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<p>For the first time in Little League World Series history, a U.S. team recorded consecutive no-hitters in the tournament.</p><p>That honor belonged to North State (N.C.), which scored nine runs in the top of the fifth to defeat Santa Margarita (Calif.) 16-0 in five innings on Sunday in South Williamsport.</p><p>Chase Anderson and Matthew Matthijs combined on Sunday&#8217;s no-hitter with Anderson earning the win with four strikeouts.</p><p>The performance followed a perfect game on Friday night &#8212; the first in the tournament since 2008 &#8212; in which North State didn&#8217;t allow a baserunner against Sioux Falls in a 6-0 win.</p><p>North State had 18 hits, including home runs by JoeJoe Byrne and Carson Hardee.</p><p>Up next is a game against the other 2-0 U.S. team in the bracket, Lufkin (Texas), at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. The winner will earn a spot in the U.S. title game of the double-elimination tournament.</p><p><strong>Southwest 6, New England 3</strong></p><p>Malcolm Deason&#8217;s RBI single in the bottom of the fourth broke a 3-3 tie and put Lufkin (Texas) ahead for good, beating Fairfield American (Conn.) in a winner&#8217;s bracket game. Christian Mumphrey hit a home run and Collin Ross struck out eight for the win.</p><p>Aidan Rivera homered for Fairfield. Michael Iannazzo had seven strikeouts.</p><p><strong>Canada 7, Latin America 3</strong></p><p>A three-run homer by Reid Hefflick in the first inning gave White Rock-South Surrey a lead it never relinquished against Luz-Maracaibo (Venezuela) in a winner&#8217;s bracket game.</p><p>Nathaniel Factor added a home run of his own. Hefflick picked up the win, striking out seven.</p><p>Jhann Bozo had two hits in the loss.</p><p><strong>Japan 4, Asia-Pacific 1</strong></p><p>Riku Goto went the distance on the mound for Tokyo Kitasuna, allowing one run on five hits while striking out seven in a winner&#8217;s bracket victory over West Seoul (South Korea). RBI singles by Ryota Ono and Yuya Nakajima gave Tokyo a quick lead in the first inning.</p><p>Hosung Lee struck out four for West Seoul.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">North State&#8217;s JoeJoe Byrne is greeted by teammate Cash Daniels-Moye after hitting a solo home run in the second inning of Sunday&#8217;s Little League World Series game in South Williamsport. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/web1_AP17232799771332.jpg</photo0><caption0>North State&#8217;s JoeJoe Byrne is greeted by teammate Cash Daniels-Moye after hitting a solo home run in the second inning of Sunday&#8217;s Little League World Series game in South Williamsport. </caption0><photoCredit0>Gene J. Puskar | AP photo </photoCredit0></div></div>
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North Carolina squad makes LLWS history with consecutive no-hitters