Czech Republic posted a statement win to start the second day of action at the Under-12 European Baseball Championship at Pharaons Field in Évry-Courcouronnes, France. Lukáš Kuruc slugged a home run as one of four Baseball Czechia boys with at least three hits, while Camilo Miranda finished a homer short of the cycle, but still hit two doubles, a triple, and a single. In later Group A action, Nico Leone came one out short of a rare youth shutout for Germany against France.
Noah Cafferata plated Italy’s first run with a triple before scoring the Azzurri‘s final two runs on a round-tripper to dead center that completed a five-run final frame against Spain. Later, Dashon Halman homered to lead the Netherlands to a big Group B win.
Box scores can be found here [link].
Group A Results
July 8
Czech Republic 23 – Great Britain 0 (3)
France 0 – Germany 5
July 9
Great Britain – Germany
France – Czech Republic
Group B Results
July 8
Italy 8 – Spain 5
Belgium 0 – Netherlands 10 (5)
July 9
Belgium – Italy
Spain – Netherlands
Group A Standings
| Team | W-L | RF | RA |
| Czech Republic | 2-0 | 34 | 5 |
| France | 1-1 | 17 | 11 |
| Germany | 1-1 | 10 | 11 |
| Great Britain | 0-2 | 6 | 40 |
Group B Standings
| Team | W-L | RF | RA |
| Italy | 2-0 | 11 | 7 |
| Belgium | 1-1 | 7 | 16 |
| Netherlands | 1-1 | 12 | 3 |
| Spain | 0-2 | 11 | 15 |