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      Quick in semi-final ESF Cup; first loss Pioniers
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   STARANZANO / CERVIGNANO DEL FRIULI / CASTIONS DELLE MURA (Italy) -
On Thursday (September 1), the second round of the European Super Cup Men Softball went underway.
As of today, in reality, the event now as split into two new tournament-rounds with the nine best teams playing for the Super Cup.
The nine teams that didn't made the top-3 in their respective pool are now playing for the ESF Cup.
The second round is a double-elimination system, meaning that a team is eliminated when is has two losses.
The winners continue playing in a schedule that has all kind of winner/loser-combinations en route to the two finals on Saturday.
Quick Amersfoort today won twice, beating Magos de Tenerife (Spain) 2-1, then Chicaboo's Stabroek (Belgium) 12-3.
With that, Quick reached the semi-final of the ESF Cup-pool.
Hoofddorp Pioniers, which went remained unbeaten in the preliminary in its pool and won five games, today suffered its first loss.
The Hoofddorp-squad lost 4-3 to Spectrum Praha (Czech Republic).
With that, Pioniers has to go 'the long way' to reach the final.
Because of the loss, it cannot reach the semi-final in which the winner automatically qualifies for the final.
Pioniers can still reach the other semi-final, but when it wins that one, it then has to play the backdoor-game.
However, a second loss means elimination.
Adegeest won 7-5 in its first game today against Pessac Panthères (France).
Later in the day, Adegeest lost 13-3 to Junior Alpina
Other scores today:
Super Cup:
Eagles Praha (Czech Rep.) vs. Tempo Praha (Czech Rep.) 4-6; Brasschaat Braves (Belgium) vs. Stenløse Buls (Denmark) 1-0; Hørsholm Hurricanes (Denmark) vs. Czech Under-23 (Czech Rep.) 6-5 (8 inn.); Lupi Pro Roma (Italy) vs. Tempo Praha (Czech Rep.) 4-1; Brasschaat Braves (Belgium) vs. Spectrum Praha (Czech Rep.) 2-1; Lupi Pro Roma (Italy) vs. Hørsholm Hurricanes (Denmark) 5-4.
ESF Cup:
Cavigal Nice (France) vs. Magos de Tenerife (Spain) 1-8 (6 inn.); Chicaboo's Stabroek (Belgium) vs. Gladsaxe (Denmark) 10-0 (3½ inn.); Junior Alpina (Italy) vs. SK Medvedi (Croatia) 6-1.
Highlights of these games
(September 1)
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Adegeest vs. Pessac Panthères
At Cervignano del Friuli, Adegeest trailed 3-0, but came alongside in the third inning, then went on to turn the game its way from the fifth inning on and won 7-5.
Panthères outhit Adegeest 11-7.
With the win, Adegeest now would face Junior Alpina later in the day.
The French opponent scored three runs in the top of the first inning off of starter Rikkert Wienia.
Czech Marek Volf led off with a single, then tried to score on a double by Julien Duru, but was eliminated at the plate.
Herafter, Tomas Orlando Diaz Barrera singled, then a wild pitch led to runners on second and third base.
A force play was created by walking Anthony Cros intentionally.
A grounder indeed followed, but the only option was an out at first base, which didn't happen due to an error.
And so, this situation resulted in two runs.
Another intentional walk followed, but an additional run was then scored on a 2-out single by Marc Thevenon.
Adegeest got one run back in the second inning.
Erik-Jan van Asperen then walked with one out and scored on a 2-out double by Rikkert Wienia, who later stranded on third base.
After Pessac had left runners on second and third base in the top of the third inning, Adegeest came alongside moments later.
The first two batters struckout, but then Sebastiaan Spierenburg singled and Jurnest Virginie walked.
An infield-hit by Giovanni Pourier followed and when a throwing error followed, Spierenburg was able to score.
When Pourier went on to steal second, Virginie stole the plate to score the tying run.
But Adegeest then also left runners behind on second and third base.
Adegeest took the lead in the fifth inning when Spierenburg walked with one out and went on to score on a fielder's choice-grounder by Pourier.
The team from Voorschoten then took more distance by scoring three runs in the sixth.
Rikkert Wienia led off with a homerun, then pinch-hitter Derny van Aanhout walked, which was followed by a pitching change.
