Braintree is back in the win column at the Little League World Series, beating Richmond, Texas, on Saturday to advance in the elimination bracket.

The 2025 Little League World Series continues on Saturday, Aug. 16, and the boys from Braintree, Mass. will play an elimination game. If they win, they will play another game on Sunday, Aug. 17.

Trailing by four runs through four innings, Mexico knew that it needed a spark. The team probably didn’t think it would come in the form of two big home runs, though. Gregorio Madrid took a shot deep over the left-center field wall for a monster grand slam to quickly tie the game before Iker Castaneda

The 2025 Little League World Series will be in Williamsport, Pennsylvania from August 13-24 with 20 teams vying for the title.

The Braintree Little League team faces a crucial game today in Williamsport, needing a win against Lamar, Texas, to advance in the Little League World Series.

Devlin, 72, a retired teacher and coach from Higganum, was an outfielder on the 1965 Windsor Locks team that defeated Waco, Texas 1-0, in Game 2 of the Little League World Series en route to winning the world championship, only one of four Connecticut teams to do so.

The Venezuelan team, which needed a special exemption from the U.S. State Department after visas were initially denied, wins its opener, 5-0. Connecticut pitcher Luca Pellegrini outduels Texas’

It was a tough start to the Little League World Series for the sluggers from Richmond, as they fell to Connecticut, 1-0 tonight. But they're not done yet.