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Frederich Cepeda's two-run blast put Cuba up for good.

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Cuba takes back the gold

Wednesday August 25, 2004 4:19PM;
Updated: Wednesday August 25, 2004 4:19PM

With a relentless, balanced offense, Cuba rolled over upstart Australia 6-2 Wednesday night to win the gold medal -- its third in four tries since the sport gained Olympic status. The Cubans pounded out 13 hits, including a two-run home run by Frederich Cepeda, a two-run double by Eduardo Parent and a two-run single by Eriel Sanchez.

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• Japan takes bittersweet bronze

• Review: Baseball makes a hit in Greece (Reuters) Friday August 27, 05:03 AM

• Baseball: Cepeda, Cuba down Australia for gold (SI.com) Wednesday August 25, 10:42 PM

• Olympics-Baseball-Japan take bronze, beating Canada (Reuters) Wednesday August 25, 09:15 AM

• Japan routs Canada 11-2 to take bronze medal (Reuters) Wednesday August 25, 07:55 AM

• Cuba to face Aussies for baseball gold (Reuters) Tuesday August 24, 04:26 PM

• Europe still lagging far behind Asia, Americas (AP) Monday August 23, 04:47 AM

• Roundup: Japan ends pool play in first place (AP) Sunday August 22, 09:22 PM

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Date/Time	Status	Event
8/24 - 4:30AM	Complete	Men's Team Semi Final
8/25 - 4:30AM	Complete	Men's Team Final 3-4
8/25 - 1:00PM	Complete	Men's Team Final 1-2
• More schedules and results

• Cuba beats Australia 6-2 to win gold medal (AP) Wednesday August 25, 06:40 PM

• Cuba beats Australia 6-2 to win gold medal (AP) Wednesday August 25, 05:31 PM

• Cuba beats Australia 6-2 to win gold medal (AP) Wednesday August 25, 04:33 PM

• BULLETIN (AP) Wednesday August 25, 04:18 PM

• Olympic baseball invisible for major leaguers (AP) Wednesday August 25, 01:38 PM

• Japan beats Canada, wins bronze (AP) Wednesday August 25, 08:04 AM

• Australia beats Japan 1-0; Cuba beats Canada 8-5 (AP) Tuesday August 24, 04:52 PM

• Australia beats Japan 1-0, plays for gold (AP) Tuesday August 24, 04:08 PM

• More wire stories


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