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Australia advanced into the final game after defeating a Japanese team made up of professional players in Semifinal 1–0. Lost to Cuba in Final 2–6.
- Team Roster
Manager: 24 - Jon Deeble.
Coaches: 2 - Tony Harris, 33 - Paul Elliott, 34 - Philip Dale.
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- Preliminary Round
| Team | W | L | Tiebreaker |
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| Japan | 6 | 1 | 1-0 |
| Cuba | 6 | 1 | 0-1 |
| Canada | 5 | 2 | - |
| Australia | 4 | 3 | - |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | 4 | - |
| Netherlands | 2 | 5 | - |
| Greece | 1 | 6 | 1-0 |
| Italy | 1 | 6 | 0-1 |
August 15
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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| Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Cuba | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | x | 4 | 10 | 1 | |||||||||||
| WP: Adiel Palma (1-0) LP: Craig Anderson (0-1) Sv: Jonder Martinez (1S) Home runs: AUS: None CUB: M. Enriquez in 1st, 1 RBI; O.Urrutia in 6th, 1 RBI |
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August 16
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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| Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||
| WP: Wang Chien-Ming (1-0) LP: John Stephens (0-1) Sv: Tsao Chin-Hui (1S) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
August 17
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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| Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Italy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| WP: Chris Oxspring (1-0) LP: Michael Marchesano (0-1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
August 18
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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| Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 1 | |||||||||||
| WP: Ryan Rowland Smith (1-0) LP: Daisuke Miura (0-1) Sv: Jeff Williams (1S) Home runs: AUS: D. Nilsson in 8th, 1 RBI JPN: K. Fukudome in 5th, 3 RBIs |
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August 20
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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| Greece | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Australia | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | x | 11 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||
| WP: Ryan Rowland Smith (2-0) LP: Sean Spencer (0-1) Home runs: GRE: P. Maestrales in 2nd, 1 RBI; J. Kavourias in 8th, 1 RBI AUS: B. Roneberg in 3rd; P. Gonzalez in 3rd, 2 RBIs; G. Roneberg in 6th, 1 RBI; 1 RBI; B. Kingman in 7th, 3 RBIs |
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August 21
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||
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| Australia | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 17 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| WP: Craig Lewis (1-0) LP: Calvin Maduro (0-2) Home runs: AUS: B. Roneberg in 1st, 2 RBIs; R. van Buizen in 3rd, 4 RBIs; G. Fingleson in 2nd, 3 RBIs; G. Williams in 6th, 2 RBIs NED: Y. de Caster in 2nd, 1 RBI; R. Millard in 5th, 1 RBI |
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August 22
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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| Canada | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||
| WP: Phil Devey (1-0) LP: Adrian Burnside (0-1) Home runs: CAN: J. Ware in 9th, 3 RBIs; R. Radmanovich in 4th, 2 RBIs AUS: None |
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- Semifinals
August 24
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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| Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||
| WP: Chris Oxspring (2-0) LP: Daisuke Matsuzaka (1-1) Sv: Jeff Williams (2S) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
- Gold Medal Final
August 25
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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| Cuba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||
| WP: Adiel Palma (3-0) LP: John Stephens (0-2) Sv: Danny Betancourt (1-0-2) Home runs: CUB: F. Cepeda in 4th, 2 RBIs AUS: P. Gonzalez in 5th, 1 RBI |
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- 02 ! Won Silver Medal
Read more about this topic: Australia At The 2004 Summer Olympics
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