LLWS 2015: Pennyslvania vs. Japan Championship TV Coverage and Top Players

Neither Pennsylvania nor Japan have lost to this point in the Little League World Series. Both entered the championship game in dramatic fashion, requiring walk-off wins in the United States and International finals, respectively, on Saturday. Both sides are laden with dynamic performers.

The championship contest is shaping up to be a doozy, then. 

The game, which will be broadcast at 3 p.m. ET on ABC, will feature some excellent players from both teams. Let's break down each side's top players at the tournament thus far.

Cole Wagner, Pennsylvania

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All Wagner did against Texas to get his Red Land team into the championship game was throw 5.2 innings and hit the 85-pitch limit, striking out 11 and giving up two runs. He also hit a solo home run in the bottom of the first inning to give his side an early 1-0 lead. 

That led to Ross Tucker of NBCSN joking about just how good Wagner, who leads the Little League World Series with four home runs, has been:

Wagner won't be able to pitch on Sunday, which likely will be a huge relief for Japan, as they'll avoid the pitcher who has gone  5-0 with a 1.07 ERA, three walks and 63 strikeouts in 33.2 innings this summer. But he'll still be a threat at the plate, and a big one, as he's smacked 25 home runs in his last 20 games, per Geoff Morrow of PennLive.com.

Add in a .644 average, 54 RBI and 47 runs scored during that time, and it's hard to label Wagner as anything other than a star.

Shingo Tomita, Japan

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Tomita has paced Japan at the plate in four games at the Little League World Series, hitting .364 with two home runs, four RBI and four runs scored, per GameChanger. His two homers are tied with Kengo Tomita for the most on the team at Williamsport, while he leads Japan in RBI and runs scored.

The Tomitas and Yugo Aoki (.500 batting average) have paced the Japanese offense, though the team has gotten this far behind excellent pitching and solid fielding. Against an explosive Pennsylvania offense, however, the Japanese bats likely will have to come alive.

Chayton Krauss, Pennsylvania

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Krauss is the reason Red Land is in the final, as his walk-off single against Texas in the bottom of the sixth was the difference in that game.

But Krauss, who hits cleanup for the prolific Pennsylvania lineup, has been excellent all summer long, hitting .500 with 13 home runs and 34 RBI in 20 games. 

His manager, Tom Peifer, broke down why he's been so successful at the plate.

"One thing he does when he gets a fastball is he usually doesn't miss it," he told Morrow. "If the pitcher makes a mistake with the curveball, he makes them pay for that as well. But the big thing is just gets that fastball. And when he gets it, he hits it hard."

Texas learned that lesson the hard way.

Kabu Kikuchi, Japan

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Kikuchi won't be eligible to pitch for Japan on Sunday, and Red Land won't mind. Kikuchi has gone 2-0 in Williamsport, with a 1.71 ERA, 1.00 WHIP and 24 strikeouts in 14 innings pitched, leading Japan's charge to the final.

If he is going to have a major impact on Sunday, however, he'll need to do so from the batter's box. Kikuchi hasn't been as prolific a hitter at this tournament as a pitcher, hitting just .182, though he does have two RBI.

Jaden Henline, Pennsylvania

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Like Wagner, Henline has been a star on both the mound and at the plate for Red Land. On the mound, he's 6-0 in 12 games and 23.2 innings this summer, with a 1.77 ERA and 42 strikeouts. At the dish, he's hitting .500 with 13 homers, 31 RBI and 36 runs scored. 

Henline has done a little bit of everything for Red Land this summer. He'll likely need one more big performance if Pennsylvania is going to reclaim its first Little League World Series title since 1960, per the Associated Press via ESPN.