Dominican Republic claimed this afternoon a key victory over Czech Republic by a score of 8-7. The Caribbean team had to battle until the tenth inning to beat the Europeans, who had tied the game with a big inning.

South Africa was no match for a strong Mexican side, that proved capable of scoring both with the long balla and the running game. Mexico now has gained some more confidence towards the super round, that will begin Thursday

We interviewed Stephan Vidal of The Netherlands after his National Team beat Chinese Taipei. Watch the video

In the last day of the Opening Round Venezuela clinched the first place in Group B with a 9-2 victory over Korea. THe South American team advances to Super Round unbeaten, while the Asians will also be present in the next round (their position will be decided by the next games).

Sitting on a comfortable lead after five, The Netherlands saw Chinese Taipei erode it and tie the game in the eighth. But they were able to strike back and win it after having surrendered the lead in the tenth

The pictures in this photo gallery are about 6 games: Netherlands-Chinese Taipei, Venezuela-Corea, Mexico-South Africa, Dominican Republic-Czech Republic, Colombia-Japan, Australia-Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico defeated today Czech Republic, 20-0, in five innings and claimed the first win of the U-23 Baseball World Cup. Second baseman Gabriel Cancel finished with 6 RBI for the winning team, that scored in every inning.

Almost everything that can be expected on a baseball field happened Monday night at Edgar Renteria stadium in Barranquilla. Mexico earned an important win that becomes a guarantee of playing the super round

Venezuela clinched today its ticket to the Super Round of the II U-23 Baseball World Cup, held in Colombia, defeating Dominican Republic by a score of 7-2. A stellar performance by Ivan Andueza guided his team to the victory, striking out 10 opponents in 6 innings.

Chinese Taipei dominated the afternoon game in Barranquilla. Starting pitcher Chiang Kuo Hao didn’t give a chance to South Africa’s line up. An eigth-run third inning gave the hurler a lead that proved to be more than comfortable