THE Australian Baseball Team, headlined by Greenwell Point's Tim Atherton and former Shoalhaven Mariner Cam Warner, were unable overcome an early deficit in game one of the KBO Challenge against the Doosan Bears at Geelong Baseball Centre on Sunday night.
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The defending KBO champions piled on six runs in the first inning - despite the best efforts of pitcher Atherton.
And although they produced a late rally, Australia was unable to complete a comeback, falling 10-5.
Some of Australia's new faces ignited the comeback, such as Warner - who's two-run double in the sixth pulled Australia within four runs.
Warner was among seven players on Team Australia's KBO Challenge roster who were not part of a sixth-place finish at Premier12 last year - in which finished sixth in Japan.
The KBO Challenge, which is part of Australia's continued preparations for April's last-chance Olympic qualifier in Taiwan, resumes on Tuesday night when Team Australia and Doosan clash in the second of two games.
