Eastlake Faces Corpus Christi, TX in Little League World Series on Thursday

The Little League Baseball World Series officially announced its line-up yesterday of teams in the competition, starting Aug. 15 at 1 p.m. EDT in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

Eastlake Little League will open their World Series with a game against Southwest champions Corpus Christi, TX at 3 p.m., broadcast on ESPN. Their second game, on Aug. 17 or 18 live on ABC.

All games will be broadcast on ABC, ESPN or ESPN2.

Here's the line up of entrants and the scehdule (all times Eastern):

GREAT LAKES, Grosse Pointe, Mich.; MID-ATLANTIC, Newark, Del.; MIDWEST, Urbandale, Iowa; NEW ENGLAND, Westport, Conn.; NORTHWEST, Sammamish, Wash.; SOUTHEAST, Nashville, Tenn.; SOUTHWEST, Corpus Christi, Texas; WEST, Chula Vista, Calif.

INTERNATIONAL

ASIA-PACIFIC, Taoyuan, Taiwan; AUSTRALIA, Perth; CANADA, Ottawa, Ontario; CARIBBEAN, San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico; EUROPE & AFRICA, Brno, Czech Republic; JAPAN, Tokyo; LATIN AMERICA, Aguadulce, Panama; MEXICO, Tijuana.

Game 1 — Aguadulce, Panama vs. San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico, 1 p.m.

Game 2 — Corpus Christi, Texas vs. Sammamish, Wash., 3 p.m.

Game 3 — Perth, Australia vs. Tijuana, Mexico, 5 p.m.

Game 4 — Nashville, Tenn. vs. Westport, Conn., 7 p.m.

Game 5 — Taoyuan, Taiwan vs. Ottawa, Ontario, 1 p.m.

Game 6 — Chula Vista, Calif. vs. Grosse Pointe, Mich., 3 p.m.

Game 7 — Tokyo vs. Brno, Czech Republic, 5 p.m.

Game 8 — Newark, Del. vs. Urbandale, Iowa, 8 p.m.

Game 9 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 3 loser, Noon

Game 10 — Game 2 loser vs. Game 4 loser, 3 p.m.

Game 11 — Game 5 loser vs. Game 7 loser, 6 p.m.

Game 12 — Game 6 loser vs. Game 8 loser, 8 p.m.

Game 13 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 3 winner, Noon

Game 14 — Game 2 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 2 p.m.

Game 15 — Game 6 winner vs. Game 8 winner, 5 p.m.

Game 16 — Game 5 winner vs. Game 7 winner, 7 p.m.

Consolation — Game 9 loser vs. Game 10 loser, Noon

Game 17 — Game 16 loser vs. Game 9 winner, 2 p.m.

Game 18 — Game 15 loser vs. Game 10 winner, 4 p.m.

Game 19 — Game 13 loser vs. Game 11 winner, 6 p.m.

Game 20 — Game 14 loser vs. Game 12 winner, 8 p.m.

Consolation — Game 11 loser vs. Game 12 loser, 1 p.m.

Game 21 — Game 17 winner vs. Game 19 winner, 4 p.m.

Game 22 — Game 18 winner vs. Game 20 winner, 8 p.m.

Game 23 — Game 13 winner vs. Game 16 winner, 4 p.m.

Game 24 — Game 14 winner vs. Game 15 winner, 8 p.m.

Game 25 — Game 21 winner vs. Game 23 loser, 4 p.m.

Game 26 — Game 22 winner vs. Game 24 loser, 8 p.m.

Rain day, no games scheduled.

International championship, 12:30 p.m.

U.S. championship, 3:30 p.m.

International runner-up vs. U.S. runner-up, 11 a.m.

International champion vs. U.S. champion, 3 p.m.