China Blanks Czech Republic 11-1 in World Women's JR Softball

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China Blanks Czech Republic 11-1 in World Women's JR Softball

The Chinese team trounced the Czech Republic 11-1 here on Tuesday to claim their second straight win in the World Women's Junior Softball Championship.

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The Chinese team trounced the Czech Republic 11-1 here on Tuesday to claim their second straight win in the World Women's Junior Softball Championship.

China hit a pair of two-run shots to make it 4-0 in the first inning and repeated the feat in the second.

"I didn't expect such good performance from my players," said Chinese head coach Liu Yaming.  "They did a great job in attacking.Eight points in two innings, I never thought about that."

Lagging 8-0, the Czech Republic, who lost to Australia early onTuesday, tried to catch up in the third, when they scored a go-ahead run by Lenka Jaklova and successfully blanked China in the inning.

But China restored in the fourth and final inning and scored three points to conclude the match 11-1.

"I am disappointed by the results, we have lost three matches, its frustrating.

But we will try to stay as long as we can in thetournament," said the Czech team manager Martin Brummel.

China won both matches in the championship, but head coach Liu said that the real hard time had not yet come.

"We will face Australia and defending champion Japan in the preliminary round.

Our first four matches in the tournament are just preparations forclashes with these two teams," Liu added. (Xinhua)

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