Tennessee, Mexico erupt to avoid elimination

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Wednesday’s Little League World Series action began with a pair of elimination games. In the first contest, Mexico crushed Australia, 10-0. In the second game of the day, Tennessee erupted for 14 runs to knock out Iowa, 14-3. Mexico and Tennessee will both play again Thursday for the right to advance to Saturday’s International and U.S. championships, respectively.

Game 22

Southeast 14, Midwest 3

Southeast Region champion Tennessee drew first blood with an Ethan Jackson solo home run in the second inning, but the Midwest Region champs from Iowa received a three-run blast from Kaiden Dinh in the third. That 3-1 Iowa lead was short-lived, however, as Tennessee batted around in both the fourth and fifth innings, plating 13 more runs combined in those frames. RJ Moore contributed a three-run dinger and Robert Carroll tossed 4 1/3 innings to help Tennessee advance in …

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