World Baseball Classic Game Summaries and grid of opponents to play

Below are our game summaries through 6 games each in World Baseball Classic Play. We will insert summaries of games 7 and 8 for teams in the space above the grid, which is updated first in this google doc.

mexico 8, venezuela 2. in the most shocking series to date, Mexico got sweep credit to win the series over heavily favored Venezuela 8-2. it was only the second time in 8 games mexico scored more than two runs, but L Urias hit 2 homers and dodgers world series hero Urias came in long relief to make the sweep hold up. Things in their division are now very interesting with all 5 teams within 3 games of each other.

mexico 1, venezuela 0. mexico shocked venezuela, breaking a 1-1 tie in the 10th on Arauz third hit if the game to put paredes (who started on 2nd base), and then pinch hitter pena grounded to first but venezuela's aguilar bobbled the ball to end the game.

Dominican Republic 3, Cuba 2. Embattled Cuba pitching rotation entered with a 6.00 ERA against the dominant Dominicans line-up, but Perez gave them their best start of the season (5 IP, 1 R) and when Luis Roberts and Grandal homered in the 5th and 6th and Y. Gurriel delivered a hit and run single with no outs in the 9th they almost pulled off the big upset, but Neris closed it out.

Dominican Republic 6, Cuba 4. Severino threw 7 shutout innings for the 2nd straight start, allowing 1 hit ball and Soto homered for second straight game for a 6-0 lead, but in the last 2 innings Luis Roberts homered for the second straight game as one of 5 hits in the 8th and 9th to cut it to 6-4 and put the tying run at the plate before a tiring Rodriguez (down to PB: 2-7) retired 2 pinchhitters.

Japan 8, ACC 5 (10 inn). 1st 5 batters in Japan's order hit incredible .450 in 1st 9 innings of 2 games (18 of 40), but left tons of men on base to go to extra innings both times with 4-4 ties. However, they wore out ACC pitchers in the process and explodes in the 10th for an 8-5 win on Ohtani's 10th inning homer in the first game and 7-5 on Choi's double in the 10th of the second game.

Japan 7, ACC 5 (10 inn) other game. Japan by far the biggest surprise for us, improves to 13-11 and second place in the Multi-Coast Division, three games behind 16-8 Dominican Republic.

Stats through 6 games for each team.

