The WBSC U12 Baseball World Cup has began in Taiwan and USA Baseball opened up play with a 24-0 win over the Czech Republic.
Team USA's opening-game win featured Ty Chambless, a 12-year-old catcher from Bridge City.
He's one of four players from Texas on the team's roster.
In USA baseball's shutout win against the Czech Republic, Chambless went 0-1 with an RBI that gave USA an eight to nothing lead in the first inning.
The game's 24 runs were the most first-inning runs scored in the WBSC Under 12 World Cup since 2013 against Pakistan.
USA Baseball improved to 5-0 all-time remaining unbeaten in World Cup opening games, 2-0 all-time against the Czech Republic.
USA Baseball faces Japan at 1:30 a.m.