Tuesdays morning match at Rheinaue Stadium saw a hard hitting french side putting up big numbrs against their belgian neighbours. France won the contest by a ten-run-rule decision 12:2 and moved up in Group B table play ahead of their opponent. French Starter Marc-André Habeck (7.0 IP, 4 H, 9 Ks, W) held the belgian Batters in cheque for most of the time and only allowed Sam Boermans Homerun in the fifth Inning. France was well ahead at that time due to some big hits from Mael Zan and Jose Paula that made the score 5:1 for the Baseball Equippe tricolore. Belgean Starter Artuur Driessen (4.2 IP, 9 H, 6 R, 3 ER, L) did not get much help from his defense and was liftet for Ben van Nuffel. The game was out of reach for Belgium in the 8thInning when France connected for five more runs. The scoreline read: Single, Double, Triple, Homerun, Homerun. Andy Paz und Bastien Dagneau hit bombs that landed in the outfield stands and provided a convincing 12:1 lead. Belgium did get one run back but could not prevent the premature ending. Paz had three RBIs, Dagneau, Paula and Zan each contributed two RBIs.
