Four teams moved deeper into the 2026 Little League World Series on Sunday in Williamsport, PA, but none of the four games ended the road for the teams that lost. Mountain, Latin America, Midwest and Curaçao all won on a four-game slate, and the double-elimination format meant the winners advanced while the others fell into harder paths on the way back through the bracket.
For readers checking Little League World Series 2026 scores, Sunday delivered a clean split: Mountain beat Northwest 5-0, Latin America topped Mexico 8-4, Midwest shut out Metro 6-0 and Curaçao edged Asia-Pacific 1-0. The most complete performance belonged to Anthony Johnson Jr., who drove Midwest with a three-run home run and then pitched a shutout with 15 strikeouts. Brooks McFarland added five strikeouts in Mountain's shutout, while Juriënsly De Windt and Giendry Ryan combined for 10 strikeouts in Curaçao's win.
Latin America had to work for its margin, breaking the game open with a bases-loaded two-run double in the fifth inning. That kind of swing matters in this tournament, because a one-game burst can turn a tight bracket day into a comfortable advance. Midwest's 6-0 result was the biggest all-around statement, but the shutouts across the slate showed how little room there was for mistakes.
The catch is that Sunday was not the end-all, be-all for anybody. The format keeps every team alive after one loss, and that is why the day's winners can move forward without ending the tournament for the teams they beat. New Jersey, after its loss, will face the winner of Monday's game between Ohio and Texas, which is the sort of next step that keeps the bracket moving even after a full day of decisive scores.
So the headline from Sunday is not just that four teams won. It is that Mountain, Latin America, Midwest and Curaçao bought themselves cleaner paths, while everyone else still has work to do, and the next round begins to sort itself out immediately with Ohio and Texas deciding New Jersey's opponent.
