Latvia – Slovenia 0-17 (7)
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LAT 000 000 0 0 1 4
Slovenia could not imagine a better start into the Qualifier in Prague. They crushed Latvia 17-0. Besides the third, they scored in every of the seven frames. Ales Mravlje hit a grand slam and scored three times. Jaka Trobec and Tine Marolt each drove in three. Uros Rudolf scored three runs. Despite producing 16 hits, they only had two extra base hits.
Mirko Kucinik started and threw four perfect innings, striking out seven. Luka Kreitmayer (W 1-0) picked up the victory after three innings of one-hit relief. Kristaps Duselis (L 0-1) was charged with eleven hits, 15 runs (14 ER) and six bb in five innings.
Belarus – Czech Republic 0-10 (7)
CZE 040 210 3 10 14 0
BEL 000 000 0 0 0 1
The Czech National Team had nearly a perfect start into the European Championship Qualifier in Prague. Martin Schneider (4 IP, 2 BB, 6 SO), Boris Bokaj (1 IP, 1 SO), Jakub Toufar (1 IP) and Pavel Budsky (W 1-0, 1 IP, 3 SO) combined for a seven-inning no-hitter against Belarus. They won by a final score of 10-0.
Tomas Polansky was two-for-three with a triple and a homerun. Leos Kubat had two doubles and drove in four. Budsky and Petr Cech each had three hits, two runs and a RBI.
Raman Tohaleu (L 0-1) allowed 14 hits, ten runs and a walk in seven innings.