Born or Played College in ...	W	L	%	ACC	B12	Cub	DR	Jap	Mex	P12	PR	SEC	Ven
ACC	10	8	56%	x		6	0		3		1			ACC
Big-12	9	9	50%		x	3	3	1	2					B12
Cuba (or Miami)	6	12	33%	0	3	x						2	1	Cub
Dominican Republic	12	6	67%	6	3		x			2			1	DR
Japan-S.Korea (or Hawaii)	9	9	50%		2			x		5		1	1	Jap
Mexico (all of C. America)	6	12	33%	0	1				x	2		3		Mex
Pac-12	8	10	44%				1	1	4	x	2			P12
Puerto Rico (& New York)	7	11	39%	2						1	x	2	2	PR
SEC	10	8	56%			1		2	3		4	x		SEC
Venezuela	13	5	72%			2	2	5			4		x	Ven
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Team's games	Sc	All	Opp	Win	Loss	Start	IP	ER	K	Veb	AB	H	HR	BA	St ERA
ACC	11	1	Mex	3	0	Thornton	5	0	3	Home	36	12	5	0.333	0.00
ACC	1	6	DR	0	3	Hjelle	2	4	1	Away	31	7	0	0.226	18.00
ACC	7	10	DR	0	3	Weaver	1	7	1	Away	36	12	1	0.333	63.00
ACC	9	3	Cuba	3	0	Thornton	5	0	6	Home	37	12	2	0.324	0.00
ACC	8	3	Cuba	3	0	Lewicki	5	2	0	Home	36	11	1	0.306	3.60
ACC	3	4	PR	1	2	Lewicki	5	2	3	Away	40	13	0	0.325	3.60
ACC	6.5	4.5	Rec	10	8	Ave	3.8	2.5	2.3		36.0	11.2	1.5	0.310	5.87
Team's games	Sc	All	Opp	Win	Loss	Start	IP	ER	K	Veb	AB	H	HR	BA	St ERA
Big-12	2	4	Jap	1	2	Arrieta	5	4	1	Away	32	5	2	0.156	7.20
Big-12	5	3	Cuba	2	1	Arrieta	7	1	6	Away	35	8	2	0.229	1.29
Big-12	3	6	Cuba	1	2	Heaney	4.7	5	3	Away	33	5	1	0.152	9.57
Big-12	5	4	DR	2	1	Means	4	1	5	Away	31	7	2	0.226	2.25
Big-12	2	5	DR	1	2	Gray	5	1	0	Away	34	7	1	0.206	1.80
Big-12	4	1	Mex	2	1	Gray	7	0	6	Away	32	7	2	0.219	0.00
Big-12	3.5	3.8	Rec	9	9	Ave	5.5	2.0	3.5		32.8	6.5	1.7	0.198	3.30
Team's games	Sc	All	Opp	Win	Loss	Start	IP	ER	K	Veb	AB	H	HR	BA	St ERA
Cuba	3	5	B12	1	2	Rodon	3	4	3	Home	32	6	2	0.188	12.00
Cuba	6	3	B12	2	1	Perez	5	3	6	Home	31	8	3	0.258	5.40
Cuba	3	9	ACC	0	3	Bolanos	4	2	5	Away	33	8	2	0.242	4.50
Cuba	3	8	ACC	0	3	Peacock	2	3	3	Away	31	8	3	0.258	13.50
Cuba	4	3	SEC	2	1	Bolanos	3	1	1	Away	37	12	0	0.324	3.00
Cuba	1	3	Ven	1	2	Peacock	4	1	5	Away	31	5	0	0.161	2.25
Cuba	3.3	5.2	Rec	6	12	Ave	3.5	2.3	3.8		32.5	7.8	1.7	0.241	6.00
Team's games	Sc	All	Opp	Win	Loss	Start	IP	ER	K	Veb	AB	H	HR	BA	St ERA
Dominican Republic	4	5	Ven	1	2	Valdez	2	2	0	Away	34	9	1	0.265	9.00
Dominican Republic	6	1	ACC	3	0	Severino	7	0	6	Home	33	9	3	0.273	0.00
Dominican Republic	10	7	ACC	3	0	Lamet	3	5	4	Home	38	12	7	0.316	15.00
Dominican Republic	4	5	B12	1	2	Valdez	5	3	7	Home	37	11	3	0.297	5.40
Dominican Republic	5	2	B12	2	1	Castillo	5	2	8	Home	32	9	1	0.281	3.60
Dominican Republic	9	3	P12	2	1	Castillo	6.7	3	9	Away	35	10	3	0.286	4.03
Dominican Republic	6.3	3.8	Rec	12	6	Ave	4.8	2.5	5.7		34.8	10.0	3.0	0.287	4.70
Team's games	Sc	All	Opp	Win	Loss	Start	IP	ER	K	Veb	AB	H	HR	BA	St ERA
Japan-S.korea	4	2	B12	2	1	Anderson	7	2	7	Home	28	9	1	0.321	2.57
Japan-S.korea	2	3	sec	1	2	darvish	4	3	6	away	35	9	0	0.257	6.75
