Kea's HR ends it for Hawai'i in 11th inning

Earlier, Michigan rallied from a three-run deficit in the bottom of the sixth inning to defeat Idaho 5-4 on Ryan Knaebel's walk-off single. Of the eight games played through the first two days of the LLWS, six have featured a team coming from behind to win.

On the international side, Japan defeated Spain 11-1 in five innings, while Panama beat Canada 8-3.

Saturday's schedule features four elimination games, as the eight teams in action will be fighting an uphill battle after starting 0-1. Since the LLWS expanded from eight to 16 teams in 2001, no team has gone on to win the championship after losing its first game.

Recapping Friday's games

Hawai'i 2, Georgia 0 (F/11 innings)

• Kea, the starting pitcher for Hawai'i, didn't allow a run in 6 1/3 innings of work while striking out 10, allowing two hits and walking one.

• Kea also had two of his team's eight hits, adding a double in the seventh inning.

• Jansen Kenty, Georgia's starting pitcher, was dominant through 5 1/3 scoreless innings, striking out 12, while allowing four hits and walking two.

• It was the third 11-inning game in LLWS recorded history. The other two occurred in 2002 (Kentucky beat Texas 2-1) and 1998 (New Jersey outlasted Michigan 13-9).

• Hawaii (1-0) plays Michigan on Sunday at 2 p.m. ET.

• Georgia (0-1) plays an elimination game against Idaho on Saturday at 8 p.m. ET

Michigan 5, Idaho 4

• Michigan trailed 4-0 entering the bottom of the fifth inning.

• It wasn't the first time Michigan came back from a 4-0 deficit this year. In the Michigan state semifinals, Knaebel (on his birthday) hit a game-tying home run with two outs in the sixth inning, as the Grosse Pointe Woods-Shores team went on to beat a different "Northwest" (Bay City Northwest) 5-4 in eight innings.

• Preston Barr (Michigan) pitched 3 1/3 innings of scoreless relief to get the victory; he also helped himself at the plate, going 2-for-3 with a double.

• Idaho plays Georgia in elimination game on Saturday at 8 p.m. ET.

Japan 11, Spain 1 (F/5 innings)

• Japan (1-0) plays Panama on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET.

• Japan improved to 26-3 all-time in opening games of the LLWS.

• Shisei Fujimoto (Japan) struck out 10 in five innings. He is eligible to pitch Wednesday.

• Spain (0-1) plays elimination game against Canada on Saturday at 6 p.m. ET.

• With Spain's loss, European teams have lost 18 straight LLWS openers.

• Excluding consolation games, European teams have lost 34 straight LLWS games. The last non-consolation game win was in 2003.

Panama 8, Canada 3

• Panama improved to 6-1 all-time against Canada in the LLWS.

• Adan Sanchez (Panama) was the hitting star, going 3-for-3 with a home run, three RBI and two runs scored.

• Panama's 1-2-3 hitters were 8-for-10 with five RBI and six runs scored.

• Dio Gama (Canada), who had a hit and a RBI, didn't arrive in Williamsport until Friday at 12:30 p.m. ET due to an immigration issue.

Previewing Saturday's games

Puerto Rico (0-1) vs. Australia (0-1), 1 p.m. ET on ESPN

• Australia is trying to win a game at the LLWS for the fifth straight year.

• The winner of this game remains in title contention and moves on to play on Monday at 1 p.m. ET against the loser of Sunday's game between Panama and Japan.

• The loser of this game is eliminated from title contention but will play in a consolation game on Monday at 11 a.m. ET against the loser of Saturday's game between Iowa and Rhode Island.

Iowa (0-1) vs. Rhode Island (0-1), 3 p.m. ET on ABC

• Iowa also lost its first game at the Midwest regionals, but rebounded to win four straight elimination games.

• Midwest teams are just 10-43 in the Little League World Series since the region formed in 2001.

• Coventry Little League of Rhode Island is seeking its first-ever win in its first-ever appearance at the LLWS.

• The winner of this game remains in title contention and moves on to play on Monday at 3 p.m. ET against the loser of Sunday's game between Michigan and Hawai'i.

• The loser of this game is eliminated from title contention but will play in a consolation game on Monday at 11 a.m. ET against the loser of Saturday's game between Puerto Rico and Australia.

Spain (0-1) vs. Canada (0-1), 6 p.m. ET on ESPN

• Spain is 3-24 all-time at the LLWS and is seeking its first win since 1982.

• The winner of this game remains in title contention and moves on to play Monday at 6 p.m. ET against the loser of Sunday's game between South Korea and Mexico.

• The loser of this game is eliminated from title contention but will play in a consolation game on Tuesday at 11 a.m. ET against the loser of Saturday's game between Idaho and Georgia.

Georgia (0-1) vs. Idaho (0-1), 8 p.m. ET on ESPN

• Idaho is seeking its first LLWS win since 1999.

• The winner of this game remains in title contention and moves on to play on Monday at 8 p.m. ET against the loser of Sunday's game between Texas and New York.

• The loser of this game is eliminated from title contention but will play in a consolation game on Tuesday at 11 a.m. ET against the loser of Spain and Canada.