The match between Argentina vs New Zealand will take place in Estadio Nacional de Panamá (Panama City) on Friday, October 2 at 2:00 AM CEST / 5:30 AM IST and October 1 at 7:30 PM ET.
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At Estadio Nacional Rod Carew in Panama, the qualifying for Panama City is now in progress. The top two teams in this round will join Great Britain and the Czech Republic as participants in the World Baseball Classic in 2019. In the second game of the Panama qualifier, Pakistan, which was vying for its first World Baseball Classic qualification, took an early lead by defeating Argentina 1-0 in the top of the second inning. However, Argentina, which also hopes to compete in its first WBC, triumphed 7-3.
Brazil, which is trying to qualify for the World Baseball Classic for the first time since 2013, got the Panama qualifier off to a great start by outscoring New Zealand 4-0 in the bottom of the first inning. With a three-run double in the top of the second inning, Max Brown brought New Zealand back into the game, but it was as close as they would come.
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| Argentina | New Zealand |
| Thomas Cuenca | Charlie Adamson |
| Diego Echeverría | Jimmy Boyce |
| Juan Elorza | Nao Fukuda |
| José Gerez | Beau Te Wera Bishop |
| Jacinto Cipriota | Duncan Izaaks |
| Pedro Figueras | Sam Kennelly |
| Sebastián García | Max Brown |
| Julian Pedrouzo | Andrew Marck |
| Matías Robles | Kris Richards |
The match between Argentina vs New Zealand will take place in Estadio Nacional de Panamá (Panama City) on Friday, October 2 at 2:00 AM CEST / 5:30 AM IST and October 1 at 7:30 PM ET.
Argentina vs New Zealand matchup from the WBC Qualifier in Estadio Nacional de Panamá (Panama City) will be live streamed on a number of European TV channels, MLB.com, and MLB’s Facebook page.
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