Day 5:
Several key games today. Half of the teams are practically eliminated by now.
Games between 3-1/4-0 teams:
Nigeria 7, Indonesia 2
England 8, Peru 0
Argentina 32, Ecuador 2
South Africa 2, Zambia 1
Venezuela 6, USA 5. (Last game of the day [3am local time], rain delay, blown saves on both sides, 10 innings.)
Other 3-1 or better teams:
China 13, Malaysia 1
Algeria 3, Iran 1 (first loss)
India 7, New Zealand 0
Brazil 17, Finland 1
Japan 14, Ethiopia 0
Mexico 7, Kenya 3
Italy 53, Burundi 3 (40-2 after 3)
France 8, Norway 0
Germany 35, DR Congo 2 (23 in last 2 innings)
Cameroon 6, Russia 5 (late comeback, walkoff HR)
Australia 20, Cuba 4
Ukraine 12, Uganda 1 (9 in the 9th)
Wales 11, Switzerland 3 (good news for 2nd-place teams)
Spain 25, Sudan 3
Dominican Republic 4, Serbia 0
Canada 11, Portugal 3
Taiwan 13, Puerto Rico 9
Ouch:
Bangladesh 64, Madagascar 10 (Bangladesh scoring per inning: 9,9,11,1,9,8,1,7,9 M Simai: 8 IP, 50 ER, 44 H, 28 BB, 366 pitches.)
Day 6:
Football season starts today again in England. This might have led to fights between the football fans and baseball fans over control of the television, but thankfully the home team has an afternoon game with pushover Paraguay. Also, it's 2064, and what is a television?
People in England are starting to get tired of the round-the-clock baseball.
A lot of bad matchups today. A lot of aces starting today. This could get ugly.
Important Games (both teams in contention):
South Korea 17, Mozambique 3
Dominican Republic 68, Ecuador 2 (New high score! F Aguila: 10/10, 14 RBI)
Ukraine 15, Thailand 0 (Ukraine clinches 2nd, Thailand out)
Leaders:
India 16, Burkina Faso 3
USA 34, Uruguay 1
Venezeula 10, New Zealand 0
China 6, Kenya 4
Mexico 21, Zimbabwe 2
England 18, Paraguay 0
Canada 7, Finland 1
Nigeria 12, Pakistan 1
Iran 15, Chile 2
Japan 42, Sudan 1 (Sudan actually led. Then their pitcher took the mound.)
Spain 7, Senegal 1
South Africa 5, Russia 0
Italy 22, Slovakia 3
Argentina 13, DR Congo 2
Germany 16, Uzbekistan 0
France 5, Belarus 0 (1 hit)
Game Back:
Czech Republic 9, Ivory Coast 0
Israel 6, Malaysia 0 (Unranked Israel can get in if it beats China tomorrow.)
Scotland 2, Netherlands 0
Ghana 11, Peru 6 (11 innings, Peru out)
Turkey 11, Uganda 2
Egypt 4, Brazil 2 (Canada clinches)
Philippines 8, Taiwan 6 (Canada clinches)
Ireland 16, Bangladesh 1 (Bangladesh out)
Indonesia 21, Madagascar 1 (Madagascar is still terrible)
Ethiopia 3, Algeria 1 (extra innings, Algeria out)
Cameroon 24, Haiti 13 (Cameroon at least 2nd)
Australia 26, Burundi 4
No 1st-place teams lost today.
Day 7:
So, the way ties work:
1. Head to head.
2. Runs Allowed
3. +/-
4. Runs Allowed in games with tied teams
5. +/- in games with tied teams
6. tied.
2 3rd place teams qualify for the 2nd-place playins, too. Preference given to 2nd-place teams that had lost a tiebreaker for 2nd.
Important (both in competition):
Indonesia 14, Bangladesh 7 (Indonesia at least tied for 2nd)
South Korea 10, Ireland 0 (South Korea loses head-to-head with Indonesia)
Egypt 8, Taiwan 3 (Egypt 2nd on head-to-head if Canada beats Brazil)
China 5, Israel 2 (China clinches)
France 2, Wales 1 (France already clinched, Wales maybe 2nd on tiebreakers)
Dominican Republic 12, Argentina 3 (tied for 1st, Germany. DR in. ARG 2nd if Germany loses later.)
Belarus 6, Colombia 5 (both near 2nd. Belarus loses tiebreaker with Wales.)
Canada 5, Brazil 2 (Canada already clinched. Brazil ends in 4-way tie with Egypt, Portugal, Taiwan.)
Spain 3, Iran 0 (tied for 1st, Japan. Spain 2nd on tiebreaker, Iran 3rd)
Nigeria 13, Mozambique 3 (Clinches 1st. Indonesia 2nd, SKorea 3rd.)
India 3, Venezeula 1 (tied for 1st, USA. India 2nd, USA 1st on tiebreaker.)
Italy 2, Kazakhstan 1 (Italy 7-0. Kaz was already out on tiebreaker.)
Chance for 2nd:
Czech Republic 8, Burkina Faso 4 (Czech maybe 2nd on deep tiebreakers if USA + VEN lose)
Belgium 7, Cameroon 0 (Cameroon already clinched 2nd)
Australia 7, Austria 4 (Australia finishes 2nd)
Portugal 11, Philippines 2 (maybe 2nd on deep tiebreaker if Canada beats Brazil)
Turkey 12, Thailand 5 (doesn't matter, still 3rd)
Switzerland 15, Jamaica 4 (At least a 3-way tie for 2nd, maybe 4.)
Scotland 25, Malaysia 9 (Doesn't matter, couldn't win tiebreaker anyways.)
Poland 6, Norway 4 (4-way tie with Belarus, Switzerland, Wales)
Leaders:
Japan 6, Senegal 0 (Clinches at least 2nd, 1st if Spain beats Iran.)
England 5, Ghana 2 (11 innings. 2nd on tiebreaker to Ukraine)
Ukraine 9, Paraguay 8 (Clinches 1st on tiebreaker.)
South Africa 11, Haiti 4 (Clinches 1st)
Germany 12, Serbia 0 (Germany 1st, DR 2nd)
USA 16, Ivory Coast 1 (USA #1, India #2)
Mexico, Netherlands [score missing] (Didn't matter, Mexico 2nd on either tiebreaker.)
Final standings:
1st, 2nd, and 3rd place finishers in qualifiers:
