Australia hangs with the best in the world, falls 4-3 to Japan at World Baseball Classic
https://baseball.com.au/news/japanauswbc/
Australia hangs with the best in the world, falls 4-3 to Japan at World Baseball Classic
https://baseball.com.au/news/japanauswbc/
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It was an amazing game by Australia as they pushed the reigning world champions to their limit. No one expected Australia would take this juggernaut Japan team this far. Australia faces South Korea with the chance to get out of the group of death into the knockout round.
Here are some highlights from the match:
[Robbie Perkins throws out Maki to get out of a bases loaded jam with Ohtani hitting!](https://old.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/1ro2has/highlight_robbie_perkins_throws_out_maki_to_get/)
[Aaron Whitefield creates a run with his legs as Australia takes a 1-0 lead over Japan!](https://old.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/1ro2vf4/aaron_whitefield_creates_a_run_with_his_legs_as/)
[Connor MacDonald’s brother was extremely hyped, then in tears after seeing him throw three shutout innings against Japan.](https://old.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/1ro53ma/connor_macdonalds_brother_was_extremely_hyped/)
[Alex Hall and Rixon Wingrove hit a solo homers in the ninth inning to cut it to a one-run game](https://old.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/1ro4j2c/highlight_alex_hall_and_rixon_wingrove_both_hit_a/)
How good is Australia at baseball? If Australia almost lost to Japan at cricket it would be pretty embarrassing, would this be an equivalent result?
I was going to have a dig at some of the mistakes the Australian side made, but I’ve changed my mind. I don’t play and they’re representing Australia, I shouldn’t be picky. The Aussies almost beat the best national baseball team in the world, nice one boys.
A lot of people in the crowd wearing Aussie colours or with signs too, lovely.
Damn going toe to toe with Japan in baseball is pretty damn impressive
Yeah; watched some of the game at a HUB last night. We did pretty decently I reckon.
That missed double play that led to scoring immediately after . . . ouch.
You could see the Japanese players at the end the though: there was a few puffed out cheeks and side-eyes along the lines of “sheeee-it, we scraped through on that one.”
Fun to watch it here in Japan though. Everyone is super pumped.
Honestly just keeping Japan to such a low score in the Toyko dome with the Emperor watching and ohtani playing was an effort and a half.
I fully recommend if there’s an ABL team near you and the league is playing go watch it. Yes it’s not MLB quality but it’s a pretty fun time especially for kids.
Didn’t even know we had a national team that played in such tournaments to be honest
Our defence is pretty solid. Out mostly abl pitchers works well enough, we need just more firepower in the batting lineup.
https://youtu.be/BX-k66VrmQo?si=l-DxmHRD_OIGRGU_
Australia is the talk of the town!!! We over at r/baseball are in awe over you folk, we love your team!
You guys have all the talent, you just need to get more interested! Please, I beg you! I would love for Australia to be a baseball powerhouse, and that’s totally within your potential. Go to your local games, play in the parks, get the kids involved!
You got Travis Bazzana he’s a total stud! Number 1 pick in MLB and he’s been killin it.
Australia could totally become a baseball powerhouse.
would be nice if that translated into support for the ABL. Its not a bad standard, and a fun day out but struggles for money. So much so that the biggest club from melbourne is now playing in the korean league
Was a super admirable performance. To think that if the throw to first hit and we got the double play (in I forget which innings) we probably would have won hurts, but you can’t complain with a 3-4 result again Japan. The match against Korea tonight is gonna be a cracker though!
I’ll be watching the game tonight on Disney+!