The team from Las Vegas hands Connecticut its only loss 8-2 to advance to Sunday’s final in pursuit of Nevada’s first LLWS championship.

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. -- Liu Wei-Heng pitched 5 1/3 innings to help Taiwan beat Aruba 1-0 in their Little League World Series international semifinal on Saturday, giving Taiwan a chance to win its first LLWS title since 1996. The Taiwanese will play the winner of the U.S. semifinal between Connecticut and Nevada.

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT — A team from Taiwan is the world champion of Little League Baseball. But the Little League record books will show Chinese Taipei defeated Las Vegas, Nevada, 7-0. Throughout a post-game news conference, the word Taiwan could be heard in answers by the manager and players to questions relayed to the interpreter Philip Chang.