Team Canada beats Japan with big 6th inning rally, a breakdown
What Happened
The Little League World Series matchup between Team Canada and Japan is a tightly contested affair. In the early innings, both teams showcase impressive defensive skills, with the Canadian center fielder and Japanese infielders making several highlight-reel plays to keep the game scoreless. In the top of the sixth inning, the game remains knotted at 0-0. Canada's leadoff batter, Jackson Marvitch, is hit by a pitch on the backside, earning him a free trip to first base. The next Canadian hitter, a young slugger, swings and misses at a fastball but then crushes a hanging breaking ball over the shortstop's head, giving Canada runners on first and third with no outs. The Canadian dugout erupts with excitement, and the team's proud mother watches on, a frown of determination on her face. Canada then executes a perfect bunt, pushing across another run and putting runners on first and second with one out. The next batter also lays down a bunt, beating it out to load the bases. With the bases juiced, the big right-handed Canadian hitter steps to the plate and delivers the decisive blow - a towering shot that clears the bases, putting Canada up 6-0 in the sixth inning. The crowd goes wild, cheering on the Little Leaguers from the Great White North. In the bottom of the sixth, Canada brings in Jackson Marvitch, whose dream job is "retirement," to close out the game. Marvitch strikes out the first batter swinging, then gets the next hitter to foul out. With two outs, Marvitch battles the final Japanese batter, throwing him several nasty curveballs before freezing him with a well-placed fastball to end the game. As the Canadian players celebrate their 6-0 victory, the coach's proud father watches from the stands, beaming with pride at his son's clutch performance on the mound. It was a hard-fought, back-and-forth game, but in the end, Canada's timely hitting and solid pitching proved too much for the Japanese side.
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Click timestamps to jump to that momentteam canada at the little league world
series has been impressive this is from
their first game against australia hot
shot
pitcher catches it no problem came right
back at him got on him quick almost hit
his bare hand doesn't matter catches it
then makes the cute little kid face like
ha ha oh
oh major leaguers do that too then in
their next game against team japan look
at this hot shot double play another
ball that just found a glove oh i got it
you're out too see ya then they were in
a bases loaded jam with two outs they
bring in jackson marvitch whose dream
job is retirement and he says
don't worry i'll just spin some and get
you out of this strike on the inside
fastball and then a flyout
fly out so it gets out of the jam they
were escaping jams all game center
fielder has the ball has the ball out of
here get out of my face another base is
loaded two out jam
curve ball for strike one
curveball first strike two both fouled
off fastball blows it by him strike
three uh
stun sonam walks off and then does a
little uh uh uh
nothing to it
okay
now
we are in the top of the six and team
canada is hitting
first batter gets hit right on the
buttocks hit him in his wallet that's
what umpire probably just yelled got him
in his wallet
next up this kid swings and misses at
the fastball
takes whatever that was away gets a
hanger and crushes it over the
shortstop's head
canada's got something going on in the
sixth inning of a nothing nothing game
first and third go
go
canada
yes what's your say canada canada same
thing
fans are excited and the next pitch is
put in play past the third baseman who
was playing in and a little over and
they have the lead in the sixth and now
they're fired up uh uh-huh yup and mom
gets some high fives and she's you know
got that like proud frown on i'm
guessing that's mama or just a
just a proud
fan of
canadian little league team
then they're gonna put the bunt on first
and third no outs bunt
and they push another run across on the
play well executed fundamentals that's
what they're doing
next batter takes inside
takes low
takes outside
takes inside little jeter butt pop and
he's on first base so now he got first
and second one out still only two
nothing anything can happen at the
little league world series the lefty is
up
and he
bunts again
and flies down the base paths and
they're safe so now bases are loaded the
big alrighty's up kabam
see ya
don't play shallow on me
that clears them one run scores two run
scores three runs score and that's the
big blow let's go
now it's the bottom of the six they just
gotta hold this lead our dude jackson in
gets a strike swinging he gets a strike
on the ball outside and then the two two
drops one in there strike three you're
out that's one okay next up
fouls back that one for strike one twist
that one in there for strike two the o2
same pitch swings over it
two out one more out one more out one
more out one more out one more out one
more out there's only one out left
first pitch curve in there next pitch
twirls it again in there for the third
strike drops it again oh yeah you see
this here glove it's mine boom drops it
yep yep yep picks it up picks the glove
back up his dad is in the crowd
whoo