Czechs Beat Denmark In Four Innings To Secure Final Spot

Denmark started the game better. Despite letting the Czechs score once in top of first inning, they took advantage of some misunderstanding inside Czech battery, got some runners on base for free and pulled two of them back home. On top of that, Holmelund hit a home run over the left field and scored himself.

Since then however, it was a different story. Czech Republic equalised in second inning and scored more and more often with time. Šrétr’s 3 RBI triple put the home side in more comfort position in third inning, which ends with 6 more runs for the Czech side. The home team added 6 more runs in the fourth inning as well and since Denmark couldn’t reply, the game was finished by mercy rule.

“It just showed us that if our pitchers are only 70 or 80 % of what they can be, they’re gonna hit the ball. We can be in the game, if the game is a 5, 6, 7 run game. Trying to be in a game of 13, 14, 15 runs is pretty difficult. We gotta keep them under six or seven runs and we didn’t do it today. Now we have to move on, play the first game tomorrow, stretch out and then play the final,” Danish coach Gilles Fournier said.