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- Updated: September 23, 2016
NEW YORK — Team Israel took its first step toward its first World Baseball Classic on Thursday night with a 5-2 victory over Team Great Britain on the opening night of the WBC qualifier at MCU Park in Brooklyn.
Israel used a four-run seventh-inning rally against two Great Britain relievers to jump ahead and capture an important first win in this double elimination weekend tournament, played at the home of the Mets’ Class A affiliate Brooklyn Cyclones.
The win earned Israel a spot in the winner’s bracket game against favorite Brazil on Friday at noon ET. Great Britain plays bracket newcomer Pakistan in the 7 p.m. elimination game. The winner of Sunday’s championship game at 6 p.m. ET will travel to Seoul, South Korea, next March and compete against host Korea.
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Down a run in the seventh inning, four of the first five Israeli hitters reached against reliever Vaughan Harris, spoiling a strong outing by Great …
