Great Britain secures first victory at Baseball World Cup but must wait to see if it’s enough to make second round

Great Britain 4, Croatia 1
Zagreb, Croatia, September 12

GB beat Croatia 4-1 this afternoon to finish third in Group D and now looks to results from other groups to see if it will sneak a berth in the second round. The final standings will not be clear until Germany and Venezuela have resumed the final game of the day which begins at 19:00 CET (18:00 BST).

A full report can be found at Matt Smith’s BaseballGB blog site.

Starter Brian Essery was cool in a tense game, pitching for the win