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WORLD CUP OF BASEBALL PRELIMINARIES
On day 1, China defeats Cuba, 4-3, and Colombia beats the USA, 9-8. On day 2, we see an incredible performance by Carlos Torres of Mexico, going 4-5 with 2 RBIs as they beat Puerto Rico, 11-5. Day 3 highlights Ricardo Ortega of Venezuela going 2-4 with a double and triple en route to a 8-6 win over Mexico. On day 4, Jose Chavez of Israel (who was American and Israeli) went 4-4 in his team's 15-9 win over Taiwan. Day 5 is when Taiwan gets something good out of that loss. Zhuo-cheng Zhou strikes out 9 in a 9-0 CG win against Holland. The final day of the preliminaries is all the Dominican Republic, as Jose Centeno strikes out 7 in 8 innings as his team beats the USA, 5-3.
Group A Standings
AUSTRALIA: 3-0 (GROUP WINNER)
CUBA (GROUP WINNER) AND CHINA: 1-1
JAPAN: 0-3 (that's odd)
Group B Standings
HOLLAND AND SOUTH KOREA: 2-1 (GROUP WINNERS)
ISRAEL AND TAIWAN: 1-2
Group C Standings
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 2-1 (GROUP WINNER)
USA (GROUP WINNER) AND COLOMBIA: 1-1
CANADA: 1-2
Group D Standings
VENEZUELA: 3-0 (GROUP WINNER)
ITALY (GROUP WINNER), PUERTO RICO AND MEXICO: 1-2
Playoff Bracket
SOUTH KOREA VS AUSTRALIA
CUBA VS HOLLAND
VENEZUELA VS DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
ITALY VS USA
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