Team Europe tied in the friendly thanks to a three run homerun from Marek Chlup
Team Europe played a friendly game against Hayta 223, who play in lower Japanese league, on Monday. There we got to see three Czech players, who helped the team to 4-4 tie.
Team Europe manager from Italy said before the game that Martin Schneider will be one of the players to get a day off. The rest of the Czechs were are of the starting lineup. Martin Červenka started as a catcher, Martin Mužík on the first base, and Marek Chlup in the right field.
⚾️🇪🇺 Team Europe is ready for its Exhibition game against Hayate 223
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📋Europe's Lineup
CF Engel Beltre
C Martin Cervenka
3B Alex Liddi
DH Juremi Profar
SS Edison Valerio
RF Marek Chlup
1B Martin Mužík
LF Daniel Jimenez
2B Delano Selassa
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SP Lars Huijer#GlobalBaseballGames pic.twitter.com/Bs4LlPjlgG
Unfortunately, the statistics and the stream from the game were not available. Fans could follow the game through occasional messages on X (former Twitter). Based on the news from Osaka, where the game was played in Kyocera Dome, Hayate was leading for the majority of the game, as they scored 2 runs in the second inning. They increased their lead to 4-0 in the eighth inning.
However, Marek Chlup stared in the eighth inning to, when he blasted a three run homerun to change the score to 4-3.
🇪🇺⚾ Team Europe closing the gap 3-4 against Hayata in the 8th inning thanks to a three-run home run by Marek Chlup. #GlobalBaseballGames pic.twitter.com/QZEKGHrgz2
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Gabriel Lino’s sacrificial hit then tied the game in the eight inning.
Team Europe will play against Japan national team on Wednesday. Czech fans will be able to watch the game through ČT Sport. If you are away from the Czech Republic, you can watch the games at GameTime.sport.
