The Cuban baseball team of the U-12 category lost for the second consecutive day in the World Cup held in Tainan, a city south of Taipéi in China. The Antillanos, with considerable physical wear after an exhausting journey and almost without rest time, claudicated this time by bleached (0-4) against Japan.
The children of the island only connected three unstoppables in front of the shipments of Shotaro Hashimoto, who covered the entire route at the rate of five strikeouts, a ticket and without allowing any rival to reach third base.
The Japanese invoiced early and at the end of the first third they already had four advantage scoring, towed by Shinnosuke Yoshizuka, Daichi Terada, Yunosuke Ibaraki and Riku Sahashi. In total, they hit six unstoppables, including a triple of their first Bate Taiki Toyama.
After this triumph, Japan is undefeated with two victories in Group A, where they have not lost the Taipéi selections of China, the first executioner of Cuba, and Mexico. Precisely, the Aztecs will be the next rivals of the Antillians, forced to win so as not to get off the fight for the three advanced positions that give access to the super round.
In two clashes, the most prominent Cuban of the World Cup is portentoso Sean Manuel García, who adds three unstoppables in six official shifts, including a homer and three trailers.
After this crucial meeting, those led by Raúl Rodríguez Palacios will finish their qualifying calendar against Australia and Germany, which so far have not made the cross either. On the other key, South Korea and the United States are undefeated, escorted by the Dominican Republic and Panama with 1-1, while South Africa and Czech Republic heat the basement.
The Cuban ninth has only two players who have participated in international events previously. We talked about Denis Zamora, who competed with Santa Clara in the World League World Series in Williamsport, United States, and Yuceidel Torres, receiver of the national team in the Pan American U-12 also held in 2024.
Cuba has barely had rest since he left Havana on Wednesday, July 22 to the edge of three in the afternoon. First they covered the journey to the Tocumen airport, in Panama, and there they left for Amsterdam, the Netherlands. In Europe they made an eight -hour scale to take another flight to Taipéi of more than 12 hours and finish the journey with a road trip to Tainan.
In total, the Caribbean delegation toured more than 12,500 miles in more than 40 hours, to go out to the ground with less than 24 hours of rest and without options to acclimatize to the brutal time difference.
