Hajny, Buchner, Magula homer as Czechia beat Team WBSC to secure seventh place

Jakub Hajny, Adam Buchner and Martin Magula each ripped a home run for Czechia in their five-inning, 8-0 victory over Team WBSC, concluding their participation in the WBSC U-23 Men's Softball World Cup in seventh place.

Czechia took the lead early in the game, as Jakub Hajny drove in Martin Magula with a sacrifice fly, followed by Adam Buchner's single for Geroge Harris to put the score at 2-0 in the first inning. Lukas Kubat scored in the next inning with an infield hit by Jannis El Amin to lead 3-0.

A pair of homers in the third inning off the bats of Jakub Hajny and Adam Buchner doubled Czechia’s lead. Hajny led off the inning with a shot to left field, while Buchner hit a two-run bomb over the centre field fence.

Czechia capped the game with two more runs for a decisive lead of 8-0 in the bottom of the fifth. Martin Magula homered to the centre field, and Adam Buchner hit an RBI triple to score Jakub Hajny.

Jonas Hajny pitched five innings of one hit ball for Czechia, with seven strikeouts and a walk. He earned his third win of the tournament, and closed the World Cup with a 0.78 ERA, with 31 strikeouts.