World Cup of Baseball - Round Three; Day 3

First, the games involving the team with Ex-Rattlers in action:

Canada 11, Netherlands 5

CAN:
Brett Lawrie ('09): 1-for-5, RUN, 3B
Jimmy Henderson ('09): IP, 0H, 0R

Venezuela 9, Australia 4

AUS:
Chris Snelling ('00): 1-for-4, 2B, 2 RBI

Next, a team with an ex-Rattler on the roster, but there was no action for Efrain Nieves in
Puerto Rico's 8-2 win over Taiwan.

Next, USA! USA! USA!

USA 5, Cuba 3


The final part of the round robin is Friday. Here is the schedule:

Cuba v. Canada
Venezuela v. Taiwan
Australia v. Puerto Rico
USA v. Netherlands

All games are at 1900 in Italy....12:00pm CDT.

If I am reading the standings page correctly...

The US has clinched a appearance in the Gold Medal game. Cuba needs to win or have Netherlands lose to get a rematch with the Americans on Sunday.

Nope.

Read it wrong...or half right.

With only two losses, one being today vs. the US, Cuba has already clinched a spot in the championship game Sunday versus the United States.

Canada is in the third place game on Saturday and could play either Puerto Rico, or Netherlands.