Diving Ducks vs. Sant Boi
In the evening, home playing Sant Boi (Spain) took an early lead against Diving Ducks (Austria) and went on to win 18-6.
Sant Boi, which has 24 players on its roster, scored four unearned runs with two outs in the second inning off of starter Matthias Scheicher.
With two outs, Ruben Dario Fente reached on a throwing error and hereafter, Alex Flores reached on a bunt-single.
Vito Abbattista followed with a runscoring single, then the bases got loaded when David Martínez walked.
Two runs were added on a single by Daniel Martínez and Miguel Catalan followed with another RBI-single to make it 4-0.
With two outs in the third inning, Sant Boi added another unearned run.
Jesus Golindano then reached second base on an error and went on to score on a single by Ruben Dario Fente.
The Austrians scored their first run in the fourth inning when Michael Vykoukal led off with a single and scored on a grounder by José Luis Ruiz.
However, Sant Boi got the run back immediately in the fifth on a double by Golindano.
In the bottom of the fifth, the Diving Ducks narrowed the deficit to 6-2, but failed to add more runs.
With two outs, a run was scored on a single by Moritz Scheicher.
Hereafter, the bases got loaded when Jan Alteneder doubled and Michael Vykoukal walked.
The inning ended when pitcher Eric Izquierdo closed with a strikeout.
Sant Boi then took more distance with a 5-run rally in the sixth inning off of new pitcher Moritz Scheicher.
With the bases loaded, Miguel Catalan singled in two runs and Edison Valerio followed with a runscoring single.
Two more runs were then added on back-to-back sacrifice flies by Jesus Golindano and Ruben Dario Fente to increase the lead to a comfortable 11-2.
The additional runs were much needed, as Diving Ducks rallied for three runs in the seventh inning off of Alejandro Martina, who had just taken over the pitching for the Spanish squad.
He got the bases loaded quickly when he walked Alessandro Zoufala, Charles Letourneau and (after the two had advanced on a wild pitch) Moritz Scheicher.
A wild pitch then led to a run and with one out, two more runs were added on a sacrifice fly by Michael Vykoukal and a single by Matthias Scheicher to make it 11-5.
Sant Boi answered with two runs in the eighth.
Edison Valerio led off with a double and Jonathan Linares walked.
With one out, Jesus Golindano and Alex Flores delivered back-to-back runscoring doubles to make it a 13-5 score.
In the top of the ninth, Sant Boi took even more distance when Edison Valerio (3-run) and Jesus Golindano (2-run) both homered.
The long game (it lasted three hours and 12 minutes) wasn't over yet, as the Diving Ducks got the bases loaded with no outs in the bottom of the ninth.
Spanish reliever Sergio Gutierrez, who had taken over in the eighth, walked lead-off hitter Jan Alteneder, then gave up a single to Michael Vykoukal and got the bases loaded when he also walked Matthias Scheicher.
A run was then scored on a grounder by José Luis Ruiz.
While Sant Boi was still having a 12-run difference lead, a pitching change followed and Pedro Ramon Rosell took over.
He also got the bases loaded when he hit Victor La Greca with a pitch, but hereafter, a double play ended the game.
Sant Boi collected 21 basehits in the game, including four by Edison Valerio and Jesus Golindano.
All nine starting players scored at least once and had at least one basehit.
Seven players scored at least twice, while there also were seven players with at least two hits.
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Federations Cup Qualifier opens in Spain
SANT BOI DE LLOBREGAT (Spain) -
Six teams played their first game on Monday (June 20) on the opening day of one of the two Federations Cup Qualifying Tournaments, which went underway in the Spanish city of Sant Boi de Llobregat, which is located near Barcelona.
On Tuesday, another Qualifier Tournament begins in British capital London.
Also opening on Tuesday is the Federations Cup Tournament in Brno (Czech Republic).
The Federations Cup is one of the three European club-competitions, which were introduced this year in a new format by the European Baseball Confederation (CEB).
The new set-up enables more European clubs to participate in European Cup-tournaments.
There are three levels with promotion and relegation-possibilities.
The new set-up replaces the two-tournament format in which teams played only for the European Champions Cup.
With that, the current set-up is a return to the original format of three European Cup-levels, as it existed before 2008.
Back then, teams played for the European Cup, the European Cup Winners Cup and the CEB Cup.
The current level is headed by the European Champions Cup, followed by the CEB Cup and the Federations Cup.
The teams appeared up to each other from the beginning.
The Romanian defense made some solid plays and avoided giving up a run when the Polish team had a runner on third base in the second and fifth inning.
Botosani reached second base only once before the ninth inning.
The Mustangs scored two runs in the second inning off of Devon Barker, who went the distance for the Swiss team.
Maikel Azcuy-Perez led off with a walk and next batter Gary Davison singled.
With one out, the two respectively scored on singles by Jodan Edmonds and Callum Vinall.