2006 Little League World Series

The 2006 Little League World Series was the last Little League World Series without pitch count limits. The format was a round robin tournament comprised of four 4-team pods, with the top two teams in each pod advancing to an 8-team single elimination bracket.

Teams were from Surrey, BC, Willemstad, Kawaguchi, Saitama, Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Saipan, Moscow, Dhahran, Barquisimeto, Lara, Phoenix, AZ, Columbus, GA, Lemont, IL, Lake Charles, LA, Columbia, MS, Portsmouth, NH, Staten Island, NY and Beaverton, OR. Derek Keller and Devon DeJardin of Beaverton combined on a no-hitter against Lemont in the semifinals, while Ryoya Sato of Japan no-hit Russia. In the finale, Kyle Carter of Columbus outdueled Go Matsumota of Kawaguchi, 2-1. In the top of the third, Matsumota singled in Seigo Yada, but Georgia came back in the bottom of the inning with a two-run homer by Cody Walker. Carter was the first pitcher to win four games in one Series. It was the first repeat win for the US since 1992-1993.

Scott Kingery was a member of the Phoenix team and Josh Lester was with the Columbus team.

Participants

United States Teams				International Teams
Region	City	League		Region	City	League
Great Lakes	Lemont, IL	Lemont Little League		Asia	Kawaguchi, Saitama	Kawaguchi Little League
Mid-Atlantic	Staten Island, NY	Mid-Island Little League		Canada	Surrey, BC	Whalley Little League
Midwest	Columbia, MO	Daniel Boone National Little League		Caribbean	Willemstad	Pabao Little League
New England	Portsmouth, NH	Portsmouth Little League		Europe-Africa	Moscow	Brateevo Little League
Northwest	Beaverton, OR	Murrayhill Little League		Latin America	Barquisimeto	Cardenales Little League
Southeast	Columbus, GA	Columbus Northern Little League		Mexico	Tamaulipas	Matamoros Little League
Southwest	Lake Charles, LA	South Lake Charles Little League		Pacific	Saipan	Saipan Little League
West	Phoenix, AZ	Ahwatukee American Little League		Transatlantic	Dhahran	Arabian American Little League

Results

Game Results

Pool Play

August 18

• Portsmouth, NH 6, Beaverton, OR 1
• Dhahran 5, Surrey, BC 0
• Lake Charles, LA 1, Columbia, MO 0

August 19

• Kawaguchi, Saitama 11, Moscow 0
• Columbus, GA 3, Staten Island, NY 2
• Phoenix, AZ 1, Lemont, IL 0
• Tamaulipas 3, Willemstad 2
• Barquisimeto 1, Saipan 0

August 20

• Columbia, MO 14, Portsmouth, NH 5
• Columbus, GA 4, Phoenix, AZ 1
• Beaverton, OR 9, Lake Charles, LA 1
• Dhahran 9, Saipan 1
• Tamaulipas 11, Moscow 1
• Lemont, IL 1, Staten Island, NY 0

August 21

• Willemstad 8, Moscow 0
• Kawaguchi, Saitama 6, Tamaulipas 1
• Portsmouth, NH 5, Lake Charles, LA 0
• Barquisimeto 3, Surrey, BC 2
• Beaverton, OR 2, Columbia, MO 1

August 22

• Kawaguchi, Saitama 7, Willemstad 2
• Surrey, BC 2, Saipan 1
• Phoenix, AZ 4, Staten Island, NY 1
• Barquisimeto 1, Dhahran 0
• Lemont, IL 2, Columbus, GA 0

Finals

August 23

• Tamaulipas 11, Barquisimeto 0
• Beaverton, OR 4, Lemont, IL 3

August 24

• Kawaguchi, Saitama 4, Dhahran 1
• Columbus, GA 8, Portsmouth, NH 0

August 26

• Columbus, GA 7, Beaverton, OR 3
• Kawaguchi, Saitama 3, Tamaulipas 0

August 27

• Beaverton, OR vs. Tamaulipas (Consolation game)
• Columbus, GA 2, Kawaguchi, Saitama 0

Bracket

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
		Tamaulipas	11
		Barquisimeto	0
							Tamaulipas	0
							Kawaguchi, Saitama	3
		Kawaguchi, Saitama	4
		Dhahran	1
												Kawaguchi, Saitama	0
												Columbus, GA	2
		Beaverton, OR	4
		Lemont, IL	3
							Beaverton, OR	3
							Columbus, GA	7
		Columbus, GA	8
		Portsmouth, NH	0

Sources

• 2007 Baseball Almanac
• Little League Baseball