Baseball World Cup Pool G, Piacenza
Australia – Netherlands Antilles 19-6
AHO 000 150 0 6 6 1 AUS 217 090 X 19 20 0
After Australia scored 33 runs in three games in Prague during round one, they put 19 runs on the board in the second-round opener in Piacenza, Italy against the Netherlands Antilles. They blew the game wide open with a seven-run third and added nine more runs in the fifth, just moments after the Caribbeans had cut the deficit to 6-10.
Luke Hughes and Stefan Welch (5 RBI) homered. Timothy Kennelly and Joel Naughton collected four hits apiece. Raywendley van Gurp of the New York Mets organization hit a homerun for Netherlands Antilles. Drew Naylor picked up the win in relief. Andley Simmons (L 0-1) surrendered six hits, six runs and three bb in 2 2/3 innings.
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