Curaçao scored ten runs in the second inning Wednesday afternoon and beat Nicaragua 12-3 at Volunteer Stadium to reach Saturday's Little League World Series international championship.
Pariba Little League of Willemstad is 4-0. Ministerio Sobre Las Alas del Águila of León drops to 3-2.
The second inning
Nicaragua escaped the first. Jonathan Urroz Chávez doubled to open the bottom half, León loaded the bases, and Jaymiëll Martina struck out the side.
Then Willemstad batted around.
V-dien Ignacio Lindo singled to left. Naeem Angel Coeriel walked. Nathanael Jansen reached on an error by the second baseman. Steven Felix reached on an error by the first baseman, scoring Lindo. Jaymiel Antonia singled to right, scoring Coeriel. Q'Jeaume Valks grounded out and Jansen scored. Juriënsly De Windt singled to center, the ball got past Moisés Estrada Juaréz, and both Antonia and Felix scored.
Five-nothing, one out.
Ruendrikson Leuteria doubled to center, scoring De Windt. Zha-djir Janga singled to left, scoring Leuteria. Martina singled. Giendry Ryan singled. Raymiel Antonia singled to left with the bases loaded and cleared them.
Ten runs on eight hits, two errors and a walk. Lindo struck out to end the inning.
Nicaragua's runs came without a hit
León scored three in the fourth without putting a ball in play — a wild pitch, an error charged to catcher Naeem Angel Coeriel, and another wild pitch. Giendry Ryan struck out the side around it.
Curaçao added two in the sixth on a Q'Jeaume Valks single and a center field error.
The numbers
Curaçao: 12 runs, 11 hits, 2 errors
Nicaragua: 3 runs, 2 hits, 4 errors
Ryan threw 52 pitches and faced 12 batters. Martina threw 50 and faced 11. Jordan Richards threw 19, Raymiel Antonia four.
Leuteria and Urroz Chávez had the only doubles. Giovany Urroz Chávez took the loss, throwing 49 pitches over 11 batters. Five Nicaraguan pitchers appeared.
What's next
Curaçao goes directly to the international championship Saturday at 12:30 p.m. ET. Nicaragua drops into the elimination bracket and plays Thursday.
Full LLWS schedule, scores and every team's hometown: https://worldbaseball.com/news/little-league-world-series-2026-schedule-scores-how-to-watch
Box score and play-by-play via GameChanger.
Correction: An earlier version of this story stated that Nicaragua's professional league "feeds the Caribbean Series." Nicaragua's professional winter league, the Asociación de Béisbol Profesional Nacional and its predecessors, have participated in a single Caribbean Series, the 2024 event at loanDepot Park in Miami. The league also participated in the 2025 and 2026 Serie de las Américas.