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     Kutno second finalist in London
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 LONDON, England (Great Britain) -
Stal Kutno is the second finalist in the Federations Cup Qualifier in London.
Like Borgerhout Squirrels (Belgium), the Polish squad also reached the final without playing themselves on Saturday (June 25).
Kutno had its day off in the event, but qualified based on other results.
On the final day of the preliminary round in London, Borgerhout Squirrels won 11-10 against Sofia Blues (Bulgaria).
In the late afternoon, London Mets won with an 8-6 score vs. Atletico Alexandria (Romania).
And that created a 3-way tie between London, Sofia and Kutno.
As the head-to-head results between the teams concerned also ended in a tie, the Team Quality Balance was the next tie-breaker.
In this formula, the runs scored are divided by the offensive innings played (A), while the runs given up are divided by the defensive innings played (B) in the head-to-head games played by the teams concerned.
B is then subtracted from A and the order than determines the final ranking.
This was in favor of Kutno, which therefore become the second finalist.
(June 25)
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Borgerhout Squirrels vs. Sofia Blues
In today's first game in London, Borgerhout Squirrels trailed 5-2 in the fifth, then led 8-5 after seven innings, but then Sofia Blues rallied for five runs to take a 10-8 lead.
In the bottom of the ninth, Borgerhout scored three runs to win 11-10 and remain unbeaten in the preliminary round.
Borgerhout opened the score with two runs in the first inning on a 2-run single by Yannick Gontier, but Sofia answered with four runs in the top of the third.
With runners on second and third base, Petre Grouev singled in a run, then a grounder by Evgenii Chernozemsky tied the score.
A 2-run double by Keith Gilmour gave Sofia a 4-2 lead.
In the fifth, Sofia added a run on a single by Gilmour, but this time, it was Borgerhout that followed with a productive at bat.
The Belgians rallied for five runs in the bottom of the fifth.
Singles by Yannick Gontier and Kevin Vervloet (who had three hits) plus a basesloaded walk for Mitch Van Dercruyssen made it a 5-5 tie, then Wesley Janssens delivered a 2-run double to give Borgerhout a 7-5 lead.
A single by Drew Janssen accounted for the next run in the sixth inning.
Trailing 8-5, Sofia scored five runs on only one hit in the top of the eighth inning.
A basesloaded walk for Petre Grouev, a grounder and an error tied the score.
Hereafter, Evgenii Chernozemsky doubled in two runs to make it a 10-8 lead in favor of Sofia.
Borgerhout decided the game in the bottom of the ninth.
With the bases loaded, a throwing error on a force play-grounder led to a run, then a sacrifice fly by Sam Boermans made it 10-10.
Moments later, Joannes Ochoa delivered a walk-off double that gave the Belgians the win.
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Atletico Alexandria vs. London Mets
London Mets closed the preliminary round with an 8-6 win against Atletica Alexandria.
The British team collected 15 basehits, including three by Julian Somers, who also batted in three runs and scored once.
London trailed 3-1 after two innings, but then scored four runs in the third and led in the remainder of the game.
An error gave London the lead in the top of the first inning, but the Romanians scored twice in its first bat bat.
An error led to the tying run, then a single by Andrei Serbanescu made it 2-1.
Alexandria added a run in the second inning on another British error.
In the top of the third, London turned the game its way by scoring four runs.
Two throwing errors led to two runs to make it a 3-3 tie.
A double by Julian Somers and single by Ben Jones then made it 5-3.
Both teams scored two runs in the fourth inning.
London thanks to a triple by Conrad Cornell and a sacrifice fly by Julian Somers.
Alexandria scored its runs on a force play-grounder by Ionut Serban and a single by Cornel Panaitescu, but left three runners behind.
In the remainder of the game, both teams added one more run.
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