Jonáš Hajný took over, but he was greeted with a 2-run homerun by Travis Havins that made it 7-3 in favor of Adegeest.
In the top of the seventh, Panthères narrowed the deficit to 7-5.
Anthony Cros led off with a single, then American Eric Herman homered, but that was it for the French squad.
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| Adegeest - Pessac Panthères 7-5 |
| R | H | E |
| Pessac Panthères (France) | 300 | 000 | 2 | - | 5 | 11 | 2 |
| Adegeest | 012 | 013 | X | - | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| pitchers Panthères | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Tomas Orlando Diaz Barrera, L (0-2) | 5 (*) | 10 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
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| Jonáš Hajný | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| (*) - Diaz Barrera pitched to two baters in the sixth inning |
| pitchers Adegeest | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Arjan Baanen | - (*) | - | - | - | - | - |
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| Rikkert Wienia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
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| Arjan Baanen, W (2-2) | 6 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| (*) - Baanen was announced as starting pitcher but was replaced by Wienia when top 1st inning began |
| Homeruns: Panthères: Eric Herman (1)(7th,2-run,off Baanen); Adegeest: Rikkert Wienia (1)(6th,solo,off Diaz Barrera), Trevis Havins (2)(6th,2-run,off Hajny). |
Umpires: HP-Lewis Hamilton (Great Britain), 1B-Diego Vitale (Italy).
Official Scorers-Paolo Gasparini (Italy), Roberto Saletti (Italy).
Technical Commissioner-Anna Di Luca (Italy).
Starting Time-10:00 AM.
Time-1:57 hr.
Site-Campo Comunale, Cervignano del Friuli (Italy).
Game Notes:
Weather conditions at game time: Sunny, 27° C (80,6° F); wind direction northeast;
wind speed 11 kmh (6,2 mph); wind force 1 Bft; humidity 48%. |
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Hoofddorp Pioniers vs. Spectrum Praha
At Staranzano, Pioniers suffered its first loss of the tournament in its opening game for the Super Cup.
Pioniers took a 2-1 lead in the first inning, but failed to hold onto the minimal lead and lost 4-3 to Spectrum.
With that, Pioniers need to play additional games and has to keep on winning to have a chance of reaching the final.
As the tournament now is in the double-elimination phase, a next loss means elimination.
The Czechs opened the score in the top of the first inning off of Mexican Jaudiel Olaiz, who had won three games in the preliminary round.
With one out and Petr Vácha on first base (fielder's choice), a single by Patrik Kolkus led to runners at first and third base.
Moments later, Vácha scored the first run on a passed ball.
Pioniers answered with two runs in its first at bat.
With one out, Glennsig Polonius singled, then scored when powerhitter Eldrick Dijkhoff followed with a triple.
The latter then scored the go-ahead run on a double by next batter Enio Kwas, but hereafter, Spectrum-starter Ales Jetmar struckout the next two batters.
In the top of the third inning, the Czechs scored twice to take the lead for the second time.
With one out, David Mertl homered to tie the score.
Hereafter, Petr Vácha was hit by a pitch, advanced on a grounder, stole third base, then scored on a wild pitch to give the Czechs a 3-2 lead.
Spectrum added a run in the fifth when Mertl doubled with one out and scored on a following single by Vácha.
Pioniers didn't got much chances to do something back, but narrowed the deficit to 4-3 in the sixth when Enio Kwas homered with one out.
In the bottom of the seventh, off of new pitcher Jaroslav Brenik, Pioniers was unable to turn the game its way and was left empty-handed for the first time.
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| Hoofddorp Pioniers - Spectrum Praha 3-4 |
| R | H | E |
| Spectrum Praha (Czech Rep.) | 102 | 010 | 0 | - | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| Hoofddorp Pioniers | 200 | 001 | 0 | - | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| pitchers Spectrum | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Ales Jetmar, W (2-0) | 6 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
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| Jaroslav Brenik, SV (2) | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| pitcher Pioniers | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Jaudiel Olaiz, L (3-1) | 7 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| Homeruns: Spectrum: David Mertl (1)(3rd,solo,off Olaiz); Pioniers: Enio Kwas (3)(6th,solo,off Jetmar). |
Umpires: HP-Richard Silva (Austria), 1B-Jens Jakobsen (Denmark),
3B-Harald Schmidt (Germany).
