U-18 Baseball World Cup: Behind the Scenes Day 2
The second issue of our magazine that aims to find out more about the National Teams and their players
Japan stays undefeated, USA winning streak ends under the rain
Sooner or later, it was going to happen and Japan was the most likely candidate. But it would have been hard to preview that the 18-game winning streak the USA had running since 2015 at the U-18 World level was going to finish in such a fashion
Collins homers, the Netherlands beat Nicaragua; Australia outscores China
Darryll Collins hit a home run and provided three RBIs, Luuk Ter Beek gave the Dutch six, strong innings and The Netherlands enjoyed the first win in the U-18 Baseball World Cup. It was the first loss for Nicaragua. A six-run second set the pace for Australia against China
Korea strikes back, 17 hits not enough for Canada to avoid first loss
Korea struck back after suffering a painful loss against Australia and defeated Canada, 8-5. it was the first loss for Canada and it came despite an impressive show of strength of the lineup. The North Americans outhit Korea, 17-13, but paid the fact starting pitcher Theodore Millas allowed six runs without getting no one out […]
Panama earns first win, Chinese Taipei makes huge step towards super round
Panama needed only five innings to outscore South Africa. Spain competed until the very last pitch against Chinese Taipei but came just one run short. Chinese Taipei made a huge step towards the super round
WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup: Behind the Scenes Day 1
Behind the Scenes will take you beyond results, standings and statistics of the U-18 Baseball World Cup on a day-to-day basis. This is issue number one
Australia thrives on rare error, beats Korea, Nicaragua defeats China
Australia made the most of the defensive error, Korea failed to score with the bases loaded and one out. A four-ran second inning led Nicaragua to beat China and earn the second win in the tournament
Crow-Armstrong stars in USA win against Chinese Taipei, Canada discovers Bash Brothers
The USA took advantage of defensive struggles to get an early lead and then had their outfield defend it. Right fielder Hendrick in the fourth and centre fielder Crow-Armstrong in the sixth made a difference
Civit earns win, Spain outscores Panama, easy day for Japan against South Africa
The son of legendary pitcher Xavier Civit, the first Spaniard to sign a professional contract in baseball, was instrumental in giving no chance of a comeback to Panama. Spain’s offence crushed five opponent pitchers. Japan enjoyed an easy day against South Africa
Korea blows lead, earns walk-off win against Netherlands
Korea didn’t want to disappoint the fans that crowded Dream Ballpark in Gijang. Despite blowing a four-run lead in the eighth, the hosts came back and built the first win in the tournament in the bottom of the tenth. Pinch hitter Yun Wonhoe batted in the winning run