Little League World Series scores and bracket: Japan, Nevada advance

Everyone is talking about Mo’Ne Davis at this year’s Little League World Series, and for good reason. She has been transcendent in more ways than one. She wasn’t on the mound on Sunday, but it didn’t matter as she and her teammates staged a late rally to knock off Texas in the final game of a busy Sunday slate.

Here is a full look back on they day’s action.

Jae Yeong Hwang just needs to calm down. He has been going ballistic in the International bracket. He homered and drove in two again on Sunday against Puerto Rico -- after having done the same against Czech Republic on Thursday. He also threw 2⅓ scoreless innings with five strikeouts and no walks, bring his tournament ERA down to 1.25 and his WHIP down to 0.94. Teammate Jun Hyeok Yun stole home and Ji Ho Park homered in support of Hwang.

Edwar Gonzalez and Abimael Torres reached base twice for Puerto Rico, but their efforts weren’t enough to best Hwang and South Korea.

After crushing South Dakota on Thursday, Nevada continued to dominate early on. They rode a strong start from right-hander Brennan Holligan, who pitched all four innings -- the game was called after the fourth -- striking out six and allowing just two runs on two hits. He also doubled and drove in two, but the biggest day in the batter’s box belonged to Austin Kryszczuk. He picked up three hits -- two of them were homers -- and a walk, bringing his tournament OPS to 2.732. That’s not a typo ... 2.732.

Brandon Green and pitcher Cameron Bufford recorded Illinois’ two hits on the day.

Japan didn’t get off to a very good start, with starter Joichiro Fujimatsu allowing five runs in three innings, but some solid work from the bullpen and a late rally helped it pull off the comeback and improve to 2-0. Mexico scored two runs in the first and another in the second to take a 3-0 lead. Japan tied the game with three runs in the second and briefly took a 4-3 lead in the third inning. Two more runs from Mexico in the top of the fourth led to a pitching change. Suguru Kanamori was excellent in relief, striking out seven batters. Japan’s offense rallied late in the game, scoring a run in fourth to tie the game then exploding for four runs in the fifth to take a big lead.

Shozo Kamata and Hayato Ueshima each had two RBI for Japan.

Pennsylvania scored two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning -- both with two outs -- to rally back and knock off Texas, 7-6. Texas went up 6-3 with a four-run fifth inning, thanks largely to a three-run home run from Cole Smajstrla. Pennsylvania got two back in the bottom of the inning, but still trailed 6-5 heading into the sixth. Although the first batter reached, Texas got the next two out to move within one out of improving to 2-0. A Zion Spearman triple tied the game and he scored the winning run when the next batter reached on an error.

Mo’Ne Davis didn’t pitch for Pennsylvania due to LLWS rules. She instead started at third base and finished the game 1-for-2 with an RBI. She will likely take the mound when Pennsylvania plays Nevada on Wednesday.