World Baseball Classic

Well it's getting near the end of the WBC and some surprising teams and some disappointments have already been eliminated. To start the last and final four teams are Venezuela, United States, Japan, and Korea. Cuba, Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Netherlands. The Netherlands have been the cinderella team of the tournament so far even though they are eliminated. They were eliminated when they lost for the second time in their group to United States 9-3. I'm going to recap each score to give you a recap. To start it off is when Venezuela defeated the Netherlands 3-1. That put the Netherlands in the elimination game. and moved Venezuela ahead. Then later that day Puerto Rico defeated the United States in a game which ended early due to a 10 run mercy. The game ended in the 7th inning when 2nd baseman Aviles hit a two run single to end the game at a final score of 11-1. Yours truly John Garcia was in attendance. Then in the other group containing Korea, Japan, Cuba, and Mexico. Japan started off the group by beating the Cuban National team in a shutout 6-0. Sending Cuba to the elimination game. Also later that night Korea defeated Mexico 8-2 also sending Mexico to face off against Cuba in the elimination game. In the two elimination United States defeated Netherlands 9-3 and Cuba defeated Mexico 7-4. In the winners game Puerto Rico lost against Venezuela 2-0 in a defensive game. And Korea beat Japan 4-1. Now the two games now were Puerto Rico against the United States. And Japan against Cuba. Japan again shutout Cuba 5-0 eliminating Cuba. United States defeated Puerto Rico 6-5 eliminating Puerto Rico. After that in the pool championship Venezuela defeated United States 10-6. Making Venezuela Pool A champs. Japan and Korea square off tonight for Pool B Championship.