South Korea beats Panama in LLWS international title game

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) Youbin Choi struck out 14 and South Korea beat Panama 7-2 Saturday to reach the championship game of the Little League World Series.

The Asia-Pacific Region champs won the international bracket. They will try for their first title Sunday against the winner of a game between teams from Goodlettsville, Tennessee, and Endwell, New York.

Choi gave up six hits in six innings.

Seum Kwon and Jaekyeong Kim hit two-run homers and Wontae Cho also homered for South Korea (4-0).

Carlos Gonzalez got three hits for the Latin American Region champions.