Official Scorers-Marina Vianello (Italy), Barbara Marangoni (Italy),
Maurizio Ronchi (Italy).
Technical Commissioner-Libby Moss (Great Britain).
Starting Time-12:30 PM.
Time-2:04 hr.
Site-Campo Comunale, Staranzano (Italy).
Game Notes:
Weather conditions at game time: Sunny, 29° C (84,2° F); wind direction east;
wind speed 14 kmh (8,2 mph); wind force 1 Bft; humidity 38%. |
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Quick Amersfoort vs. Magos de Tenerife
At Castions delle Mura, Quick Amersfoort trailed 1-0 after three innings, but then held opponent Magos scoreless in the remainder of the game.
After a pitching change, Quick struck from the fifth inning on to win 7-1.
In the preliminary round, Quick won two of its five games and finished in fourth place in Pool A.
With that, Quick missed the top-3 and therefore, is now playing for the ESF Cup.
The victory in this game was an important one for Quick en route to a possible semi-final.
In the evening, Quick had to play against Chicaboo's Stabroek, which had shutout Gladsaxe 10-0 earlier today.
Pitcher Shawn Koster dominated for Quick.
He struckout 17 batters and gave up only four basehits.
Nevertheless, he faced an 1-0 deficit after three innings.
In the top of the third, Koster gave up an one-out double to Venezuelan Luiger Orlando Pinto Suarez, who then scored on an 2-out double by Briton James Darby.
As pitcher, Darby threw the first four innings for Magos, struckout eight batters and gave up only one basehit.
He was then replaced by Roberto Camejo Fernández in the bottom of the fifth.
And then, the game turned the way of Quick Amersfoort.
In the fifth, Revin Brooks led off with a walk and advanced on a wild pitch.
With one out, Brooks went on to steal third base and reached the base safely on a throwing error and when an outfield-error followed, he scored the tying run.
Hereafter, pinch-hitter Anthony Hosé singled and his pinch-runner Ron Dix (re-entry) scored on a double by Emeron Lourens.
The bases then got loaded when Manuel Bouwman walked and Karel Kadečka singled.
Another run was then scored when Anthony Beaumont was hit by a pitch.
A double play followed to end the inning, but Quick was now leading.
Quick Amersfoort then added four runs in the sixth on three homeruns!
Ondřej Dibelka led off with a walk and hereafter, Davy van Venrooij and Erik van de Horst hit back-to-back homeruns.
With one out, pinch-hitter Merlijn Brink also homered to lift the lead to 7-1.
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| Quick Amersfoort - Magos de Tenerife 7-1 |
| R | H | E |
| Magos de Tenerife (Spain) | 001 | 000 | 0 | - | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Quick Amersfoort | 000 | 034 | X | - | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| pitchers Magos | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| James Darby | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | - | - |
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| Jorge Luis Giraut Ponte, BS (1), L (0-1) | 1.1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
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| Roberto Camejo Fernández | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| pitcher Quick | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Shawn Koster, W (3-1) | 7 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Homeruns: Quick: Davy van Venrooij (1)(6th,2-run,off Giraut), Erik van de Horst (2)(6th,solo,off Giraut), Merlijn Brink (1)(6th,solo,off Giraut). |
Umpires: HP-Benny Van Nuffel (Belgium), 1B-Daniel Jaffe (Israel).
Official Scorers-Mario Pinardi (Italy), Stefano Burlini (Italy),
Fabio Zaccaria (Italy).
Technical Commissioner-Ami Baran (Israel).
Starting Time-3:00 PM.
Time-2:20 hr.
Site-Campo Parrocchiale, Castions delle Mura (Italy).
Game Notes:
Weather conditions at game time: Sunny, 30° C (86° F); wind direction north;
wind speed 11 kmh (6,2 mph); wind force 1 Bft; humidity 41%. |
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Adegeest vs. Junior Alpina
At Cervignano del Friuli, Adegeest played its second game of the day and this time lost 13-3 to Junior Alpina.
Six runs were unearned, as Adegeest committed seven errors.
With the win, the Italians qualied for the first semi-final in the ESF Cup-pool.
Alpina opened the score with two runs in the first inning on runscoring singles by Juan Osvaldo Marcano Merentes and Eros Genero.
The Italians then scored two more in the third to take an early 4-0 lead.
