Group B 'dark horse' Australia beats Dominican Republic to earn first win in Premier 12

Group B 'dark horse' Australia beats Dominican Republic to earn first win in Premier 12

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Australia defeated the Dominican Republic and achieved its first win in the 2024 World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Premier12.

Australia won 5-0 against the Dominican Republic in Group B at the Taipei Tianmu Stadium in Taiwan on the 15th.

Australia, who lost 3-9 to Japan on the 13th, recorded 1 win and 1 loss.

After their win over Cuba, the Dominican Republic lost to Taiwan and Australia in succession, dropping their record to 1 win and 2 losses.

The Korean national baseball team will play against the Dominican 스포츠토토사이트 Republic, which is on the brink of collapse, on the 16th and will play its final game against Australia on the 18th.

Australia, considered a dark horse in Group B, took the lead in the bottom of the third inning with a two-run home run by catcher Robbie Perkins over the center field wall with no outs and a runner on third base with the score tied 0-0.

Perkins' performance was outstanding. He hit a center-field RBI single in the bottom of the fourth with one out and runners on first and second base, and in the bottom of the sixth with no outs and runners on first and third base, he hit a sacrifice fly to left field to make it 4-0.

Perkins went 2-for-3 with a home run, four RBIs and a run scored.

Warwick Saupold (registered name in the KBO League as Warwick Saupold), who played for the Hanwha Eagles in the KBO League from 2019 to 2020, pitched a shutout for 3 innings as the Australian starter, not allowing a single hit.