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Curtis Mead hit a three-run homer within the third inning, powering Australia to a 5-1 win over the Czech Republic on Friday in a World Baseball Classic Pool C sport at Tokyo.
The Aussies moved to 2-0 within the round-robin section with video games in opposition to defending champion Japan and South Korea remaining. The Czechs fell to 0-2.
Mead, a Chicago White Sox infielder, completed the evening with two hits, as did Australian teammates Alex Hall, Jarryd Dale and Chris Burke. Hall hit a solo homer within the ninth inning earlier than Robbie Perkins added an RBI single.
Australian starter Josh Hendrickson received the win after throwing three innings of one-run ball.
The Czechs opened the scoring within the second inning on a sacrifice fly from Vojtech Mensik. Martin Cervenka had half of the staff’s 4 hits.
Czech starter Tomas Ondra yielded three runs in 3 1/3 innings.
–Field Level Media