The Czech Senior National Team remains the lone undefeated team at the Prague Baseball Week after three days of competition. They shut out Croatia 12-0 in seven innings, allowing just two hits in the process. They offense blew the game wide open with a seven-run third. Earlier in the day Moscow had beaten the Czech Under-21 squad 11-6, while putting runs on the board in seven of the nine innings. Sweden scored in each of the first six innings en route to a lopsided 16-5 victory over Austria, their first win in the tournament. Six games are still left on the preliminary round schedule, before the best two teams will meet in the final on Saturday early evening.
Results:
Sweden – Austria 16-5 (7)
AUT 300 020 0 5 8 1 SWE 333 214 X 16 8 1
Czech Juniors U-21 – Moscow 6-11
MOS 130 111 202 11 13 3 CZE U21 100 013 001 6 5 6
Czech Republic – Croatia 12-0 (7)
CRO 000 000 0 0 2 5 CZE 107 400 X 12 8 3
Standings:
- Czech Republic 3-0
- Moscow 2-1
- Czech Under-21 2-1
- Sweden 1-2
- Austria 1-2
- Croatia 0-3
Schedule:
Friday, June 26:
12:00 Moscow – Austria
15:30 Croatia – Moscow
15:30 Austria – Czech Juniors (Field 2)
19:30 Sweden – Czech Republic
Saturday, June 27:
12:30 Czech Republic – Czech Juniors
12:30 Sweden – Croatia (Field 2)
17:00 Finals