Daily Review
Super Round - Day 3 of 6
13.11.2019
Japan too good for Mexico
as Australia claims historic win over USA
Welcome to this daily summary of the Premier12, giving you the latest and greatest from the WBSC's flagship baseball tournament .

The Premier12 Super Round just keeps on giving with two more dramatic games on Wednesday in the Tokyo Dome.

With the race for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Baseball tickets and Premier12 honours still on the line, world No. 7 Australia turned over a huge upset by beating world No. 2 USA 2-1 for the first time in their history.

The win keeps alive their chances of playing for a Premier12 bronze medal as well as their Olympic qualification hopes - one ticket will be given to the top team of Asia/Oceania and another ticket to the top team of the Americas.

Aaron Whitefield was Australia's star putting them ahead in the top of the first before the surprise package of the tournament protected the lead with great plays in center field to record Australia's first win over USA in 10 head to heads at the World Cup and Olympic level.

The evening game saw 31,776 fans scream on the home team to a 3-1 win over previously unbeaten Mexico. A win for the central Americans would have seem them book a ticket to the Olympics next year and a spot in the Premier12 final. Now the world No. 6 will have to wait until their next game against Korea on Friday.

Thursday is a practice day before the last two days of the Super Round starting with Chinese Taipei v USA before Mexico play Korea on Friday.

With all six teams still in Olympic qualification and Premier12 medal contention, the remaining two days of Super Round action are guaranteed to provide plenty of drama.
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Pitchers star, Japan beats Mexico
Tokyo, Japan – Four Japanese pitchers blanked Mexico's line up with 15 strikeouts as Samurai Japan won 3-1 in front of a crowd of 31,776 despite leaving 11 runners on base. The lone Mexican run came on a solo home run by Jonathan Jones off starter Shota Imanaga as Mexico suffered the first loss in the WBSC Premier12 2019.
Australia upsets USA for historic win
Tokyo, Japan – Aaron Whitefield put the Aussies ahead in the top of the first and protected the lead with great plays in center field to record Australia's first win over USA in ten head to heads at the World Cup and Olympic level.
Tim Atherton: “It’s a great feeling”
Tokyo, Japan – “It’s a great feeling for us, but is also an expected feeling,” said starter Tim Atherton after Australia beat USA for the first time in intrnational baseball. “We came to this tournament with this expectation in mind and now we’re just executing what we did during the last six months.
Numbers of the Premier12 Opening Round
Tokyo, Japan - With the Super Round of the Premier12 about to begin, let's take an opportunity to dive into the Opening Round statistics. Group A in Guadalajara was a slugfest, while Group C in Seoul saw three of four teams with an ERA below three.
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