The European Championship Juveniles U12 started on Tuesday in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Seven teams are competing for the continental title, three games were on the schedule on day one.
France opened its first European U12 tournament with a 15-5 win over Austria. The French team scored six runs in the third and eight in the fourth to blow the game wide open. Louis Brainville went 2-for-3 with a double and four RBI. Mathis Meurant scored three times.
The second game was a slugfest between Belarus and Lithuania. Belarus prevailed 20-18 thanks to a six-run sixth. Andrei Fedaruk and Ilya Sladzinski scored four runs apiece. Kiryl Lapchanka drove in four. Vytas Valincius had a home run, a double, four runs and four RBI for Lithuania.
Defending champion Czech Republic opened the tourney with a 23-1 rout over host Slovenia. They scored 14 runs in the third. Mikulas Hanus and Ondrej Hrdlicka combined for nine RBI. Ondrej Chlubna and Michal Kohout scored four runs apiece. Matej Vlach picked up a home run.
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