On the first day of competitition, at Cadereyta Jiménez, Australia won 8-1 against Austria.
It was Austria that opened the score in the top of the first inning and they did it with two outs when Ferdinand Obed homered to register the first basehit of the tournament.
It was to be Austria's lone run in the game.
Australia scored twice in the third and the decided the game by scoring three runs in both the fifth and sixth inning.
Zachary Shepherd was 3-for-4 for Australia, including a homerun and batted in three runs.
Connor MacDonald also batted in three runs and had two basehits, including a homerun.
Guy Edmonds also homered for Australia.
Starting and winning pitcher Nicholas Hutchings gave up only three basehits in six innings.
Later on the day, in the same stadium, Venezuela outscored South Africa, 14-1.
Venezuela decided the game early and already led 13-0 after three innings.
After scoring four runs in the first at bat, a 5-run rally followed in the next inning, then four more runs were added in the third.
Venezuela collected 14 basehits, including three by Joscar José Alvárez Albornoz, who also scored three runs.
Jonathan Xavier Linares Rivas homered for Venezuela, while Frank José Tineo Chacon scored four runs.
At Saltillo, Chinese Taipei shutout Argentina, 10-0 in eight innings on twelve basehits.
Taipei scored three runs in the second and fifth inning.
Taiwanese lead-off hitter Tzu-Wei Lin was 2-fof-2 with a homerun and scored twice.
Chung-Ting Chen also homered for the Asian squad and batted in three runs.
Taiwan-starter Yi-Chung Liao threw five strong innings.
He struckout eight batters and gave up only three hits.
In the evening, South Korea won 6-1 agaist the Czech Republic.
The Koreans opened the score in the second inning, but the Czechs came alongside in the top of the fourth.
South Korea answered with a 3-run rally in its fourth at bat.
Woojun Sim hit three of the nine Korean basehits and also batted in three runs.
At Monterrey, which also will be the site of the all-deciding Final, Japan opened with a 6-1 win against Nicaragua.
Japan led only 1-0 after four innings, but then added two runs in the fifth.
But it then took until the ninth inning to really decide the game.
In that at bat, Japan scored three runs to make it a 6-0 score in its favor.
Nicaragua scored its lone run in the ninth.
Japan-starter Keisuke Honda dominated in seven innings, giving up only two basehits.
The first day ended with a 3-1 win for Panama against host México.
Panama scored twice in the second inning and added a run in the third.
One of the runs was scored on a homerun by Carlos Luis Sanchez Pinto.
Panamanian starter Humberto Alberto Mejia Nuñez silenced the Mexican offense and gave up only three hits in seven innings, while striking out six batters.
México scored its lone run in the ninth inning.
(October 28)
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World Cup Under-23 opens in México
CADEREYTA JIMÉNEZ / MONTERREY, Nueva León / SALTILLO, Coahuila de Zaragoza (México) -
On Friday (October 28), the second edition of the Under-23 Baseball World Cup went underway in three Mexican cities.
Twelve countries are participating, divided over two groups of six.
Group A is compiled of the Czech Republic,