1978 Little League World Series

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

United States Teams				International Teams
Region	City	League		Region	City	League
Central	Palatine, IL	Palatine South Little League		Canada	Surrey, BC
East	Rockville Centre, NY	Rockville Centre Little League		Europe	Madrid	Torrejon AFB Little League
South	Lexington, KY	South Lexington Little League		Far East	Pingtung	Ping-Kuang City Little League
West	Danville, CA	San Ramon Valley Little League		Latin America	Santo Domingo	LaJavilla Little League

Results

Game Results

• Danville, CA 4, Rockville Centre, NY 1
• Santo Domingo 13, Madrid 0
• Pingtung 12, Surrey, BC 0
• Lexington, KY 7, Palatine, IL 0
• Pingtung 3, Santo Domingo 0
• Danville, CA 6, Lexington, KY 5
• Pingtung 11, Danville, CA 1 (Championship game)

Bracket

	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