Austria has given  its historical debut at the WBSC U-23 Baseball World Cup, which taking place in Monterrey. The National Team was welcomed warmly at the LMB Academy complex half an hour north of Monterrey. The Tigres Academy Team faced Austria for their second exhibition game.

Despite the 6:2 loss, Austria´s Assistant Coach Clemens Cichocki was satisfied with exhibition game, he said: “We played solid baseball, on a high level. For the next games we need to wake up the killer instinct and win some games”.