Baseball World Cup Pool F, Amsterdam:
Spain – Venezuela 8-1
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Spain used six errors of Venezuela and ended the undefeated streak of the Caribbeans at the 38th IBAF Baseball World Cup with an 8-1 victory. The team of manager Mauro Mazzotti already led 4-0 after two frames and sealed the win with another three run-rally in the sixth.
Luis Perez homered and drove in two. Paco Figueroa and Dewis Navarro combined for four RBI. Daniel Figueroa scored three times. Eric Gonzalez (W 2-0) gave up just one run on five hits and a walk, while striking out four in 5 1/3 innings. Jose Rojas (L 0-1) lost the game, lasting just 1 2/3 innings, allowing three hits, four runs (2 ER) and three bb.