WEC: Czechs won silver! They lost to France in the finals
Czech women’s baseball national team played the final game of European Women’s Baseball Championship in Montpellier on Saturday. They faced the defending champions and host of the tournament, France. Czechs wanted to repeat the win from the stage group and win the gold medals.
But the game didn’t start well for them, after the first batter Emma Patry hit inside-the-park homerun. France then added 2 more runs and the score was 3-0 after the first inning.
Czechs scored their first runs in the second inning after hits from Tereza Šustrová a Kateřina Marková and they came one run from tying the score.
France was able to take the game on their side in the third inning, where they pressured starter Tereza Stejspalová. She was substituted by Kristýna El Ghannam. France scored 7 runs. Czechs were then unable to respond against Cassandra Vigneau as they only scored 3 runs in 5 innings.
The game finished in 5 innings with France winning 13-3 as they defended the championship. Czechs improved on their previous record as they bring silver medals back home.
| Finals | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | LOB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Czech Republic | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 |
