{"id":520020,"date":"2026-03-07T08:38:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T08:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/520020\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T08:38:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T08:38:10","slug":"stuart-fairchilds-grand-slam-leads-taiwan-over-czech-republic-at-the-world-baseball-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/520020\/","title":{"rendered":"Stuart Fairchild’s grand slam leads Taiwan over Czech Republic at the World Baseball Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stuart Fairchild’s second-inning grand slam powered Taiwan to a 14-0 victory over the Czech Republic on Saturday at the World Baseball Classic.<\/a><\/p>\n

The victory was Taiwan’s first in the tournament and came the day after it was pounded 13-0 by Japan<\/a> and by Shohei Ohtani’s<\/a> grand slam. The Czechs have lost all three.<\/p>\n

The game was stopped by the mercy rule with Taiwan leading by 10 or more after seven innings.<\/p>\n

Taiwan played small ball for a 2-0 lead in the first inning, capitalizing on two bunt singles, a double steal and a throwing error by Czech catcher Martin Cervenka. It was Taiwan’s first two runs of the tournament.<\/p>\n

It was big ball in the second inning.<\/p>\n

With two out, Czech pitcher Jan Novak gave up a single and walked two, setting the stage for Fairchild’s drama on the blast of left field.<\/p>\n

Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang got the victory and Novak was the losing pitcher.<\/p>\n

Taiwan added two more runs in the fourth, another in the fifth and five in the sixth. They also set a WBC tournament record with seven stolen bases.<\/p>\n

Fairchild qualified for the team through his Taiwanese mother and plays in the Cleveland Guardians organization.<\/p>\n

Pool favorite Japan (1-0) faced South Korea (1-0) later on Saturday in Pool C. Australia is 2-0 and leads the pool and did not play on Saturday.<\/p>\n

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AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb<\/a><\/p>\n

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