TOKYO, JAPAN - MARCH 06: Curtis Mead #16 of Team Australia fields the ball in the second inning during the 2026 World Baseball Classic Pool C game between Australia and Czechia at Tokyo Dome on March 06, 2026 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

TOKYO, JAPAN - MARCH 06: Marek Chlup #73 of Team Czechia at bat in the second inning during the 2026 World Baseball Classic Pool C game between Australia and Czechia at Tokyo Dome on March 06, 2026 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

TOKYO, JAPAN - MARCH 06: Martin Cervenka #55 of Team Czechia reacts after reaching second base off a double during the 2026 World Baseball Classic Pool C game between Australia and Czechia at Tokyo Dome on March 06, 2026 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

TOKYO, JAPAN - MARCH 06: Martin Cervenka #55 of Team Czechia slides into second base off a double ahead of a tag from Travis Bazzana #64 of Team Australia during the 2026 World Baseball Classic Pool C game between Australia and Czechia at Tokyo Dome on March 06, 2026 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

TOKYO, JAPAN - MARCH 06: Martin Cervenka #55 of Team Czechia reacts after reaching second base off a double during the 2026 World Baseball Classic Pool C game between Australia and Czechia at Tokyo Dome on March 06, 2026 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

TOKYO, JAPAN - MARCH 06: Martin Cervenka #55 of Team Czechia at bat in the second inning during the 2026 World Baseball Classic Pool C game between Australia and Czechia at Tokyo Dome on March 06, 2026 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

Australia's Josh Hendrickson pitches during the World Baseball Classic (WBC) Pool C first round game between Czechia and Australia at the Tokyo Dome on March 6, 2026. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP via Getty Images)

TOKYO, JAPAN - MARCH 06: Jarryd Dale #43 of Team Australia attempts to run to first base off a grounder to second base in the second inning during the 2026 World Baseball Classic Pool C game between Australia and Czechia at Tokyo Dome on March 06, 2026 in Tokyo, Japan. Dale was tagged out on the play. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)