Japan-S.Korea	3	10	Ven	0	3	Ryu	5	3	4	Home	32	6	1	0.188	5.40
Japan-S.Korea	0	2	Ven	1	2	Yates	2	0	3	Home	30	3	0	0.100	0.00
Japan-S.Korea	10	4	P12	3	0	Uehara	3.7	4	2	Home	39	13	3	0.333	9.73
Japan-S.Korea	2	0	P12	2	1	Darvish	9	0	13	Home	26	4	1	0.154	0.00
Japan-S.Korea	3.5	3.5	Rec	9	9	Ave	5.1	2.0	5.8		31.7	7.3	1.0	0.232	3.52
Team's games	Sc	All	Opp	Win	Loss	Start	IP	ER	K	Veb	AB	H	HR	BA	St ERA
Mexico	2	11	ACC	0	3	Cessa	4	2	3	away	40	7	0	0.175	4.50
Mexico	6	7	P12	1	2	Urquidy	3	2	3	Away	36	8	3	0.222	6.00
Mexico	1	5	P12	1	2	Loasisiga	6	0	6	Away	31	4	1	0.129	0.00
Mexico	1	0	SEC	2	1	Agrazal	5	0	3	Away	34	8	0	0.235	0.00
Mexico	1	2	SEC	1	2	Gonzalez	4.3	0	4	Away	32	6	1	0.188	0.00
Mexico	1	4	B12	1	2	Gonzalez	3	3	4	Home	32	6	1	0.188	9.00
Mexico	2.0	4.8	Rec	6	12	Ave	4.2	1.2	3.8		34.2	6.5	1.0	0.190	2.49
Team's games	Sc	All	Opp	Win	Loss	Start	IP	ER	K	Veb	AB	H	HR	BA	St ERA
Pac-12	7	6	Mex	2	1	Canning	2	5	5	Home	40	12	2	0.300	22.50
Pac-12	5	1	Mex	2	1	Bauer	8	1	13	Home	32	8	0	0.25	1.13
Pac-12	4	10	Jap	0	3	Kelly	3	3	2	Away	34	8	2	0.235	9.00
Pac-12	0	2	Jap	1	2	Cole	8	2	13	Away	27	0	0	0.000	2.25
Pac-12	2	0	PR	2	1	Kelly	6	0	5	Away	29	5	0	0.172	0.00
Pac-12	3	9	DR	1	2	Cole	4	3	6	Home	35	11	1	0.314	6.75
Pac-12	3.5	4.7	Rec	8	10	Ave	5.2	2.3	7.3		32.8	7.3	0.8	0.223	4.06
Team's games	Sc	All	Opp	Win	Loss	Start	IP	ER	K	Veb	AB	H	HR	BA	St ERA
Puerto Rico	0	2	P12	1	2	Hoffman	5	2	5	home	30	4	0	0.133	3.60
Puerto Rico	3	5	SEC	1	2	Berrios	4	2	5	Away	34	8	1	0.235	4.50
Puerto Rico	0	4	SEC	1	2	Stroman	7	0	6	Away	30	5	0	0.167	0.00
Puerto Rico	0	7	Ven	0	3	Hoffman	4	4	7	Home	31	4	0	0.129	9.00
Puerto Rico	4	3	Ven	2	1	Corbin	5	3	6	Home	34	8	1	0.235	5.40
Puerto Rico	4	3	ACC	2	1	Corbin	4.1	2	6	Home	35	10	0	0.286	4.39
Puerto Rico	1.8	4.0	Rec	7	11	Ave	4.9	2.2	5.8		32.3	6.5	0.3	0.201	4.02
Team's games	Sc	All	Opp	Win	Loss	Start	IP	ER	K	Veb	AB	H	HR	BA	St ERA
SEC	3	4	Cuba	1	2	Buehler	4	3	5	Home	34	8	2	0.235	6.75
SEC	3	2	jap	2	1	scherzer	7.7	2	11	home	30	7	0	0.233	2.34
SEC	5	3	PR	2	1	Woodruff	4	3	3	Home	32	9	3	0.281	6.75
SEC	4	0	PR	2	1	Gray	7	0	4	Home	31	6	0	0.194	0.00
SEC	0	1	Mex	1	2	Buehler	5.7	1	9	Home	29	4	0	0.138	1.58
SEC	2	1	Mex	2	1	Scherzer	6	1	12	Home	30	7	1	0.233	1.50
SEC	2.8	1.8	Rec	10	8	Ave	5.7	1.7	7.3		31.0	6.8	1.0	0.220	2.62
Team's games	Sc	All	Opp	Win	Loss	Start	IP	ER	K	Veb	AB	H	HR	BA	St ERA
Venezuela	10	3	Jap	3	0	Perez	4	1	1	Away	44	19	6	0.432	2.25
Venezuela	2	0	Jap	2	1	Lopez	7	0	9	Away	29	5	1	0.172	0.00
Venezuela	7	0	PR	3	0	Suarez	4	0	2	Away	36	9	1	0.25	0.00
Venezuela	3	4	PR	1	2	Carrasco	4.7	2	8	Away	37	9	1	0.243	3.83
Venezuela	5	4	DR	2	1	Suarez	5	0	6	Home	31	7	1	0.226	0.00
Venezuela	3	1	Cuba	2	1	Carrasco	6	0	6	Home	30	4	0	0.133	0.00
Venezuela	5.0	2.0	Rec	13	5	Ave	5.1	0.5	5.3		34.5	8.8	1.7	0.256	0.88