EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (CNS) — The all-star team from El Segundo will resume play in the Little League World Series in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Monday, four victories away from the championship.

What You Need To Know

  • El Segundo will face the all-star team from the Needville (Texas) Little League, the Southwest Region champion, in a 4 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time game at Howard J. Lamade Stadium

  • The all-star team from El Segundo is four victories away from the championship

  • The winner will next face the winner of Monday’s game between the all-star teams from the Northeast Seattle Little League, the Northwest Region champion, and the Nolensville (Tennessee) Little League, the Southeast Region champion

  • Monday’s game will be the second in the World Series for El Segundo, which defeated the all-star team from the New Albany (Ohio) Little League, the Great Lakes Region champion, 4-3, Thursday

El Segundo will face the all-star team from the Needville (Texas) Little League, the Southwest Region champion, in a 4 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time game at Howard J. Lamade Stadium.

The game will be televised by ESPN2. There will be a watch party at Rock & Brews El Segundo.

The winner will next face the winner of Monday’s game between the all-star teams from the Northeast Seattle Little League, the Northwest Region champion, and the Nolensville (Tennessee) Little League, the Southeast Region champion.

The loser will play in an elimination bracket game Tuesday against the all-star team from the Smithfield (Rhode Island) Little League in the 20- team, modified double-elimination tournament.

Monday’s game will be the second in the World Series for El Segundo, which defeated the all-star team from the New Albany (Ohio) Little League, the Great Lakes Region champion, 4-3, Thursday in a planned six-inning game called after four innings because of inclement weather and Little League curfew regulations.

Needville is 2-0. It defeated the all-star teams from the Media (Pennsylvania) Little League, the Mid-Atlantic Region champion, 2-1, Wednesday, and Fargo (North Dakota) Little League, the Midwest Region champion, 6-2, Friday.

El Segundo is 15-1 in five tournaments this summer. It lost to the all-star team from the Sherman Oaks Little League, 4-3, in the opening game of the championship series of the Southern California State Tournament July 31, then won the rematch, 3-2, later that day, beginning a five-game winning streak.

Needville is 18-1 in five tournaments and has won 12 consecutive games.

Needville lost to the all-star team from the Hallettsville Little League in its second game in the Texas East Section 4 tournament 4-3, then defeated the all-star team from the Sweeny Little League, 6-2, and Hallettsville, 19-0, in a game called after three innings because of the run rule, which requires the manager of a team trailing by at least 15 runs through three innings to concede the victory to the opponent, and 1-0.

Needville is a city of 3,089 people, according to the 2020 census, about 40 miles southwest of downtown Houston.

A GoFundMe account has been established to help defray expenses of parents of El Segundo players attending the World Series. Donations can be made to www.gofundme.com.