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  • Associated Press

TOKYO — Former major leaguer Yoenis Céspedes has left the Cuban team at the

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    Cuba faced Australia on Wednesday in a quarterfinal game in Tokyo with the winner going to Miami.

    Cuba won its last two games in Group A playing in Taiwan to advance. Cuba lost its first two games in Group A, but won its last two. Céspedes did not play in the last two games and was hitless in the first two.

    This is the the first World Baseball Classic in which the Cuban team has been comprised of players residing in Cuba as well as others playing abroad in the United States and other countries.