 pulled on a line and struck well to left and will Bennett has to play it off the wall Joo Wade so with a rocket and a wall ball double to lead it off Little League World Series this one to the back stop and choe moves up 6 [Applause] his 3-2 is a walk Cho saai Kai is on leadership skills and self- discipline Runner goes from first the throw goes directly to short and so choai Kai takes second to watch how Chinese taipe goes about it to the back stop cha is safe and taiwan's got the lead now pong Yen they chant his name in the cleanup spot off of first they will give ucha R second for S hock pong Yen bounces one towards short it's Spencer do safe at first choai Kai scores and then ow ray goes second to third as it looked like the first baseman Noah whittle came off the bag with the stretch Lea schw how bats in the Five Spot the first baseman who squares pulls back ucha scores from third Kong Yen will hold it second and it's 3 nothing Taiwan 3-1 on the ground toward third and into left field for Lea schau pongen scores from second and it's four nothing Taiwan on both sides on the ground sharply to third Ethan cross makes the play nicely done for the first out in the top of the first didn't like things that you're not good at right on the ground is short that's true Spencer dob makes the play two down and a run comes through the back door with leaa and this is Taiwan starting pitcher today lean Sun Kai this one might have got the the Umpire carams away and lean Chun scores and it's a six spot here in the first for Taiwan we had this last night too and umpire got smoked and didn't even Flinch as wor yeah I'll wear that 3-2 popped up foul ground Ethan cross makes the play nice catch by cross in Australian little league as well and got close to getting here pong Yen gobbles up the ground ball to retire Fletcher but I understand the Superstition part a bouncer to Third and utong how for the second out all right the second triplet to bat is Spencer do the short stop and he pops out to Chen Bo way eight pitches that's it for lean zung Kai in the first the International Teams come from all over and they travel more than 40,000 miles to get here these 10 teams on the road to South Williamsport Pennsylvania said so was the coolest place he's ever traveled to smash to left field back toward the wall and it one hops the wall hu Yen Chun with a wall ball double to begin the second it's a walk and utong how gets the board with hu Yen Chun moving to third last year one of his ities was to have more fun throw through and this time they catch utong how stealing on a nice throw from Fletcher do yeah Fletcher do doing a great job of working back there preach to young players at this age this popped up toward Spencer do for out number two did our producer catch it is he up there when it happened in the air right field and struck well Oppo and caught at the wall ball Chase new the CB how's it going guys wanted to congratulate you on the amazing achievement at the national championship and the chance to go to Williamsport um I saw how much passion and care you guys had for the for the wins you had and the way you played the game um in Blacktown and it was pretty special I'm super excited for the opportunity you guys have I wish I got that opportunity I know my mates um burnsy c and a bunch of the guys Clayton um some of my best friends got that opportunity and they'll cherish it forever so uh make the most of it go out compete every day believe you can beat anyone cuz you can you guys are some of the best young players in the world uh and just go believe it Go compete show the world what you're about and do great things hearing Travis somebody who's effectively made it make that comp comparison was just a huge boost not just for Spencer but Fletcher and Hudson as well and again if you don't know Travis bana start to get to know this name first over overall pick after a superstar season at Oregon State and from this area from Sydney again you heard the ties to the coaching staff to the triplets on this team he even took a picture with my son came up and and met me just a really young great young guy so cool as Hudson da pops out to pong Yen after Ethan cross grounded back to the mound and she's got all the numbers down pat 32 and a great take in Emma gainford is Australia's first base runner this year at the Little League World Series my man is grizzled Will Bennett has some kind of story this summer but a strike out there ends the inning for lean Sun Kai on 13 pitches who are all across the five pitch walk and Cho saai kayaz on those teachers have come up with a postgame meal for tonight chicken curry beef stew all homemade as this one gets dumped into left field sebie by ucha R one of the leaders on this team and the captain and uh he's going to Feast post game it sounds like here's the cleanup man pongy Yen he goes hunting pops it up in foul ground and Noah Whittle makes a great play now they got the runner off second ow Ray the throw back to Second they don't get him 3-1 on the ground sharply into left field the base hit that scores Cho Tai Kai ow R is right behind him two more for Taiwan we Al Shong how just a great compact swing right here this Ball's running in does a good job of getting the hands inside the [Applause] baseball gets it past the third baseman Ethan cross that's all right there'll be more two two bouncing ball right side at Hudson dob two G his 1-1 on the ground toward short Spencer do anding and he works a walk here that you have to make an adjustment when you see guys throwing a little bit harder it's a strike out the first out of the inning a backwards k for choe [Applause] sa big cuts and it's backto back KS just into the ball game onto the mound for choe the one two three straight strikeouts with good breaking balls from choe sa Taiwan leads eight nothing after three on the ground sharley diving bit in the hole from Spencer dob who knocked it down but you got a moment with him up on the hill the other day tell me about that moment well he just crushed that sebie but a great catch by Emma gainford and lean Sun Kai nearly hit a home run robbing him yeah I mentioned there's a lot of ground to cover she does a great job of getting herself to the right spot at the right time great concentration great sliding grab one-on-one out in the fourth for Taiwan two1 pitch to Huen Chun smacked left Center again Emma on the move but this time it drops down it's it's a Well struck single for Huen Chun he's got two hits in this game and there's two on this is yutong how the third basem in the air to Center Emma's getting busy out there and makes another catch two down growing in Fame and popularity herself right now ground ball up the middle and Spencer da to the bag to end the inning CU he says he makes lots of contact with those when he's batting K [Music] completed just off the back door Australia's Got Its third base runner all via walks SE hock on the ground to shorten into left center field that may be the first hit seated by Taiwan here in Williamsport through two games and it is Zarah hock breaks up a no hit stretch of nine innings from Taiwanese pitching swinging a miss and another strike out Cho sa on the ground to third to the bag for uong how that age oh yeah on the ground sharply in Ethan cross back hands and fires in [Applause] time just miss missed and Cho taai is on hanging out with the team from Bernie Texas that one came inside and ow says it hit him yeah I want to say it just got the the left shoulder throw that curveball backed up a little bit ends up getting the he'd run a camp he'd say muscle or bone pongy and La one Fair down the right field line choai Kai scores you Chow stops IT third and pong y Yen adds to taiwan's [Applause] lead lace down the line a fair ball for Lea shun how he's been a monster today and he drives in two more five RB out of the five spot for Taiwan it's just a relaxed swing from Le see it com right back over the plate I mean you talk about getting through something and ripping it down the line that's what leow did then there would be a sixth in lean chuny pops it up fou ground and nice catch made by Sarah ho foul ground s Howick runs it down swinging a Miss ucha R caps the K 32 and Emma Works another walk on the ground towards second and pong Yen gets the force the turn the pick not in time that looks like he's on there and beats the throw or beats the runner that's pretty good and an out and the ball game's over pong yen to chenbo way and Leo schuna the pick Taiwan has given up one hit in two games and has looked every bit the part of the team that last year was two runs away from winning The International Championship [Music]