The Women’s Baseball World Cup in Gijang City, South Korea started with six first-round games on Saturday. The Netherlands celebrated a successful start, defeating India 9-2. Three runs apiece in the second, third and fourth decided the outcome for the Dutch team. Annemiek Koehorst led the way with two hits and three RBI. Sofie van de Wiel and Sascha Egas scored three runs apiece.
In the other games Japan erased a 0-2 deficit against Canada to prevail 8-2 in a meeting for two favorites. The United States beat Hong Kong 9-1. Pakistan lost their World Cup debut 0-10 against South Korea. Venezuela shut out Cuba 12-0. Chinese Taipei stunned Australia 12-4.
First-round play continues through Monday with the top two teams from each of the three groups advancing to the Super Round Robin.
Results Day 1:
| September 3, 2016 | ||||
| Away Team Home Team | ||||
| GAME #1 | ind 2 : 9 ned | Box | ||
| GAME #2 | hkg 1 : 9 usa | Box | ||
| GAME #3 | kor 10 : 0 pak | Box | ||
| GAME #4 | cub 0 : 12 ven | Box | ||
| GAME #5 | tpe 12 : 4 aus | Box | ||
| GAME #6 | jpn 8 : 2 can | Box | ||