The Cuban team ended up deflated in the final stretch of the group stage and their defeat on Tuesday against South Korea with a 0-3 slate left him out of the super round of the World Cup in the World Cup in baseballU18 category, which is celebrated in Okinawa, Japan.
Those led by Abeyci Pantoja reached their last presentation in group A with the need to win to keep their options, but fit the third consecutive defeat that sent them to the Round of Consuelo, reports The agency Latin press (PL).
Korea Wins and Moves to 3-1!
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The Asians took advantage in the same initial entry with two races at the shipments of Leandro Forteza, thanks to a triple by Jaewon Oh, a ticket and a defensive error.
The annotation that rounded the score came in the next inning, after a high sacrifice of Jiho Park, the publication requires.
From now on, reliever Edenis Cruz held the winners, but the Cuban offensive succumbed again, now in front of the talent of the opener and winner Joel Kim, author of 10 strikeouts in his performance for 5.1 episodes.
The cast of the island had begun the tournament with the foot in the accelerator, because first He destroyed South Africa With a 10-0 KO, and then imposed on Italy (8-0).
However, everything changed when facing the hosts, who took success by 3-0, and then came a expensive defeat before the formation of Puerto Rico (1-0).
The stumbling block against the South Koreans represented the third consecutive game without marking races, an account that, with greater precision, translates into a total of 22 inputs in a row.
In this way, the fourth place occupied in the key left the Cubans with the only possibility of engaging in the fight for places from seven to 12.
The three passages to the next instance were in the hands of the premises, South Koreans and Puerto Ricans, while from the other section the representatives of the United States, Taiwan, waiting for the third classified.
The wait continues
The performance in this universal event will be noted as a new false step of Cuban baseball in its eagerness to return to the elite of this sport, after continuous failures in all categories.
This cast had given a hopeful signal classifying the tournament, although with a fourth place in the continental fair held a year ago in Panama.
Only two players of that tournament repeated on the payroll, but the same is discouraging not to have overcome the preliminary phase for a country that has conquered the greatest number of crowns (11) in these leaders.
