WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup 2024 - Day 5 Live Blog: Japan defeat Puerto Rico, advance to Super Round with perfect record. Netherlands beat South Africa in Group B
Welcome to the live blog of the Day 5 at the WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup 2024. Five teams have qualified for the Super Round while the sixth guest will be either Mexico or Venezuela, who face each other tonight. Japan, Puerto Rico, and Colombia have advanced to the next stage in Group A, while Nicaragua and Chinese Taipei have done so in Group B. However, all games today matter because the teams will carry their records into the Super Round and Placement Round. All games are available on the WBSC official streaming platform, GameTime.
Key Links
- Schedule/live scoring
- Live Streaming
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- Videos
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- WBSC/KONAMI Men's Baseball World Ranking
At 3 pm in Barranquilla the two eliminated teams in Group A, Italy and Dominican Republic, will collide to close the Opening Round. They have never played before in a U-15 World Cup.
The second game in Cartagena will be another Super Round match, with Chinese Taipei and Nicaragua competing to secure the top spot in Group B and determine their record heading into the Super Round. Their only previous game was played 25 August 2012 in Chihuahua, Mexico, with a score of 13-6 for the Asians. Starting time is 3 pm.
To finish the day in Barranquilla and close Group A, hosts Colombia will face Guam at 7 pm. Colombia secured their place in the Super Round with an spectacular win last noght against Puerto Rico, while Guam will finish last place in the Group. It's their first game in the history of the tournament.
The last game in Cartagena will define the sixth qualified team for the Super Round. Mexico and Venezuela, both tied with a 2-2 record, will face each other at 7 pm in a "win-or-go-home game". The winner will move to Barranquilla to play the Super Round and remain in contention for a medal, while the loser will stay in Cartagena for the Placement Round. They faced each other for the last time on 3 September 2022 in Hermosillo, Mexico, with an 11-7 victory for Mexico.
Standings WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup 2024
| # | Team | W | L | T | PCT | GB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 |
| 2 |  |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1 |
| 3 |  |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 2.5 |
| 4 |  |
| 1 | 3 | 0 | .250 | 3.5 |
| 4 |  |
| 1 | 3 | 0 | .250 | 3.5 |
| 6 |  |
| 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 4.5 |
| # | Team | W | L | T | PCT | GB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 |
| 2 |  |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1 |
| 3 |  |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 2 |
| 3 |  |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 2 |
| 5 |  |
| 1 | 3 | 0 | .250 | 3 |
| 6 |  |
| 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 4 |
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South Africa 5 - 13 Netherlands - Boxscore
Bottom 6th - Dean Moust tripled to start the inning, and scored later on a wild pitch. It's 13-5 for the Netherlands.
Top 5th - Luca Orgill plates Ryan Kuyk with a double to left field. The game is now 12-5.
Bottom 3rd - Netherlands send 12 batters to score eight times and get a comfortable lead in the game. The European are now 12-4 in front.
Top 2nd - South Africa answer with four runs on two hits and three walks. The game is tied 4-4.
Top 1st - Netherlands mount a four run rally in their first offensive chance, with RBIs by Fran-Jean Haseth, Raishelnon Eugenia and Kayden Leer.
- Game 26 - 10:30, Once de Noviembre Stadium, Cartagena.
- RSA - #42 - Baariq Hermans RHP
- NED - #17 - Neo Van Der Westen RHP
Preview - At 11 de Noviembre stadium, Netherlands and South Africa will play their last game of the Opening Round. With the two teams out of the Super Round, the result of this game will be carried out to the Placement Round standings. Their last game was in 2018, when Netherlands topped South Africa 18-2 in Panama.
Puerto Rico 2 - 4 Japan - Boxscore
Top 7th - Valentin Carrasquillo singled to lead off the inning, and one out later went from first to third on single by AdnielQuiles on a hit and run play. Carrasquillo then scored on a passed bal.
Bottom 6th - Japan add an insurance run. Kei Kawakami sent a 0-1 pitch to the right field for a lead-off triple. One out later, he scored on a grounder by Narushi Nakashima. Japan lead 4-1.
Bottom 4th - Japan comeback and take the lead with a three run rally. A walk and an infield single put two runners on with one out, and Narushi Nakashima tied the game with a single to right field. He's hitting .462 for the tournament. with six RBIs. Naru Fukui then brought in two more runs with a two-run single to center field. Fukui has now 6 RBIs in the last two games.
Japan has put the lead-off runner on base in each of the first three innings, but they were all retired on the bases. Soya Kubo reached on a throwing error in the first inning, and Narushi Nakashima walked in the second, but both were picked off by pitcher Carlos Coira. In the third, Jo Suzuki singled up the middle but was retired on a line drive double play. The game remains 1-0 for Puerto Rico after three innings.
Bottom 2nd - Narushi Nakashima drew a leadoff walk, but Puerto Rican pitcher Carlos Coira picked him off at first base for the first out of the inning. It was Coira's second pick-off of the game.
Top 2nd - Puerto Rico take the lead in the game. Edward Pineiro worked a four-pitch walk, moved to second on a walk by Valentin Carrasquillo, and finally scored on a Sebastian Cruz single to left field. It's the first time in the tournament Japan fall behind in the score.
- Game 25 - 10:30, Edgar Renteria Stadium, Barranquilla.
- PUR - #17 - Carlos Coira RHP
- JPN - #11 - Tessho Taniguchi RHP
Preview - In the first game of the day at Edgar Renteria Stadium, Japan will take on Puerto Rico to close their Group A participation. Both teams have qualified for the Super Round, but this game will define who wins Group A, and subsequently, who advance to the next phase with a perfect 2-0 record. They'va faced once in the history of the tournament, a 9-1 Japan win on 3 September 2022, in the Super Round of the latest event. First pitch at 10:30.
Starting pitchers
- Game 27 - 15:00, Edgar Renteria Stadium, Barranquilla.
- ITA - #29 - Leonardo Prizzon RHP
- DOM - #52 - Wilver Canario LHP
- Game 28 - 15:00, Once de Noviembre Stadium, Cartagena.
- TPE - #1 - Nien-Hsiao Yu RHP
- NCA - #54 - Josue Ramos LHP
- Game 29 - 19:00, Edgar Renteria Stadium, Barranquilla.
- GUM - #14 - Gavin Alcantara RHP
- COL - #1 - Adrian José Niño Perez RHP
- Game 30 - 19:00, Once de Noviembre Stadium, Cartagena.
- MEX - #55 - Diego Humberto Serna Castelo LHP
- VEN - #6 - Daniel Granado LHP