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      Draci Brno first to reach final in Federations Cup-tournament
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 BRNO (Czech Rep.) -
As expected, Draci Brno has reached the final of the Federations Cup-tournament.
Brno, which hosts the event on its home-site, won 15-0 in five innings on Friday (June 24) against Buffaloes Blagoevgrad (Bulgaria) to remain unbeaten and officially clinch a spot in the final.
Day 4 began win a 6-5 victory in ten innings for Deurne Spartans (Belgium) against Apollo Bratislava (Slovakia).
With the win, the Belgian team remains a strong contender to become the second finalist.
However, the Belgians will close the preliminary round on Saturday against Sölvesborg Firehawks from Sweden.
The Swedish squad today won 12-2 in seven innings against Moskvich (Russia).
That means that the Deurne vs. Sölvesborg game will be a crucial one.
When Deurne wins, it becomes the second finalist.
When Sölvesborg wins, it will reach the final, unless Bratislava wins its game against Blagoevgrad.
In that case, the Belgians, Swedes and Slovaks will be tied.
The score of the Deurne vs. Sölvesborg game then almost surely will be decisive in that situation.
(June 24)
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Apollo Bratislava vs. Deurne Spartans
In today's first game, Deurne Spartans failed to hold onto a lead three times, but in the end won 6-5 in ten innings.
The Belgian squad took the lead in the first and third inning, but both times Bratislava came alongside.
In the fourth at bat, Deurne made it 3-2 in its favor when Jason Jie-Sam-Foek led off with a walk and later scored on a wild pitch.
However, in the bottom of the fifth inning, the Slovaks scored three runs to take a 5-3 lead off of starter Jace Van Droogenbroeck.
With the bases loaded, the tying run was scored when Lukáš Zilavý walked, which led to a pitching change.
A passed ball then accounted for the go-ahead run.
With runners on second and third, another passed ball followed to give Bratislava an additional run.
Two strikeouts ended the at bat, but now it was Bratislava that led.
Deurne came alongside in the top of the ninth.
With two runners on base and two outs, Jie-Sam-Foek delivered a triple that made it 5-5.
In the tenth inning, Deurne took the lead for the fourth time.
Tie-break runner Dave Van Den Bosch then scored on a sacrifice fly by Nick De Vriendt.
And this time, the Belgians hold onto the lead.
Frank Alves Vilacha, who had taken over the pitching for Deurne in the fifth inning, ended the game with two strikeouts.
With that, he struckout 12 batters in the 5 2/3 innings he pitched, while giving up only one basehit.
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Sölvesborg Firehawks vs. Moskvich
Sölvesborg led 4-2 after three innings, then decided the game with a 5-run rally in the fourth at bat en route to a 12-2 win in seven innings.
In the fourth, a single by Fredrik Segre brought in the first run.
With two outs, the bases got loaded, then a walk for Joel Johnson accounted for the next run.
A single by Daniel Johnson, walk for Simon Olefalk and an error lifted the lead to 9-2.
The Swedes added a run in the fifth when Brian Johnson homered with two outs.
The 10-run difference was reached with two outs in the seventh.
Two walks and a hit batter gave Sölvesborg three runners, then a walk for Rickard Odmo produced a run.
A force play-grounder by Daniel Johnson then led to the second out, but also the twelfth run to end the game.
Karl Knutsson went the distance for Sölvesborg.
He gave up five basehits, including three by Mikhail Bykovtsev.
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Draci Brno vs. Buffaloes Blagoevgrad
Draci Brno rallied for nine runs in the first inning and went to win 15-0 in five innings to become the first finalist of the tournament.
The Czechs collected 15 basehits, including three by Jakub Hajtmar and Filip Moštěk.
Six of these basehits were registered in the bottom of the first inning and that, combined with two errors, led to nine runs.
The score was opened when Jakub Hajtmar led off with a single and scored on a triple by his brother Adam Hajtmar.
The two were also productive later in the at bat, as Jakub delivered a 2-run single and Adam followed with a 2-run double.
Two runs were added in the fourth inning, thanks to a runscoring double by Michal Ondráček, followed by an RBI-single by Arnošt Dubový.
The 15-run difference was reached with two outs in the fifth inning.
Filip Moštěk then connected for a 2-run single, followed by a sacrifice fly by Michal Ondráček and a walk-off runscoring single by Jakub Hajtmar that made it 15-0.
Winning pitcher Petr Minařík gave up only two hits in five innings.
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