U18 lost the first game at the tournament in Porto Rico against Aruba
Czech U18 team played the first game as a part of DIBAT tournament in Porto Rico on Saturday. Their first opponent was Aruba.
Czech started the game with Jan Novák, who, along with the defense, managed to keep the inning scoreless. In the bottom half of the inning Czechs had two runners in the scoring positions after a double from Denis Šmiřák, but they were unable to score from the situation. In the following inning their opponent took the advantage and they punished Czechs with 2 runs after a good baserunning.
In the bottom half, however, Aruba made an error after a hit from Jakub Brown, and Tomáš Burket reached the home from the third base to score the first Czech run of the tournament.
The third inning saw Vít Staněk step on the mound. Unfortunately, he was unable to get any outs, and was substituted with the bases loaded and the score at 1-4. Filip Hedl also had to get calibrated first, and so Aruba managed to finish the half inning 1-9. Czechs added one run in the bottom half of the inning, when Max Prejda first hit a triple, and was then batted in by a double from Šimon Tuček.
Czechs did not allow any runs in the fourth inning, after an excellent defensive performance in the outfield from Max Prejda, who threw a rocket to the home base to prevent the run.
Hedl came out of the game in the fifth inning with Matyáš Hasal coming in for him. Aruba added one run against him, however the defense was able to react to an aggressive base running this time and finish the inning with a double play.
Czechs were unable to score more runs and lost the first game of DIBAT 2-10. They will continue on Sunday against Germany at 16:30 CET.
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |||
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Aruba | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 10 | ||||
Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 2 |