Australia at the Baseball World Cup

[1] Despite the game being shortened to seven innings by the mercy rule, Australia broke the World Cup record for runs scored when they beat Thailand 26–1.

In September, Australia was one of 22 nations that sent a team to the 2009 World Cup, which was held in seven different countries across Europe.

[3] Only a few days after selecting their 24 player squad, Australia was forced to find a replacement for Justin Huber—one of the two players selected with Major League experience—as he was called up from AAA Rochester Red Wings to MLB Minnesota Twins.

James Linger was selected as his replacement, making his Australian senior team debut.

[4] Australia started its campaign with a win in the opening game of the tournament against their first round hosts, Czech Republic.

This tied with Canada and Chinese Taipei, and with the tiebreakers used in the tournament, meant Australia was second, behind only the United States.

They will in the same pool for the first round of as Cuba, Dominican Republic, Germany, Italy, Nicaragua, South Korea, and Venezuela.