Currently, Australia and Cuba qualified the Quarter Final of the 2007 Baseball World Cup. There was only one match taken place between Chinese Taipei and Italy today in Tianmu Baseball Stadium. With previous match at past 6 days of this series, there'll be more conflicts at next 2 days with every team want to qualify the Quarter Final taken place at this Friday (Nov. 15). Day 4: Australia made several records in a game It was a big "Massacre" because Australia mercy-ruled Thailand with a great-difference winning of 26-1 . With the result above, Australia made several records at the 2007 BWC in this game blow: Most RBIs in a game: 26 RBIs Most RBI Differences in a game: 25 RBIs. Most RBIs in a half inning: 12 RBIs in the top of 3rd inning. Most Hits in a game: 30 hits. But there was only a 2-run HR hit by Australian Infielder Glenn Williams. Other Results at Day 4 Group A South Africa 3-13A Mexico Chinese Taipei 8-4 Spain Panama 6-0 Italy Japan 1-5 USA Group B Netherlands 7-4 Venezuela Germany 0-10A Canada South Korea 2-7 Cuba Day 5: Australia and Cuba qualified the Quarter Final Cuba vs Venezuela If Cuba can defeat Venezuela, they can not only keep in a winning streak but qualify the Quarter Final of the 2007 BWC. The starting pitcher Yadel Marti almost did a "Perfect Game" after Lino Connell (Venezuela) 's one-base hit at the bottom of 7th inning. Cuba finally won by ending early the games with 10-0. South Korea vs Australia This game battled in a pitching duel with a 1-1 draw before the 8th inning. The key half inning is again appeared in the bottom of 9th, Australian Infielder Ben Risinger hit a game-winning hit with 1 RBI and make his team win against Koreawith 2-1. Other Results at Day 5 Group A Italy 8-0 South Africa Mexico 9-5 Chinese Taipei USA 12A-2 Spain Panama 2-6 Japan Group B Canada 7-1 Netherlands Thailand 0-2 Germany Day 6: The "Host " won Italy with lots of disputes The battle of starting pitchers took place with former Chinese Professional Baseball League pitchers' battle, one is James Anthony Fiore, formerly at La New Bears, the other one is En-yu Lin, formerly at Macoto Cobras. They closed their opponent's offenses each other and two teams tied 0-0 before the 8th inning . But 2 disputing judgments happened at the 9th inning, in the top of 9th inning, Chinese Taipei Right Fielder Cheng-ming Peng pass to the third base , the runner came earlier than the ball , but the 3rd-base Umpire from Korea judged "out" in this pass. Another one in the bottom of 9th inning with 2 outs condition , Chih-sheng Lin seemly swung his baseball bat, but the 1st-base Umpire from Japan judged "not swing". This judgment caused Lin hit a game-winning hit and Chinese Taipei won Italy with 1-0  . Even though Chinese Taipei won this game, but many spectators and Internet users from Taiwan  criticized Chinese Taipei and directly commented: "What a SHAME Taiwanese!" . Those criticisms caused this game faded with a shadow of wrong judgments . Tomorrow's Fixtures Group A South Africa vs USA Japan vs Italy Spain vs Mexico Chinese Taipei vs Panama Group B Cuba vs Thailand Germany vs Australia Venezuela vs Canada Netherlands vs South Korea
Currently, Australia and Cuba have qualified for the Quarter Final of the 2007 Baseball World Cup. There was only one game taking place today between Chinese Taipei and Italy in Tianmu Baseball Stadium. After 6 days of play, the competition will most certainly heat up in next 48 hours with every team fiercely vying to qualify for the Quarter Final taking place this Friday (Nov. 15). Day 4: Australia set records in single game It was a merciless massacre as Australia mercy-ruled Thailand with a shellacking of 26-1 , echoing the Rangers' 30-3 rout of the Orioles' this August. In addition to the remarkable disparity in runs, Australia also singlehandedly set four BWC records: Most runs in a game: 26 Largest run differential in a game: 25 Most runs in an inning: 12 in the top of 3rd . Most hits in a game: 30 Yet amazingly this rout only featured one home run, a 2-run shot by the Australian infielder Glenn Williams. Other Results at Day 4 Group A South Africa 3-13A Mexico Chinese Taipei 8-4 Spain Panama 6-0 Italy Japan 1-5 USA Group B Netherlands 7-4 Venezuela Germany 0-10A Canada South Korea 2-7 Cuba Day 5: Australia and Cuba qualify for Quarter Final Cuba vs Venezuela If Cuba can defeat Venezuela, they can not only keep their winning streak intact but also qualify for the Quarter Final of the 2007 BWC. And they did it in style as starter Yadel Marti almost had a perfect game if it were not for Lino Connell's (Venezuela) single in the bottom of 7th . Cuba eventually ended the game early with a score of 10-0. Australia wins thriller against S Korea This game developed into a pitching duel as both sides only managed to score one run going into the 9th. Yet the Aussies took care of business in the bottom half when infielder Ben Risinger belted a walk-off hit as Australia beat S Korea, 2-1. Other Results on Day 5 Group A Italy 8-0 South Africa Mexico 9-5 Chinese Taipei USA 12A-2 Spain Panama 2-6 Japan Group B Canada 7-1 Netherlands Thailand 0-2 Germany Day 6: Host edges Italy in controversy This pitching duel took place between James Anthony Fiore, formerly of the La New Bears, and En-yu Lin, an ex-Macoto Cobra. They completely shut down their opponent's offense as two teams were held scoreless for the first 8 innings . Two disputed calls came in the 9th . In the top of the inning, the Italian baserunner appeared to beat the throw at the 3rd base by the Chinese Taipei right fielder , but the umpire from S Korea stll called him out. The other came in the bottom half. With 2 outs , Chih-sheng Lin seemed to have swung the bat, yet the 1st base umpire from Japan called no swing. This controversial call eventually determined the outcome of the game as Lin won the game, 1-0 , with a walk-off hit . Even though Chinese Taipei won this game, many spectators and internet users from Taiwan heavily criticized Chinese Taipei and left harsh comments on the official websites such as "What a SHAME Taiwanese!" , casting a shadow of mistrust upon this questionably called game . Tomorrow's Fixtures Group A South Africa vs USA Japan vs Italy Spain vs Mexico Chinese Taipei vs Panama Group B Cuba vs Thailand Germany vs Australia Venezuela vs Canada Netherlands vs South Korea
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