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With one setback, South Pasadena’s Junior Division baseball team looks for a win over Montana Monday to stay alive in its quest for a Little League West Region championship in Bend, Oregon.
Winning the title would send the locals to Michigan for a chance to meet the nation’s best in the Little World Series for 13-14 year-olds.
Getting there just got tougher on Sunday as South Pasadena fell to Washington 11-1 for its first loss in the double elimination tournament. To stay in the hunt and avoid making an exit, the team representing Southern California will be tested in a 1 p.m. matchup.
Before falling, South Pasadena had advanced to the semi-finals of the winner’s bracket after handing Nevada a 14-1 loss and knocking off Idaho 7-3 in the first two rounds of the all-star tourney.
Hawaii knocked off Northern California 8-0 in the other semi-final. The team from the Hawaiian Islands is comprised of many of the same players who won the Little League World Series on ESPN a year ago when they were 12 year olds.
South Pasadena still has hopes of winning a Western Regional title, starting with a victory Monday, which would set up a game on Tuesday at 1 p.m. against the winner of the Northern California versus Oregon contest.
Not looking to the next round just yet with a difficult challenge against Montana, South Pasadena knows its season is on the line as it faces the team from Butte in a key game.
All tournament games can be viewed on the app Game Changer. Look for updates to this story.
