LLBWS roundup: Big innings propel Nevada, Nicaragua to wins

Logan Edwards scampered home on an error to break a scoreless tie and lead off a five-run, fifth-inning outburst, sending Henderson, Nev., to a 5-0 win over Tacoma, Wash., on Sunday morning at the Little League Baseball World Series in South Williamsport, Pa. The first two batters of the fifth, Edwards and Michael Kleiner, reached base on bunt singles back to the pitcher, Kasen Workman. With James Esber at the plate, Edwards and Kleiner advanced on a wild pitch, and Edwards scored on an ensuing error on the play for the first run. Esber singled to send Kleiner to third, and the latter scored on a sacrifice fly to center field off the bat of Adrian Cruz. Staked to a 2-0 lead, the Nevada squad followed with four more singles to drive home three more runs. Edwards scored the winning run and also closed out the game on the mound, taking over for Brooks McFarland, who allowed two hits, walked four and struck out five in five innings for Nevada (2-0). Washington (2-1) moved into the lower bracket of the double-elimination tournament. Nicaragua 8, Mexico 4 Latin America region representative Nicaragua defeated Mexico, scoring eight runs on four hits with the aid of nine walks and two hit batters despite committing three errors. Mexico took a 1-0 lead in the second inning without the benefit of a hit. Emiliano Kerber walked, took second on a catcher's interference call and third on a sacrifice, scoring on a wild pitch. The lead grew to 2-0 in the fourth after Oscar Mateo Montanez singled and scored following a pair of errors. It moved to 3-0 after Jorge Fonseca, who reached base and advanced to second on a two-base error, moved to third on a passed ball and scored on a ground-ball out. In the bottom half of the inning, Nicaragua got one run back on two walks and an RBI single by Jose Martinez Padilla. But in the fifth, Nicaragua erupted for seven runs, scoring with runs driven in on a walk, a hit batter, a fielder's choice and a pair of two-run doubles. The team from Tijuana, Mexico (1-1), scored a final run in the sixth. The Leon, Nicaragua, squad (3-0) remained unbeaten in the upper bracket of the double-elimination tournament.