Central Iowa Wins One-Game Playoff At Little League Softball World Series

The Central Iowa All-Stars won their one-game playoff against the U.S. West team from Washington at the Little League Softball World Series today by a score of 3-2.

The play in game was played after Officials determined the U.S. West team from Washington intentionally lost their game to the U.S. Southeast team on Monday. The West, who already had earned a spot in the semifinals at the time, intentionally lost in an effort to keep Central Iowa out of the semifinals.

“It was very evident when they did the starting lineups, their four best players were on the bench,” Central Iowa coach Charlie Husak said in an interview. “Their top four hitters were their subs the previous night when we played them. It was very evident right away what was going on.”

Central Iowa will now play in the semifinals at 6 p.m. Tonight against the U.S. East representative from Rhode Island. The Game will be on ESPN2 tonight starting at 6 P.M.