Cuba record first WBC win over champs Japan
- Published: 6 Mar 2013 at 23.49
- Online news: Sports
Cuba saw off a ninth-inning fightback by two-time defending champions Japan to win 6-3 and stay unbeaten heading into the World Baseball Classic's second round on Wednesday.
Cuba's outfielder Alfredo Despaigne hits a three-run homer against Japan during the eighth inning of their first-round Pool A game in the World Baseball Classic tournament in Fukuoka on March 6, 2013. Cuba saw off a ninth-inning fightback by two-time defending champions Japan to win 6-3 and stay unbeaten heading into the World Baseball Classic's second round.
In a repeat of the tournament's first final in 2006, Alfredo Despaigne fired a three-run homer for a 6-0 lead and it proved critical as Japan clawed back to 6-3 before finally succumbing to their first defeat to Cuba in the global event.
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