Their opponents will be the Taiwan Life Along, a semi-professional team, and the duel is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. local time (5:30 a.m. next morning on the largest island in the Caribbean).
This will be the first of five games that the Antillean squad will play before beginning its action on the 13th in the tournament that will host the 12 best-ranked countries in the world, according to the World Baseball and Softball Confederation.
Cuba was placed in group B along with the Dominican Republic, Australia, South Korea, Japan and the hosts of Chinese Taipei, while in group A, which begins next Saturday in Mexico, the locals will battle with the teams from the United States, Puerto Rico, Panama, Venezuela and the Netherlands.
The day before, those led by Armando Johnson completed their first training session at the Taichung Intercontinental Stadium and had the incorporation of closer Raidel Martínez, leader in games saved (43) in Japan this season according to the report of the Chunichi Dragons.
In that same scenario, the Cubans will face the CTBC Brothers Baseball Club, champion team of the Taiwan Professional League, on Wednesday and Thursday.
Previously, on their tour of South Korea, the Caribbean team defeated LG Twins, Jiangsu Huge Horses from China and Goyang Heroes, losing once to NC Dinos and twice to the national team of that country.
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