TOKYO: Cuba’s manager hailed “a new chapter” for his team after they became the first side to book their place in the semi-finals of the World Baseball Classic with a 4-3 win over Australia in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Cuba are traditional heavyweights in the sport but they have never won the World Baseball Classic and have underperformed since reaching the final of the inaugural tournament in 2006.
The Cubans lost their first two games at this year’s competition in the group stage in Taiwan but they won their next two and have now punched their ticket to Miami for the semi-finals.
Manager Armando Johnson said their…
