In the first round of the WBC (World Baseball Classic) of baseball, the match between the Czech Republic and China, who are in the same group as Japan, won 8 to 5, with the Czech Republic hitting a three-run home run in the 9th inning.
《Tokyo Dome 12:00 Game Start》
---｜123｜456｜789｜Total HE
Czech｜201｜001｜004｜8101
China｜000｜010｜400｜561
《Winning pitcher》 Minarik 1 win
《Losing pitcher 》Miyakaisei 1 loss
《Home run》
(Chi) M. Menshik No. 1 (solo, 3 innings) Musik No. 1 (3 runs, 9 innings)
The first round of the WBC will be divided into four groups, with China, South Korea, the Czech Republic, and Australia in Group B, the same group as Japan, with the top two teams advancing to the quarterfinals.
On the 10th, before Japan's match, the Czech Republic, who made their first appearance in the WBC and their first match on this day, played against China PR, who lost to Japan in the match on the 9th.
In the match, the Czech Republic scored two goals in the first inning, and in the third inning, No. 5 Macei Menczyk hit a solo home run to extend the lead.
After that, in the 7th inning, the Czech Republic scored 4 points against China to win the lead, but in the 9th inning chasing 1 point, No. 6 Muzik hit a come-from-behind three-run homer and scored 4 points to make it 8-5. We won our first victory against China.
The overall record of the first round was 1-0 for Czech and 0-2 for China.
Japan will face the Czech Republic in the third match of the first round on the 11th.