The WBSC U18 Baseball World Cup got underway on Friday in Thunder Bay, Canada. Italy provided a big surprise on day one, defeating Nicaragua 4-2 in the morning game, erasing a 0-2 deficit in the progress.
The most exciting contest of the day was the matchup between host Canada and Chinese Taipei, which won the U18 Baseball World Cup it was the last time hosted in Thunder Bay. Chinese Taipei won it 7-6 in extra innings after Canada was up 4-1 after three innings.
In other games the United States defeated the Netherlands 11-1, Cuba cruised by South Africa 15-2, Japan prevailed 10-1 over Mexico and Australia lost 1-4 to Korea.
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