The 15U team played a close game against Germany yesterday in their last game of the IBAF 15U World Cup, marginally losing 5-6.
Australia won four out of nine games at the World Cup with a 9th place finish and it proved to be an important learning process for their future development. Head coach Jason Pospishil explained, this “is the next generation of players that we hope to represent Australia and the experience has been invaluable; it will be a huge factor in their continued baseball development.”
The 15U team will have the opportunity to explore a local island and experience Mexican culture today prior to travelling back to Australia tomorrow.
Japan v Australia
Game Highlight: Josh Bedggood pitched 4.3 innings only allowing Japan to score 2 runs.
Australia v Brazil
Game Highlight: Jesse Williams went four from five at bats with an RBI and a stolen base and great relief pitching from Justin Burke.
Italy v Australia
Game Highlights: Jordan Busch threw well in the heat, three RBIs from Mitchell Edwards as well as great catching throwing out several runners and Jack Dunn went three from three.
Germany v Australia
Game Highlights: A triple from Jess Williams, Dermot Fritsch and Justin Burke held the Germans scoreless in the last innings.
Today the USA will play Japan for the Gold Medal at 10:00am AEST.
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