SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. -- Liu Wei-Heng pitched 5 1/3 innings to help Taiwan beat Aruba 1-0 in their Little League World Series international semifinal on Saturday, giving Taiwan a chance to win its first LLWS title since 1996. The Taiwanese will play the winner of the U.S. semifinal between Connecticut and Nevada.

Liu Wei-Heng pitches 5⅓ scoreless innings for Taiwan, which takes advantage of a third-inning error and on Sunday will go for its first LLWS title since 1996.

Fairfield National won the Connecticut State Championship and then the Metro Region, coming out of the loser’s bracket to defeat New York champion St. James-Smithtown in the final, 12-1, in four innings at the Giamatti Little League Center in Bristol.