Baseball World Cup Pool G, Firenze:
Italy – Taiwan 2-5
TPE 001 200 011 5 9 2 ITA 000 010 010 2 4 2
Host Italy didn’t had a good start into the tournament. They lost their opener against Taiwan by a score of 2-5. The third-ranked team from Prague, took a 3-0 lead after four innings and held on to the three-run advantage until the end. Tai-Yung Kuo hit a solo homerun. Yen-Feng Lin (W 1-0) impressed on the mound, surrendering just two hits, a run and two bb in six innings. Tiago da Silva (L 0-1) gave up four hits and three runs (1 ER) in four innings.
