Pool A Baseball World Cup
BWC Australia – Mexico 9-10
MEX 052 001 011 10 16 1 AUS 001 015 020 9 12 1
Mexico needed a RBI single by Cristian Presichi in the ninth to beat Australia 10-9 and to take the number one seed in Prague. They blew a lead of 7-1 in the process. Edgar Quintero went five-for-five with three runs scored. Carlos Valencia drove in four. The two teams combined for seven homeruns in the game. Matthew Kennelly scored three times. Alan Guerrero picked up the win, Joshua Hill the loss.
BWC Czech Republic – Taiwan 1-10
TPE 460 000 000 10 16 0 CZE 000 000 100 1 4 4
Taiwan scored ten runs in the first two frames en route to a 10-1 over the Czech Republic. Pavel Budsky accounted for the lone run by the home team. Taiwan clinched the number three seed in the pool and qualified as the second third-ranked team for the next round. The Czech team is out. Yu-Ching Lin (W 1-0) struck out nine batters in six innings. Petr Minarik (L 0-1) allowed ten runs on nine hits in 1 2/3 innings.