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Israel continued its historic strong start into the 2017 World Baseball Classic with a 15-7 rout over Chinese Taipei on Tuesday afternoon at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul. Israel scored four runs in the first and blew the score wide open after Chinese Taipei had cut the deficit to 3-6 in the sixth with nine runs in the last three frames.
Ryan Lavarnway and Nate Freiman hit home runs and combined for six RBI. Ike Davis went 3-for-5 with two runs and two RBI. Tyler Krieger drove in three. Yi-Chuan Lin, Chih-Sheng Lin and Chih-Hao Chang collected two RBI apiece for Chinese Taipei.
Corey Baker earned the win allowing three hits in 4 2/3 scoreless innings, striking out three. Six relievers closed out the win. Chun-Lin Kuo got charged with the loss.