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Sant Boi wins Federations Cup Qualifier
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SANT BOI DE LLOBREGAT (Spain) - Host Sant Boi won 6-1 against Southampton Mustangs (Great Britain) on Saturday (June 25) in the final of the Federations Cup Qualifier.

With the win, the Spanish spot promoted to the Federations Cup. In that event, which closes on Sunday with the final, the countries of the two teams that finish in fifth and sixth place today will relegate to a Qualifier.

Sant Boi also won the three individual awards.
Edison Valerio was named Most Valuable Player. The Best Pitcher Award went to Eric Izquierdo, while Miguel Catalán was the Best Hitter with a .583 average.

Final Standings
1. Sant Boi (Spain), 2. Southampton Mustangs (Great Britain), 3. Therwil Flyers (Switzerland), 4. Barons Wrocław (Poland), 5. Diving Ducks (Austria), 6. Ishido Botosani (Romania).

(June 25)

Related Articles:
Rouen wins CEB Cup. (June 5)
Amsterdam Pirates wins European Champions Cup. (June 4)




Sant Boi vs. Southampton Mustangs
In the all-deciding final, Sant Boi led only 2-1 after six innings, but then scored three runs in the seventh inning to take a decisive lead.

Alex Flores scored the first run for Sant Boi in the third inning on a wild pitch, but the British squad came alongside in the fifth. That happened when Jordan Berger and Maikel Azcuy-Perez hit back-to-back doubles with two outs.

In the bottom of the fifth, Sant Boi re-took the lead on a single by Daniel Martinez, but also stranded two runners.

The Spanish squad the decided the game by scoring three runs in the seventh. With two outs and a runner on second base, Daniel Martinez delivered a runscoring double. Hereafter, Edison Valerio followed with a 2-run homerun.

An error in the eighth inning lifted the lead to 6-1.




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