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Japan beat Cuba to claim last SF spot

China Daily | Updated: 2009-03-20 07:56

SAN DIEGO: Defending champion Japan claimed the last remaining World Baseball Classic semifinals spot with a 5-0 win over Cuba, while Venezuela finished top of its second round group with a 10-6 win over the United States on Wednesday.

Japan scored two unearned runs with two outs in the fourth inning on a foggy night at Petco Park when Cuban center fielder Yoennis Cespedes committed a two-base error on Michihiro Ogasawara's high fly ball.

Even though it was hit into heavy fog and Cespedes had a long run, he seemed to see the ball and had it in his glove before it popped out, glanced off his cap and rolled to the wall.

Japan beat Cuba to claim last SF spot

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