Deurne Spartans vs. Draci Brno
Draci Brno closed the second day of the tournament with a 2-1 win against Deurne Spartans to remain unbeaten, while the Belgians suffered their first loss.
Brno left a runner on third base in the first at bat and another on first base in the second inning.
The Czechs then opened the score in the top of the third inning off of Dave Van Den Bosch, who went the distance for Deurne.
Jakub Hajtmar led off with a bunt-single, then moved on a wild pitch and reached third on a bunt-single by his brother Adam Hajtmar.
Moments later, Martin Schneider delivered a runscoring single.
Brno added a run in the fifth.
This time, Adam Hajtmar led off with a double.
He advanced to third base when 'ball four' for Martin Schneider ended in a wild pitch.
Hereafter, Přemek Chroust flied into a double play, but shortly thereafter, Hajtmar scored on another wild pitch to make it 2-1.
In the remainder of the game, the Czechs were held scoreless and got into scoring position only one more time.
The Belgians were retired in order in the second and third inning.
The team then got into scoring position in the next two at bats.
With two outs in the fourth, Frank Alves Vilacha singled and moved on a wild pitch, but stranded.
In the fifth, with one out, Adalberto Vicente walked and Kyle Strauss singled, but the next two batters were retired.
After leaving a runner on first base in the sixth, Deurne scored a run in the seventh.
Jason Jie-Sam-Foek led off with a double, moved on a grounder, then scored on a 2-out single by Nick De Vriendt.
A pitching change followed, then the latter was forced out.
In the bottom of the eighth, Deurne got another scoring opportunity.
Morris De Vriendt led off with a walk and Riugino Jonis singled.
But hereafter, reliever Jason Jarvis struckout the next three batters.
In the ninth, still trailing only 2-1, Kyle Strauss walked for Deurne with one out.
A strikeout followed, then Strauss was forced out to end the attractive and suspenseful game.
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Draci Brno takes lead in Federations Cup-tournament
BRNO (Czech Rep.) -
Host Draci Brno is the lone unbeaten team in the Federations Cup-tournament after registering a minimal 2-1 victory on Wednesday-evening (June 22) against Deurne Spartans from Belgium.
The second day of the tournament began with a 7-1 victory for Buffaloes Blagoevgrad (Bulgaria) against Moskvich (Russia).
For the Bulgarian, this was its first win, while the Russians lost their second game.
In the Bulgarian first at bat, Bristo Dundalov led off with a walk and moved on a wild pitch.
Next batter Petar Petrov then also walked and Krum Temelkov followed with a runscoring single.
After a force play-grounder by Teodor Dimitrov, Alexander Blagoev singled and when that was followed by an outfield-error, a run was scored.
Later in the at bat, Dimitrov scored the third run on a wild pitch.
The Firehawks opened the score with two runs in the top of the first inning.
Brian Johnson led off with a single and scored the first run on a following double by Kim Hallsten.
With two outs, the latter scored the next run on a single by Daniel Johnson.