LLWS 2015: TV Coverage, Live Stream Schedule, Predictions for Tuesday's Bracket

There is little margin for error at the 2015 Little League World Series. Four of the six teams in play Tuesday in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, will get an acute sense of that reality when they play in their second elimination contest in as many days.

In the international bracket, Chinese Taipei will take on Mexico after surviving Uganda and Australia, respectively, on Monday. On the United States side of things, its Bowling Green Eastern, Kentucky, against Sweetwater Valley, California.

There is also the tournament's second and final consolation game Tuesday—a mechanism designed so that every team that makes the LLWS gets to play at least three games. In that crossover contest, Canada takes on Webb City, Missouri.

Here is the TV schedule and predictions for Tuesday's action.

Note: Live streams can be found at WatchESPN.com.

Round	Time (ET)	Stadium	Team	Team	TV	Prediction
Consolation B	1 p.m.	Howard J. Lamade	Webb City, MO.	Canada	ESPN	Webb City
Elimination	4 p.m.	Howard J. Lamade	Mexico	Chinese Taipei	ESPN	Chinese Taipei
Elimination	8 p.m.	Howard J. Lamade	Bowling Green Eastern, KY.	Sweetwater Valley, CA.	ESPN2	Sweetwater Valley

Elimination Games Preview

Chinese Taipei vs. Mexico

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If all you saw of the 2015 Little League World Series was Monday's games, you could hardly be blamed for wondering how in the world Mexico had its collective back up against the wall in this tournament.

The kids from Seguro Social Little League thrashed Australia 14-3, powered by a huge game from Jorge Armenta, who went 3-for-3 with one home run and four RBI. Damian Garcia and Alberto Bustos also hit home runs. 

Chinese Taipei weren't too shabby either, ousting a sneaky-good Uganda team 5-0 behind a dominant pitching performance from Wei Hung Chou, quite possibly the player of the tournament thus far. Baseball Tonight relayed his pitching stats via Twitter: 

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Wei Hung Chou dominates with 14 K as Chinese Taipei beats Uganda, 5-0. Chinese Taipei will face Mexico tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/bqh6IHjZnz

— Baseball Tonight (@BBTN) August 24, 2015"

Chou helped his own cause with two hits and an RBI. 

The reason both Mexico and Chinese Taipei are in this precarious position is Japan, that preeminent baseball nation that has come to make the Little League World Series its own personal showcase in recent years. Japan defeated Chinese Taipei 7-5 in the opening round and went on to beat Mexico 3-1 on Sunday. 

There's little to distinguish between the two squads there, making Canada the opponent to look at. Mexico squeaked by Canada 1-0, while Chinese Taipei took them to task in a 16-4 blowout. Mexico had an offensive explosion against Australia, but Chinese Taipei has been more consistent at the plate, scoring at least five runs in each of its three contests.

Chou won't be on the mound racking up Ks on Tuesday, but his presence at the plate should be enough to carry his team past Mexico.

Sweetwater Valley vs. Bowling Green Eastern

Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press

Ahh, so they meet again. Four days after Sweetwater Valley crushed Bowling Green Eastern 14-2 in the tournament's opening round, the two squads are back on the diamond in Howard J. Lamade Stadium. The big difference this time is tournament survival is on the line. 

Bowling Green Eastern has clung dearly to Little League World Series life after that lopsided first game, edging out Wilshire-Riverside, Oregon, 7-5 and then scraping together a run in the bottom of the fifth inning to break a deadlock against Northwood, South Carolina, on Monday. Bowling Green Eastern hasn't made it look easy, but it's still in contention.

Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press

Sweetwater Valley lost to Pearland West, Texas, 8-4 on Sunday but bounced back with a 10-3 win over Cranston Western, Rhode Island, on Monday. They brought in 10 runs, six of them in the third inning, despite some fantastic defense from Cranston Western outfielder Tommy Harper, via Little League: 

Jacob Baptista and Walker Lannom stood tall at the plate for Sweetwater Valley on Monday, collecting four and three RBI, respectively. 

There's a ton of variance and chaos in Little League, but pedigree—and of course, past performance—might be the way to pick this one. The West regional is a tough one, and Sweetwater Valley was strong enough to rack up a 4-0 record and plus-24 run differential in play there. Bowling Green Eastern, by contrast, managed just a plus-seven run differential in the Great Lakes region.

California—more specifically the San Diego area, where Sweetwater Valley is from—has produced some strong teams in recent years. Youngsters from Chula Vista, California, won the tournament in 2009 and finished runner-up in 2013. Huntington Beach, California—just up the coast from San Diego in Orange County—produced a LLWS-winning group in 2011. Perhaps the kids from Sweetwater Valley are cut from a similar cloth.