Mexico children baseball team participates in Little League World Series
Xinhua, August 22, 2015 Adjust font size:
IMSS Mexicali children baseball team, who represents Mexico, played its first game at the 2015 Little League Baseball World Series, an annual baseball tournament for children aged 11 to 13 years old, currently held in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, United States, local media reported Friday.
The Mexican team defeated 1-0 Canada's White Rock South Surrey in the game played on Friday afternoon at Volunteer Stadium.
This is the fourth time IMSS Mexicali team represents Mexico in Little League World Series.
The team from Mexico's northwestern city of Mexicali participated in the 2005, 2007 and 2011 editions. Also, the team has won four times Mexico's national series and has been runner-up in the Latin American Championship.
The team is led by Joel "Bimbo" Armenta, Javier Mendezand Gil Lopez. They expect to reach finals of International Group, such as it did in 2011.
On Thursday, the opening ceremony of the tournament was canceled due to the heavy rains, as well as the first scheduled games, which were held on Friday.
Mexico's next rival will be the winner of the game between Asia-Pacific and Japan. The game will be held next Sunday.
The international teams participating in Little Leagues World Series include one team each from Asia-Pacific, Canada, Europe-Africa, Latin America, Australia, Caribbean, Japan and Mexico. Endi