GameTime Classics | Episode 52: Australia, USA thrill at WBSC Men’s Softball World Championship
The Men's Australian and U.S. National Softball Teams were knocked out of medal contention but met for a second time -- in the fifth-place game -- at the WBSC Men’s Softball World Championship 2019 in the Czech Republic. The Aussies won the first encounter, 1-0.
Heading into the game, USA was defeated by Argentina, 9-0, in five innings; while Australia lost to their arch-rivals New Zealand by a score of 7-4.
Australia’s Harrison Peters started for the second time in the tournament, while Joel Cooley took the ball for the Americans.
This high-pressure game will be streamed free at www.youtube.com/wbsc at 9 pm Eastern US Standard Time* on Friday, 15 May (3 am Central European Time*, 11 am Australian Eastern Standard Time on Saturday, 16 May) and Saturday at 9 am US Eastern Standard Time* (3:00 pm Central European Time* and 11 pm Australian Eastern Standard Time) at www.facebook.com/wbsc.
*Observing daylight saving time.
The next episode of the GameTime Classics series will be the game played by USA and Korea during the Super Roudn of the WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup 2017.
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