Little League World Series 2022: US, International Scores, Latest Bracket, Highlights

And then there were four.

Both the international and United States finals at the Little League World Series were scheduled for Saturday, with four teams looking to book the two available spots for the championship game.

Below, we'll break down the day's scores and top highlights from Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

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Schedule and Results

Game 35: Caribbean def. Asia-Pacific, 1-0

Game 36: West def. Southeast, 5-1

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West 5, Southeast 1

Hawai'i is heading to the Little League World Series championship game.

Led by starting pitcher Cohen Sakamoto's excellent performance (4.2 innings, two hits, one run, seven strikeouts) and Ruston Hiyoto's two-run dinger, Hawai'i beat Tennessee 5-1.

That sets up a showdown with Curaçao.

Some solid fielding helped the cause for Hawai'i in its convincing win:

Wright Martin's fielder's choice in the top of the fourth cut Tennessee's deficit to 3-1 after Daly Watson's RBI double in the bottom of the first and a pair of RBI singles by Kekoa Payanal and Tau Purcell in the bottom of the second gave Hawai'i the early edge.

But Hiyoto quickly got that run back and then some with his two-run blast in the bottom of the inning.

It's been an impressive run for Hawai'i, which has gone 5-0 at Williamsport and will look to make it a perfect six against Curaçao on Sunday.

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Caribbean 1, Asia-Pacific 0

Talk about a pitching duel.

Reangelo Decaster (4.2 innings, four hits, four strikeouts) and Qshondrickson Doran (1.1 innings, no hits, one walk) combined to keep Chinese Taipei scoreless, leading Curaçao to a 1-0 win and a berth in the final.

It wasn't just the pitching that was on point for Curaçao, however, as the team had a few web gems up its sleeve, too:

And while the Caribbean side struggled to solve Chinese Taipei pitcher Li Fang-Mo, who was absolutely brilliant in the loss (five innings, three hits allowed, one run, nine strikeouts), Jaydion Louisa managed to poke through an RBI single in the third inning.

It was all Decaster and Doran needed to get Curaçao through to the championship game, capping off an impressive run for the country through the bottom half of the international bracket. After losing to Panama in the second round of games, the Caribbean representatives went through the teams from Europe-Africa, Canada, Latin America, Mexico and now Asia-Pacific.

Up next: Hawai'i.