The United States claimed their first victory on day two of the Men's Softball Intercontinental Cup in Prague ©WBSC

The United States claimed their first victory on day two of the Men's Softball Intercontinental Cup in Prague.

They beat Argentina 5-4 at the Svoboda Ballpark in the Czech capital after two losses yesterday.

After demolishing hosts Czech Republic 10-0 on day one yesterday, the Argentinians are still well placed after winning their second game today.

They claimed a fine 5-3 win over world number one side New Zealand.

In other games today the Czechs endured mixed fortunes.

They beat Denmark 3-2 but lost 8-5 to Japan.

The US got their tournament up and running ©WBSC
The US got their tournament up and running ©WBSC

The Japanese have now won both of their fixtures.

The event features countries from five continents as well as the Czechs, who gained an automatic place as hosts.

Prague will also hold the WBSC Men’s Softball World Championships in 2019.

The top four sides at the end of the round robin will contest the semi-finals.