U-15 Baseball World Cup 2012

Chihuahua (Mexico). The I IBAF 15U Baseball World Championship in Chihuahua, Parral and Cuauhtémoc continued with day three on Saturday. Mexico, Chinese Taipei, Cuba, Brazil, Nicaragua and Venezuela are still undefeated. Nicaragua is the first team at three wins in the tournament. Thanks to another postponed due to rain between Cuba and Argentina had to re-schedule a couple of games with the make-up game to be played on Sunday.

After two lopsided losses and a one-run defeat, Germany ended their first round schedule at the I IBAF 15U Baseball World Championship in Mexico with an 11-1 rout over the Ukraine. The contest ended early after seven innings due to ten-run rule.

Argentina celebrated its second win at the I IBAF 15U Baseball World Championship on Sunday morning, defeating Indonesia 9-2 at Parral Stadium. The South Americans will play another game in the evening, making up Saturday’s rainout against Cuba. Indonesia lost for the third time.

A troubled beginning of the game by starter Michele Pomponi gave Lithuania the opportunity to take an early lead on team Italy: three doubles and a single meant a 1-6 score at the end of the second inning.

Cuba is continuing to demonstrate their strength at the I IBAF 15U Baseball World Championship. On Friday afternoon they took apart Indonesia 24-0 in five innings. They scored 15 runs alone in the second frame en route to the blowout.

Venezuela entered the I IBAF 15U Baseball World Championship on Friday with a 15-0 shutout over the Ukraine. They scored 11 of their 15 runs in the second inning of the blowout. For the European team it was their second loss in the tournament.

Chinese Taipei scored all 14 runs of their 14-0 shutout over Honduras between the second and fifth, celebrating their first win in the first game of the I IBAF 15U Baseball World Championship. They were rained out on Thursday evening, while Honduras had beaten Lithuania.

Argentina has entered the I IBAF 15U Baseball World Championship with an 18-8 rout over Hong Kong. The South Americans scored eight runs in the second to turn a 2-1 lead into a commanding advantage.

After the official opener against Chinese Taipei had to be postponed Mexico kicked off their schedule at the I IBAF Baseball World Championship on Friday evening in Chihuahua with a whopping 44-0 blowout over Lithuania.

Chihuahua (Mexico). The second day of the I IBAF 15U Baseball World Championship is in the books. With the exception of the thrilling contest between Nicaragua and Germany the fans in Mexico saw lopsided results on Friday. In Group A Italy, Chinese Taipei and Mexico celebrated big wins with the host’s whipping of Lithuania in the evening being in the spotlight. In Group B Cuba and Argentina picked up mercy-rule victories. In Group C Nicaragua barely prevailed for their second win, while Venezuela shut out the Ukraine. Six games are on the schedule on Saturday.