The Dominican Republic, the Caribbean champions, representing the region in the 2017 Little League World Series, bested Australia 8-7 to continue strong in the tournament in the game on 19 August. The tournament is taking place in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, USA from 17-27 August 2017.
As reported, Australia started strong, but a six-run third inning by the Dominican Republic put them in a dominant position before they had to hold on as the Aussies mounted a thrilling comeback. The Dominican Republic scored another two runs in the top of the fifth inning to lead 8-2, before Australia started its rally. Two runs in the bottom of the fifth brought the score to 8-4 before the rally continued in the bottom of the sixth, but came up a run short.
Previously, the DR had lost to the Asian-Pacific champions, 10-1, on Friday, 18 August.
On Monday, 21 August at 6pm, the DR is scheduled to play the Latin American Little League champions, Venezuela, that previously had defeated Canada.
16 teams from around the world are participating, including eight from the United States, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Venezuela and Canada in the Americas.
The games can be followed in the Dominican Republic live on ESPN.
See the schedule at: ESPN Little League
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ESPN DR vs Australia
Little League World Series
21 August 2017
