Australia beat Canada, The Netherlands beat China. Australia, Canada and The Netherlands all finish with a 3-2 record but Australia and Canada advance thanks to a better Team Quality Balance. Australia will play in the super round starting from a 2-0 record

Day 4 of the U-18 Baseball World Cup was heavily plagued by rain. There was thus even more reasons to go Behind the Scenes. Enjoy the number 4 issue

In the last game of Day 5, the Asian powerhouses win and promote also the USA to the super round. Japan breaks the tie against Panama with a dramatic three-run homer by Takaya Ishikawa on a full count

Korea and Canada earn key wins against China and Nicaragua. Korea will advance to the super round as first-place National Team in group A. Canada still needs a win against Australia. A three-way tie scenario is still possible

Spain’s bats didn’t prove shy when confronted by flame throwers Mick Abel and Alejandro Rosario and took a one.run lead into the seventh. A six-run rally reversed the lead and opened the score for the four-time defending World Champions

Australia’s starter Liam Evans made just one mistake and the Netherlands made him pay for it. First baseman Nathaniel Bentura hit a three-run homer and the Dutch didn’t need to look back

This is a full recap of what happened during the fifth day of the opening round of the U-18 Baseball World Cup

Once you believe you know everything about a day of play in the U-18 Baseball World Cup, then comes the time to take a look at our Behind the Scenes. This is issue number 3

Chinese Taipei took the lead in the bottom of the fifth on a two-RBI double, then the rain forced the umpires to call the game. Japan has also his defence to blame. Both runners that scored came on board because of errors

The umpiring crew had to call the game after five innings because of heavy rain. By that time, Korea was sitting on a comfortable lead. Starting pitcher Lee Minho hadn’t allowed a chance to Nicaragua