Puerto Rico mercy-ruled Cuba last night, winning the game 12-2 in seven innings and going undefeated in Pool C. It was a good night for New York centerfielders as Bernie Williams and Carlos Beltran both homered.
The Dominican Republic also finished undefeated, but Australia gave them a good game. The final was 6-4. The Australians still struck out a lot, fanning 10 times in the game.
This completes the brackets for round 2, which gets underway tomorrow. There are no more pushovers in this round. The big games tomorrow pit Japan vs. the United Stats and Puerto Rico vs. the Dominican Republic. Again, one loss in a three game round robin puts a team on the bubble, so two favorites are going to come out of Sunday with their backs against the wall. And if you’re a junky, the games start at 1, 4, 8 and 11 EST, so it all baseball, all the time.
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