Czechs lost by a narrow margin in third game at Tenerife

After first two games at Tenerife mini-tournament both Czechs and Spanish won one and lost one game. Winning the Wednesday game meant, Czech couldn’t lose the series.

EDIT: Originally, the article claimed Czech lost 4-5. The final result was, however, 4-7, as the authors didn’t notice the game was played in 9 innings, rather than 7 as the games before. We apologize for misleading our readers.

However, Czech national team didn’t enter the game well, after home team scored 4 runs against Jan Novák. Starting pitcher of Kotlářka Praha then managed, with help of the defense, to halt the Spanish defense, giving Czechs a chance to level the score. First, Marek Minařík scored the first run in the second inning, followed by Martin Červenka‚s homerun, which led to 2-4.

V úvodu 4. směny snížil českou ztrátu solo homerunem Martin Červenka. Ten opět poslal míč přes plot levého středního pole. pic.twitter.com/MzibUnW525

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Afterwards, we saw Ondřej Furko step on the mound, who allowed a run after Daniel Jemenez hit. It turned out to be the major one, even after Czech managed to score two more runs and come close to leveling.

V úvodu šesté směny se čeští reprezentanti, zásluhou RBI hitu Martina Červenky a divokého nadhozu soupeře, dotáhli na rozdíl jediného doběhu. pic.twitter.com/gMhZBxH4JR

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In the bottom of the seventh inning, Czechs managed to get a runner in the scoring position after walk for Filip Smola and hit by Jakub Hajtmar. Unfortunately, Hynek Čapka’s team didn’t manage to score more runs. On the other hand, Spain managed to score two more runs in the eight inning leave the score at 4-7 for home team. The last game of the series will be played on Thursday.

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