04 August 2019
Chinese Taipei are the WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup champions for the first time since 2011 after shutting out Japan in the 2019 championship game in Taiwan on Sunday night.
Starting pitcher Chen Kai-Sheng starred as Chinese Taipei toppled Japan 4-0 in front of a capacity crowd of 8000 at Tainan’s US$130 million Asia-Pacific International Baseball Stadium.
03 August 2019
Australia was no match for Czech Republic in their final game of the 2019 WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup in Taiwan, falling 9-2 at ASPAC B on Saturday.
A lack of offence and command issues on the mound hurt Australia’s chances of finishing the World Cup with a third-straight win.
03 August 2019
Former Adelaide Bite import Travis Demeritte got on base three times and scored once in his Major League debut with the Detroit Tigers this morning.
Demeritte, 24, tripled and walked twice in the Tigers’ 5-4 loss to the Texas Rangers after being being called up by Detroit on Thursday afternoon (US time).
03 August 2019
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An Australian trio played an instrumental role in Phillies West 5-1 win over Tigers East in the Gulf Coast League this morning.
Newcastle-born Rixon Wingrove opened the scoring and Josh Hendrickson and Josh Gessner combined on the mound to stifle the Tigers’ offence at Carpenter Complex.
03 August 2019
Australia may not have given up much to Fiji during their WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup contest in Taiwan yesterday, but beforehand it was a different story.
The team surprised Fiji ahead of their consolation game in Shan-Hwa by presenting each of the South Pacific nation’s 16 players with a fielding glove as they look to help grow the game in Oceania.
02 August 2019
Australia’s WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup finale against the Czech Republic tomorrow will start earlier and be broadcast as a result of schedule changes.
The consolation game will now start at 9.30am local time (11.30am AEST, 11am ACST, 9.30am AWST) after the WSBC was forced to reschedule several games following heavy rain in Taiwan on Friday.
02 August 2019
Two-time championship-winning manager Brooke Knight will return to the Perth Heat for the 2019/20 Australian Baseball League season.
Knight, who steered the Heat to the first two titles of the revamped Australian Baseball League, will lead a new-look coaching staff in Perth.
02 August 2019
Australia has recorded its second win in as many days after powering past Fiji 15-0 at the 2019 WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup in Taiwan this afternoon.
Josh Nati drove in five runs and Austin Moyle and Will Kent three each as Australia improved to 2-2 in the consolation round.
02 August 2019
Western Suns led their Senior League Baseball World Series consolation game against East Region 7-0 when it was called off after rain in Easley, South Carolina.
The Suns, representing Australia Region, rode a four-run third to a big lead before poor weather halted play in the top of the fourth.
02 August 2019
Left-handed pitcher Josh Tols has signed a three-year deal with the Melbourne Aces.
The Aces yesterday announced Tols would return to Melbourne for a fourth Australian Baseball League season in 2019/20.
02 August 2019
Northern Metros were unable to overcome fast-starting East Region in their consolation game at the Intermediate (50/70) Baseball World Series in Livermore, California, this morning.
The Metros, representing Australia Region in Livermore, fell behind 11-0 after three innings before mounting a comeback and going down 15-6.
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