MEDIA ALERT - Australian Baseball Team play in Game 2 of WBC TODAY at 12.00pm AEST

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The Australian Baseball Team will take on rivals Cuba in their second game of the 2009 World Baseball Classic TODAY - Wednesday 11 March @ 12.00pm AEST.

The pressure is on for Team Australia after their 17-7 defeat of Mexico in Game one of the Classic resulted in a mercy ruling, and saw Team Australia set a new WBC record hit count of 22,  passing Team USA's 2006 record of 18.

If Team Australia win this game - they will advance to second round in San Deigo.

Games are being broadcast LIVE on www.mlb.com (links can be found at www.worldbaseballclassic.com) and also on the ESPN network.

For all press and game information visit www.mlbpressbox.com - this will include all pre-game quotes, statistics, line-ups, images etc.

For further information or to arrange post-game interviews, please call Jennifer Stockman on + 1202 280 0485 or email Jennifer.Stockman@baseball.org.au