Little League World Series 2013: Players to Watch in Thursday's Games

The 2013 Little League World Series will see bracket champions crowned soon, as the International and American pools continue to approach their exciting conclusions. 

Thursday's slate of action in South Williamsport, Pa., is stacked with talent in both pools. The international pool has Aguadulce Cabezera of Panama (3-1), representing Latin America, takes on Municipal De Tijuana, of Tijuana (2-1), representing the Mexico region. 

The American pool is not without its own flavor of talent. Eastlake from Sammamish, Wash. (3-1, of the Northwest division, will square off against Westport, Conn. (2-1), of the New England region. 

Here are the players poised to have big days on Thursday. 

Latin America: Jordan Agrazal

Pitcher and first baseman Jordan Agrazal has been superb throughout the tournament, but he really came through for Latin America in its contest with Asia-Pacific. 

Agrazal hit a two-run single in the sixth inning to boost his RBI total to three for the game, as Latin America squeaked by in an 8-7 win. 

Agrazal has great power at the plate and put it on full display, as Latin America advanced to face Mexico, which lost to Japan. Latin America will need a solid performance from Agrazal at the plate once more to get by Mexico. 

Mexico:  Ramon Mendoza

Mexico was hot going into its contest against the annual LLWS powerhouse that is Japan. Mexico had won its two previous games by a combined score of 25-0 before losing to Japan and must now rebound against Latin America. 

The last time that Mexico and Latin America met, Mexico emerged victorious, 13-0, behind the bat of Ramon Mendoza. 

Mendoza knocked in a ridiculous six runs in the game with a single and two home runs. If Mexico is going to move past Latin America again, a repeat performance by Mendoza may be necessary. 

Northwest: Dalton Chandler 

Dalton Chandler helped get his team to this point in the LLWS with a massive performance against the Southwest region in the opening round. 

Chandler tripled twice in the win and tallied three hits while scoring three runs of his own. 

The shortstop has scored consistently throughout the tournament and will have to continue doing so for Northwest to move past New England, which has already defeated Northwest once in the tournament. 

New England: Matt Brown 

The last time that the champs from New England and the Northwest met in the LLWS, Matt Brown scored a run by beating a throw to home plate. New England wound up winning, 9-7, thanks to help from Brown's teammates. 

Brown received little help on Wednesday, however, against the champs from the West. He hit a three-run homer in the fourth inning, but that was all the scoring his team could manage in its loss. Now, it is faced with taking on Northwest once more. 

The pitching for New England has been quality throughout most of the tournament thanks to Chad Knight, but Brown is going to need some help in the scoring department if New England is going to get past Northwest yet again. 

Follow B/R's Chris Roling on Twitter for more news and analysis @Chris_Roling