Despite a late rally by the Australian U15 World Cup team, they fell narrowly 3-2 against Brazil this morning.
James Nati and Solomon Maguire reached base safely in the final frame, however it wasn't to be as fellow NSW young gun Jake Burns narrowly missed out on a homer to right field.
Brazil took an early lead care of two runs in the opening frame, however South Australian Riley Yeatman settled well in his second start of the tournament.
Maddux Stivey was one of Australia's best on the day as he walked and scored on a Charlie Collins base hit to score his team's first run. The Western Australian wasn't done there, as he tossed 3.1 innings of one-hit ball against a Brazillian offence which has fired this week.
Stivey tied ballgame on a wild-pitch in the fourth inning, however Brazil scored the winning run in the bottom of the sixth on a bases-loaded walk.
Australia's penultimate game of the U15 World Cup comes against China, with first pitch scheduled for 5am AEST on Saturday 18 August.