Based on pool results, the 18-team field has been placed in three six-team brackets. The top two teams from each pool are in the Gold Bracket at Joe Becker Stadium, the third- and fourth-place teams are in the Silver Bracket at Seneca High School, and the fifth- and sixth-place teams are in the Bronze Bracket at Joplin High School.

Using runs allowed as the tiebreaker, the Houston Heat is the top seed in the Gold Bracket, and the Yankees are seeded second. The Heat outscored its opponents 46-11 while the Yankees outscored their foes 65-15.

The three local teams are in the Bronze Bracket. The Dugout Dawgs face South Texas sliders Navy at 10:30 a.m. today, the Southwest Missouri Miners meet Rawlings Prospects Mach at 1 p.m., and the Southwest Longhorns play the 1 p.m. winner at 6.