El Swing Perfecto Little League of Chihuahua, Mexico, and Joto Little League of Tokyo, Japan, meet on Tuesday afternoon in Williamsport in an elimination game.

Since losing to Chinese Taipei, Mexico has won back-to-back elimination games, beating Panama in walk-off fashion on Sunday. Japan suffered its first loss of the World Series on Monday, losing to Venezuela, 4-0, a few days after scoring 12 runs against

Each of the 20 teams participating in the 2025 Little League World Series has had to overcome adversity on the way to South Williamsport. Chief among those is El Segundo Perfecto Little League of Chihuahua,