After a day off, the Great Britain baseball team gets backs to action in the second round of the Baseball World Cup with a re-match against Nicaragua in Rotterdam, Holland tonight.
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South Korea forced into late action to secure victory after Great Britain fights back
The Great Britain baseball team continued to make its presence felt on the world baseball stage this afternoon with a four-run fightback in the top of the seventh inning which tied the televised ballgame against the World #2, South Korea. Spurred into action, the Koreans hit back with six runs to put the game beyond GB and added a three-run home run in the eighth to help seal a mercy-rule victory in the second round of the Baseball World Cup.
Reflections from the World Cup
“The team and country of Great Britain deserve to carry their heads held high” says Coach Rapaglia after strong performance against Cubans.
Great Britain holds World #1 to a close game at Baseball World Cup
The Great Britain baseball team took on the world-ranked #1 Cubans tonight and held them to a three-run deficit until the bottom of the eighth inning, eventually losing 6-0. Despite defeat, this is a highly respectable result for Britain, having qualified for its first World Cup since 1938, against a nation that has won this event 25 times in its illustrious baseball history.
Great Britain qualifies for the second round of the Baseball World Cup
Germany’s 12-1 defeat to Venezuela this evening sent Great Britain through to the second round of the Baseball World Cup as the final qualifier from the first round.
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