The organizing committee's efforts were unsuccessful and the rain forced to suspend today the Cuba-Australia baseball game.   The bad weather hit hard the Taipei Tianmu Baseball stadium, whose synthetic turf received dozens of bags of drying material to improve conditions and resume the game stopped in the same first episode.

Havana, October 15 (RHC)-- The organizing committee's efforts were unsuccessful and the rain forced to suspend today the Cuba-Australia baseball game.   The bad weather hit hard the Taipei Tianmu Baseball stadium, whose synthetic turf received dozens of bags of drying material to improve conditions and resume the game stopped in the same first episode.

However, the tournament officials determined that the necessary conditions did not exist and postponed the game until after the end of the round of group B play.

Both teams came to the event in need of victories, having lost to Puerto Rico (0-5) and Mexico (2-3), respectively, in their first outings in the world championship of the category.

For the Antillean cause, manager Alain Álvarez placed right-handed pitcher Roberto Hernández in the box, whose straight line exceeds 90 miles, has good control and has a wide international experience.

Hernandez dominated the first inning without setbacks, while the Caribbeans will keep a man at third base (outfielder Cristhian Hidalgo), with one out on the board and slugger Pedro Pablo Revilla anchored in the offensive rectangle.

So far, South Korea, Puerto Rico and Mexico dominate the key, with a 1-0 record, while Australia, Cuba and the Netherlands still hope to make the cross in the box of successes.

The tournament kicked off last Thursday and will last until the 23rd, with the participation of 12 teams divided into two segments that will award three tickets per capita to the Super Round.