WBSC Baseball5 World Cup - Day Three: Historic win for Lithuania against Japan highlights morning session
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<p>The morning session of day three at the <a href="https://www.wbsc.org/en/events/2022-baseball5-world-cup/home"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">WBSC Baseball5 World Cup</span></strong></a> continued to provide plenty of drama and entertainment on Wednesday with Lithuania's win against the baseball / softball powerhouse Japan highlighting the six Opening Round games at Mexico City's El Zócalo. France, Cuba, Venezuela, Chinese Taipei and Mexico also registered wins. </p>
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<p>The morning started with a good win from the very competitive French national team. The European champions defeated Korea winning two consecutive matches 8-2 and 5-3 to register their first win of the tournament and keep their Super Round hopes alive.</p>
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<p>Cuba, the principal candidate for the World Championship title, enjoyed a pleasant win against Hong Kong. They won two matches in a row, the first one 12-3 and the second 10-0 in a game ended by the run-ahead rule. </p>
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<p>The highlight of the day was Lithuania’s win against the powerhouse Japan in Group A. In a tight contest on court No. 2, the European vice-champions proved too good for Japan winning 3-2, 4-0 to claim their first win of the tournament after two previous defeats. Japan now sit in second place in the group with two wins and a defeat.</p>
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<p>The Asian champion, Chinese Taipei, proved their candidacy for the World Championship Title is pretty legit after defeating the Day 1 surprise team and Group B leader Tunisia 5-1, 6-5. The result leaves both sides with a 2-1 win-loss record.</p>
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<p>At the end of the morning session, Group B leaders Venezuela won a pretty tight contest against Kenya. The Caribbean team took the first match 2-0 before Kenya claimed the second 5-3 after an extra innings. Venezuela's defence came to the fore in the third match, taking it 5-0 to move to three wins from three games.</p>
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<p>The last game on centre court saw Mexico and South Africa play out a thriller. Mexico won the first match 1-0 then lost the second 4-1 before claiming the win in a walk-off in the third match 3-2. Mexico moved to third in Group A behind Cuba and Japan with two wins from three games and now face the exciting prospect of playing the undefeated group leaders Cuba in the last game of the day. </p>
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