Chinese Taipei, USA to meet in Final of WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup 2019 in Gijang, Korea
Chinese Taipei and four-time defending World Champions USA will meet in the Final of the XXIX World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) U-18 Baseball Word Cup® 2019 tomorrow (Sunday, 8 September) at Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark at 6:00 pm KST.
Canada’s bats finish strong
Chinese Taipei will play for the title of World Champion against the USA, so may not have been 100% focused on the last game of the super round. Canada nonetheless impressed with 17 hits and earned the win
Australia’s pitchers star, Japan is out
World number one Japan is out of the medal round. The Samurai took an early lead, but Australia came back, scored four in the second inning and relied on a brilliant day of its pitching staff to secure a spot in the bronze medal game
Rosario gives comeback chance, USA makes World Championship game
All top pitching prospect Mick Abel could get was one out. Alejandro Rosario survived defensive struggles and gave his National Team 103 pitches over 7.2 innings. The USA will compete for another World Title
U-18 Baseball World Cup: one game postponed in placement round Day 3
This is a full recap of the two games played on the third day of the super round. Game # 48 between South Africa and The Netherlands has been postponed to Sunday, 8 September
U-18 Baseball World Cup: Behind the Scenes of Day 1 of the super round
The WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup is down to the three-day super round, that will see two teams qualify for the World Championship game. Join us Behind the Scenes of the first three games
Korea beats Japan in ten inning thriller
Japan entered the bottom of the tenth with a two-run lead but committed a defensive error that set up the chances of a comeback for Korea. A sacrifice fly by shortstop Park Min brought in the winning run, not before an on-field replay review
U-18 Baseball World Cup: Netherlands secure on top after placement round Day 2
You find here a full recap of the three games played during the second day of the placement round: South Africa-China, Nicaragua-Panama, Spain-Netherlands. Links will lead you to the tournament page for boxscores and pictures
USA, Chinese Taipei score big against Canada, Australia
The USA took a five-run lead in the top of the first against Canada and didn’t need to look back. Chinese Taipei allowed only two hits to Australia. Both games ended in seven innings and gave a clear indication about the medal round
U-18 Baseball World Cup: Video replay confirms Aussie Chris Burke didn’t hit a go-ahead HR against USA
The newly introduced umpire-video-review ended any controversy in a tight game between Australia and USA that opened the Super Round of the WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup 2019 at Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark.