The World Baseball classic has begun and it’s time to start recapping the games. The most talked-about teams so far are the United States, where we have iconic heavy hitter Aaron Judge, Japan, with star hitter Shohei Ohtani and star pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and Venezuela, with major hitter and right fielder Ronald Acuña Jr.
We start on March 4th with Chinese Taipei vs. Australia, with Australia beating Taiwan 3-0. It was a slow start until Australia scored 2 runs in the 5th inning, then scoring another one in the 7th, making the final score 3-0.
Then we get to March 5th, with Czechia playing against South Korea. The final score was 4-11 Korea! Korea gets a hot start scoring 4 runs in the 1st inning, then another run in the second, then another in the 3rd. Czechia then fires back, scoring 3 runs in the 5th inning, but Korea fights back scoring 2 runs in the same inning. Then Korea gains a larger lead in the 7th inning, scoring 2 more runs, then gains another run in the 8th. Czechia is able to score 1 more run but it’s not enough. Final score; 4-11 Korea!
Playing on the same day is Australia and Czechia. They had to play 2 games on the same day! Czechia starts off with 1 run in the 2nd inning. Australia then claps back, scoring 3 runs in the 3rd inning! Most of the game, hardly anybody scores, until Australia scores 2 more runs in the 9th inning, making the final score 5-1 Australia.
The later 8 games were played on the same day! March 6th. Japan beat Chinese Taipei 13-0! Cuba beat Panama 3-1.Venezula beat the Netherlands 6-2. Mexico beat Great Britain 8-2. Puerto Rico beat Columbia 5-0. The Dominican Republic beat Nicaragua 12-3! The United States beat Brazil 15-5! Then finally, Chinese Taipei beat Czechia 14-0!
Then we have another 8 game day on March 7th. Japan beats Korea 8-6. Canada beats Columbia 8-2. The Netherlands beat Nicaragua 4-3. Italy then defeats Brazil 8-0. Puerto Rico beats Panama 4-3. Venezuela beat Israel 11-3. The United States defeated Great Britain 9-1. Then finally, Chinese Taipei beat Korea 5-4.
There was a 7 game day on March 8th. Japan defeated Australia 4-3. Cuba beat Columbia 7-4. The Dominican Republic beat the Netherlands 12-1. Italy beat Great Britain 7-4. Israel defeated Nicaragua 5-0. Panama beat Canada 4-3. And lastly, Mexico shutout Brazil 16-0!
Another 7 game day happened on Monday March 9th. Korea beat Australia 7-2. The Dominican Republic took down Israel 10-1. Columbia beat Panama 4-3. Great Britain defeated Brazil 8-1. Puerto Rico beat Cuba 4-1. Venezuela defeated Nicaragua 4-0. And lastly, the United States beat Mexico 5-3.
There was a change of pace on March 10th with a 4 game day. Japan beat Czechia 9-0, scoring a total of 9 runs in the final inning! Israel defeated the Netherlands with a final score of 6-2. Canada beat Puerto Rico 3-2. And finally Italy defeated the United States 8-6. Such a close game!
The World Baseball Classic is such a fun time to be a baseball fan and to root for your country! This is when stars really shine at baseball. Excited to see who comes out on top!
