Eric Sogard
had given the 2000-plus crowd at Draci Brno ballpark hopes for the medal round
with a two-run home run in the top of the third. But Great Britain answered
right away in the bottom half with a sac fly by Jacob Lambdin and a RBI
groundout by Harry Ford to tie the game. Then Nick Ward went deep to put the
team of manager Drew Spencer up in front.
In the fifth
Nick Ward and Ben Leid extended the lead with a two-run double and a RBI single
before Shamoy Christopher hit a two-run home run to cap the five-run rally. In
the eighth Christopher added a solo shot and Jacob Lambdin had a RBI single to
make it 10-2. Harry Ford then hit a two-run home run to end the game in
walk-off fashion due to the ten-run rule.
Harry Ford and Nick Ward combined for seven hits, four runs and six RBI in the game. Martin Cervenka had three hits for Czechia, Vojtech Mensik and Filip Smola each two. Joseph Daniel King struck out five in 3 2/3 innings of scoreless relief. Martin Schneider got charged with the loss.
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Photo by Radek Mica
