SYDNEY, Australia - (Sept. 24, 2000) -- Olympic baseball results on Sunday:

Preliminary round:
U.S. beat Australia 12-1

Cuba beat Japan 6-2

South Korea beat South Africa 13-3

Netherlands beat Italy 3-2

Preliminary round final standings (won, lost, runs for, runs against, winning percentage):
Cuba 6 1 50 17 .857

U.S. 6 1 42 14 .857

South Korea 4 3 40 26 .571

Japan 4 3 41 23 .571

Netherlands 3 4 19 29 .429

Italy 2 5 33 43 .286

Australia 2 5 30 41 .286

South Africa 1 6 11 73 .143

Tuesday's semifinals

Cuba v Japan

U.S. v South Korea

Terra Sports/Reuters