Czechs Get First Win in Another Walk-Off Game

After losing the Opening Day game to Denmark, the Czech team played another evening game on Day 2, this time against Israel.

The Czechs got on the board in the bottom of first thanks to a triple by Jan Cabalka and a fielder’s choice on the next groundball. Jonáš Hajný took the rubber for team Czech Republic and delivered a fine performance.

In the bottom of the third inning, the home team scored two runs after three hits (Matěj Jedlička, Jan Cabalka and Martin Turek), which gave them a three-run lead.

In the fourth, one more run crossed home plate for the Czechs and in the fifth, after Jakub Hajný increased the score to 5:0, into the batter’s box stepped Dan Bukáček. His pinch-hit performance resulted in a two-run, game-ending shot over the center field fence. Final score, Czech Republic 7 Israel 0.

“We had a slow start, but after that, our bats woke up and we ended the game by means of the mercy rule. The positive thing for us is that we didn’t allow a run. A better game for us than on Monday,” said Jaroslav Korčák, coach of the Czechs.

“We are satisfied with the result. Two years ago, we lost to the Czechs by 15 or 16 runs and we didn’t have a single hit. In two years, we’ve made good progress. The Czech team is good and I must commend them on their performance. Maybe in 2017 we will be better than now,“ said Brian Klaff, the Israeli coach.