Australia lose again in baseball qualifier

Australia's baseball team looks set to have to negotiate a tricky two-stage qualification process to make the Tokyo Olympics after successive losses at the Premier12 baseball tournament.

After host nation Japan came from behind on Monday to beat them 3-2, the Australians suffered a 3-0 shutout on Tuesday against unbeaten Mexico.

Australia are now bottom in the super round standings, with games against the United States and Taiwan to come ahead of the weekend's medal clashes.

They effectively need to finish higher than South Korea and Taiwan to qualify directly for Tokyo.

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