Little League World Series 2026 Tuesday Scores, Bracket Results and Highlights

The bottom half of the bracket continued to progress at the Little League World Series in Williamsport on Tuesday, with four teams set to remain alive and four bound to head home.

Below we'll break down the day's results and top highlights as the bracket comes further into focus.

Schedule and Results

Game/Score	Time (ET)
Japan def. Mexico, 3-1	1 p.m.
Southeast def. Northwest, 4-2	3 p.m.
Canada def. Asia-Pacific, 5-1	5 p.m.
Great Lakes def. Metro, 5-2	7 p.m.

Recaps and Highlights

Japan def. Mexico, 3-1

Tensei Yazawa's fantastic pitching performance, paired with Ryosuke Takaoka's two RBI, led Japan to a 3-1 victory over Mexico on Tuesday.

Yazawa pitched five innings, allowing just four hits, two walks and a run while striking out seven. Rafael Mesina provided the lone RBI for Mexico.

Up next for Japan is a showdown with Canada.

Southeast def. Northwest, 4-2

Led by Jerry Taylor's strong afternoon on the mound, Southeast defeated Northwest on Tuesday, 4-2.

Taylor went five innings, giving up four hits and four walks but allowing just two runs, striking out three. Four different players for Southeast drove in runs in a balanced offensive effort.

Southeast will next face the winner of Great Lakes vs. Metro.

Canada def. Asia-Pacific, 5-1

Led by Cruz Krpan's two hits, one run and one RBI, Canada defeated Asia-Pacific 5-1 on Tuesday.

Jean Ramos and Kian Sandhu combined to give up just one run on the mound, striking out five. Asia-Pacific managed to put 13 runners on base but was unable to better capitalize on those opportunities.

Up next for Canada is a matchup against Japan.

Great Lakes def. Metro, 5-2

Great Lakes used a dominant fourth inning to advance to the next stage with a 5-2 win over Metro.

The victors pushed all five of their runs across in the fifth with Xander Kinkade driving in two with a double and then scoring another. Josiah Infante, Jack McAdams and Walker Osborne each added two hits as well.

Metro threatened in the final inning with a run before bringing the tying run to the plate, but Bryson Williams closed the door on the mound for the win.

He entered in relief of Boone Treadway after the starter allowed just two runs and struck out eight in five innings of work.