1978 Little League World Series

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The 1978 Little League World Series was the 32nd Little League World Series. It featured eight teams, from Surrey, BC, Pingtung County, Santo Domingo (the first Dominican entry ever), Madrid, Danville, CA, Lexington, KY, Rockville Centre, NY and Palatine, IL. Jose Luis Pichardo of Santo Domingo no-hit Madrid on August 22. On August 26, Pingtung beat Danville in the finale, 11-1. Chao-Min Pan fanned 13 in 6 innings and drove in 3, as did RF Shi-Wen Chen. Future major leaguer Erik Johnson was the losing pitcher (10 BB, 6 R in 5 1/3 IP; 0 for 1 with the only US run). The other future big leaguer was Dave Veres, who played for the Torrejon Air Base of Madrid, Spain. He was only the second future major leaguer from a non-US team, following Hector Torres in 1958. Pingtung finished with a 0.33 ERA for the Series.

Source: 2012 LLWS Media Guide

Participants[edit]

United States Teams International Teams
Region City League Region City League
Central Flag of Illinois.svg Palatine, IL Palatine South Little League Canada Flag of Canada.jpg Surrey, BC
East Flag of New York.svg Rockville Centre, NY Rockville Centre Little League Europe Flag of Spain.gif Madrid Torrejon AFB Little League
South Flag of Kentucky.svg Lexington, KY South Lexington Little League Far East TaiwanFlag.gif Pingtung Ping-Kuang City Little League
West Flag of California.svg Danville, CA San Ramon Valley Little League Latin America Flag of the Dominican Republic.gif Santo Domingo LaJavilla Little League

Results[edit]

Game Results[edit]

Bracket[edit]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                         
 Santo Domingo 13  
 Madrid 0  
   Santo Domingo 0  
   Pingtung 3  
 Pingtung 12
 Surrey, BC 0  
     Pingtung 11
   Danville, CA 1
 Danville, CA 4  
 Rockville Centre, NY 1  
   Danville, CA 6
   Lexington, KY 5  
 Lexington, KY 7
 Palatine, IL 0  




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