TAICHUNG STADIUM. Mexico scored 8 runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to mercy-rule 12-2 the game against the Czech Republic in the second day at the XXVI 18U baseball World Cup in Taichung, Chinese Taipei.
Mexico scored with the very first batter of the game, Cruz, who was walked by the Czech starter Satoria, reached second on a wild pitch and home on a single by Mercado.
Another run came in the second out of a sac fly by Meza and two in the fourth, but the game was far from decided yet, in fact, the Europeans filled the bases with two walks and a single given up by Mexican starter Garcia, who
Left the mound to Rodriguez at this point. The reliever started a long duel against Hajtmar, who hit six foul balls in a row, and one of them could easily had been a double or a triple, to make it a 1-run game. A matter of inches that led to a 1-run sacrifice fly.
The Czech could score only another time in the sixth, after a hit-by-pitch and an error of the American defense, while the Mexicans jumped on Satoria’s relievers Kraut, Prudil and Dedek, scoring the 8 runs needed to give the game an anticipated end, out of two singles, two errors and six walks in the seventh.
The teams collected 5 hits each, both getting 3 out of the respective leadoffs, Ondracek and Mercado.
