In Pool A as expected, Japan and Cuba have advanced with two wins, Brazil and China are eliminated. Japan and Cuba play Wednesday night for positioning.
Pool B is much more interesting, Taiwan has 2 wins, Korea and Holland are 1-1 with Australia 0-2. On Tuesday Holland plays Australia while Taiwan plays Korea.
I fully expect Holland to win so if Korea wins there's a 3-way tie for 1st.
Tiebreaker: In the event three Federation Teams are tied with each other such tie shall be broken by ranking Earned Runs Team's Quality Balance ("ER-TQB", i.e., the sum of earned runs scored divided by the number of innings played on offense, minus the number of earned runs allowed, divided by the number of innings played on defense (ERS/IPO)-(ERA/IPD)=ER-TQB)).
Currently:
Taiwan: (4+5/8+8) - (1+3/9+9) = 0.5625 - 0.2222 = 0.3403
Holland: (4+3/8+9) - (0+5/9+8) = 0.4118 - 0.2941 = 0.1377
Korea: (0+6/9+9) - (4+0/8+9) = 0.3333 - 0.2353 = 0.098
Your quiz:
If Holland wins big they'll get in. How much does Korea need to beat Taiwan by (Korea will be the home team)?
