In the morning session of the Super Round on Friday, Japan, Cuba, and Chinese Taipei were each able to claim victory for themselves.
On Friday, the Super Round and Placement Round of the first-ever WBSC Baseball5 World Cup got underway at El Zocalo in Mexico City. This marked the event’s official transition into high gear.
Japan (1-1 Super Round win-loss record), in superb defensive form, beat Venezuela 1-0, 6-1 in the opening game on centre court. After that, Cuba proved to be too good for Tunisia 10-1, 11-1, and Chinese Taipei beat Mexico 3-1, 6-0. The Super Round got off to an incredible start.
The victory by the Asia vice champions, Japan, provided Venezuela (2-0), one of the tournament favorites, with their first loss of the competition and moved Japan level with Venezuela in the Super Round standings at 2-1. Japan is now the team to beat in the Super Round.
In the morning session of the Super Round on Friday, Japan, Cuba, and Chines Taipei were each able to claim victory for themselves.
On Friday, the Super Round and Placement Round of the first-ever WBSC Baseball5 World Cup got underway at El Zocalo in Mexico City. This marked the event’s official transition into high gear.
Japan (1-1 Super Round win-loss record), in outstanding defensive form, thrashed Venezuela 1-0, 6-1 in the opening game on centre court. After that, Cuba proved to be too much for Tunisia 10-1, 11-1, and Chinese Taipei beat Mexico 3-1, 6-0. The Super Round got off to an incredible start.
The victory by the Asia vice champions, Japan, provided Venezuela (2-0), one of the tournament favorites, with their first loss of the competition and moved Japan level with Venezuela in the Super Round standings at 2-1. Japan is now the team to beat in the Super Round.
Following that outstanding performance, Cuba (2-0), another of the tournament favorites, played Tunisia (0-2) in commanding fashion. Orlando Amador gave Cuba an early 1-0 lead, and the team never looked back. They scored four runs in the second inning to take a 5-0 lead, Tunisia scored one run to make it 5-1, Amador (twice), Briandy Molina, Roivelis Nunez, and Eliani Castellanos all scored for Cuba to take a 10-1 lead in the bottom of the third inning.
Match 1 ended with a score of 10-1 thanks to a superb double play by Tunisia in the bottom of the fourth inning with two outs and two runners on base.
In game two, Cuba got out to a fast start once more, scoring six runs in the first and three more in the third. In the top of the fourth, Tunisia’s Molka Jlajla scored, but Cuba quickly put an end to it with goals from Cristian Basabe and Lietis Arcia to win the second game 11-1.
Chinese Taipei, the defending Asian champion, defeated Mexico, the home team, 2-0, in the third match on the center court
Yu-Hao Tu and Chun Chiu both scored during Chinese Taipei’s first turn at bat.
Antonio Ayon of Mexico managed to bring one back in the top of the third, but Tu scored again on a misplay to make it 3-1 before Ayon executed a masterful double play, tagging out Chi Lin between second and third base and then racing to tag out Chi-Ting-Hua Shih at home plate.
Chinese Taipei added three more goals in the final frame to win 6-1. Tu, Shih, and Lin all scored in the opening inning of the second game, continuing the trend.
Prior to Chinse Taipei scoring twice more in the fourth inning to win the second game 6-0, Shish scored once more in the second inning.
After the morning matches, the following Super Round standings are in effect: Cuba (3-0), Japan (2-1), Chinese Taipei (2-1), Venezuela (2-1), Mexico (0-3), and Tunisia (0-3).
Korea defeated Hong Kong 2-0 (7-3, 8-3) in the Placement Round matchup between the two winless teams, France defeated Lithuania 2-0 (5-1, 6-0) in a rematch of the European Championship final, and South Africa defeated Kenya 2-1 (1-0, 0-3, 5-2) in a matchup that was also a rematch of the African Championship final.
South Africa is leading after the placement round, followed by France (2-1), Kenya (2-1), Lithuania (1-2), Korea (1-2), and Hong Kong (3-0). (0-3)
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