On Saturday the semifinal round robin and the consolation round robin continued at the baseball tournament of the 2017 Universiade in Taipei City.
Petr Zyma scored in the first inning for the Czech Republic against Japan, but the favorite answered with three runs in the second and three in the fourth en route to an 8-1 win. Arnost Dubovy collected three hits. Stepan Havlicek got charged with the loss. The Czech Republic now will face the United States in the semifinal on Monday.
In the consolation round Russia didn’t have a chance against Chinese Taipei. The hosting country scored seven runs in the second and six in the fourth of a 15-0 blowout. Kirill Chermoshentsev had the lone hit for Russia. Nikolay Chermoshentsev took the loss.
Meanwhile France also lost in the consolation round, 5-8 against Mexico. France was able to cut a 0-6 deficit to a run after eight innings, but Mexico added two more runs in the ninth to close it out. Leonel Cespedes scored twice for the French team. Jorge Hereaud drove in two. Owen Ozanich picked up the loss.
In the fourth game of the day the United States prevailed 6-4 over Korea.
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