Emilia Romagna flexed their muscles in their matchup with the UK team on Tuesday. The Italians won the game 9-2 thanks to two long balls off the bats of Marco Servidei and Alex Baggio (grand slam). The win secures first in Pool A play for Emilia Romagna. The next game on the list for Emilia is France on Wednesday morning, before beginning the second phase of the tourney on Thursday.