This is the sixth episode of Behind the Scenes, the magazine that wants you to explore beyond final scores, standings and statistics of the WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup

In this video, we explore the feelings of the members of the USA and the Japan National Teams. The USA had a winning streak on since 2015, Japan made it come to an end

Highly touted prospect Yasunobu Okugawa impressed the scouts who came to Gijang to see him. Canada’s Diodati homered on his only mistake. Young Samurai came from behind to win the first game of their super round

A full recap on the three games of the round for places 7 through 12: Nicaragua-South Africa, Spain-China and Netherlands-Panama. Links will lead you to boxscores

Korea had on the mound highly touted MLB prospect Heo Yundong, but Chinese Taipei offence got to him in the second and never needed to look back. Chen Po Yu gave his National Team six strong innings on the mound

The USA tied the game in the top of the eighth on a double by Cristopher Burke that at first was ruled a home run. The USA came back to walk it off in the bottom of the ninth on a base hit by Drew Romo. Super leaping catch by Crow-Armstrong

The right-hander from Miami (Florida) Christian High School is the 18th-ranked prep player in the United States, according to trade publication Baseball America, and is committed to play at the University of Miami, if he doesn’t sign with a Major League Baseball team following the June 2020 draft.

We went Behind the Scenes also during a day that was heavily plagued by rain. The sixth issue of our magazine is a little more than 4 minutes

Having begun in 2018 with the best baseball players from 38 nations and territories competing in the continental qualifiers, the U-18 Baseball World Cup 2019 is now down to six teams representing Australia, Canada, Chinese Taipei, Japan, Korea and four-time defending U-18 World Champions USA.

The USA beat Panama and improved their record to 4-1, tying Japan and Chinese Taipei. The three teams will start the super round with a 1-1 record. Spain defeated South Africa and will take off in the placement round with a clean record