This time, Marcello Malatesta and Stefano Luccas delivered runscoring singles.
Adegeest narrowed the deficit to only 4-3 in the fourth at bat when the Italian defense committed three errors.
Travis Havins and Sherman Laveist (bunt) led off with singles, then an error followed on a sacrifice bunt by Sebastiaan Spierenburg, which led to the first run.
Moments later, Laveist scored on another error.
Adegeest also scored its third run in the at bat on an error, this time on a sacrifice bunt by Rikkert Wienia.
With that, Adegeest still had the bases loaded, but hereafter, three runners were left behind when the next two batters struckout.
Alpina then took more distance, as it scored nine runs in the next three innings.
In the fifth, two errors and two wild pitches led to two Italian runs.
Alpina added three runs in the sixth inning and this the Adegeest-defense made three errors.
In the seventh, Alpina lifted the lead to 13-3.
With two outs and runners on first and second base, Marcello Malatesta hit a runscoring single, then Juan Osvaldo Marcano Merentes followed with a 3-run homerun.
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| Adegeest - Junior Alpina 3-13 |
| R | H | E |
| Junior Alpina (Italy) | 202 | 023 | 4 | - | 13 | 11 | 3 |
| Adegeest | 000 | 300 | 0 | - | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| pitcher Alpina | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Juan Ado Potolicchio, W (3-3) | 7 | 15 | - | 4 | 3 | - |
| pitchers Adegeest | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Arjan Baanen | - (*) | - | - | - | - | - |
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| Rikkert Wienia, L (0-2) | 2.2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
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| Arjan Baanen | 4.1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 4 |
| (*) - Baanen was announced as starting pitcher but was replaced by Wienia when the top 1st inning began |
| Homerun: Alpina: Juan Osvaldo Marcano Merentes (1)(7th,3-run,off Baanen). |
Umpires: HP-Jesper Arnø (Denmark), 1B-Lewis Hamilton (Great Britain).
Official Scorers-Francesca Valenti (Italy), Roberto Saletti (Italy),
Paolo Gasparini (Italy).
Technical Commissioner-Anna Di Luca (Italy).
Starting Time-5:30 PM.
Time-2:12 hr.
Site-Campo Comunale, Cervignano del Friuli (Italy).
Game Notes:
Weather conditions at game time: Sunny, 31° C (87,8° F); wind direction northeast;
wind speed 13 kmh (8,1 mph); wind force 1 Bft; humidity 41%. |
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Quick Amersfoort vs. Chicaboo's Stabroek
At Staranzano, Quick Amersfoort hit only six basehits, but won with a big 12-3 score against Chicaboo's.
For Quick, this was its second victory today in the ESF Cup-pool and with that, it reached the first semi-final of the event, which will be played on late Friday-evening.
In that game, Quick meets Junior Alpina, which had won against Adegeest in the previous game.
The winner of the Quick vs. Alpina game will advance to the final, while the loser has to play the backdoor-game.
Initially, Chicaboo's took a 2-0 lead in the first inning on an one-out, 2-run homerun by José Luis Garza Luna.
Quick then took charge of the game by scoring three runs with two outs in the second inning.
Lead-off hitter Jerome Wouters reached second base on an error, then Erik van de Horst walked with two outs.
Davy van Venrooij then followed with a runscoring single and Emeron Lourens added a 2-run single to give Quick the lead.
Quick added two runs in the third at bat on two grounders to make it a 5-2 score.
Chicaboo's narrowed the deficit to 5-3 on a 2-out double by Jan Čech.
But hereafter, Quick rallied for seven runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to reach a 7-run difference and end the game.
The bases got loaded when Niek Nieuwenhuizen and Anthony Beaumont singled and Jerome Wouters walked.
A sacrifice fly by Ondřej Dibelka then brought in a run, while another run was added when an error followed after the out was made.
A single by Revin Brooks accounted for the next run, then a sacrifice fly by Emeron Lourens made it a 9-3 score.
With that, Quick needed only one run to end the game, but they got three, as pinch-hitter Ron Dix connected for a 3-run, walk-off homerun.
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| Quick Amersfoort - Chicaboo's Stabroek 12-3 (5 inn.) |
| R | H | E |
| Chicaboo's Stabroek (Belgium) | 200 | 01 | | - | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Quick Amersfoort | 032 | 07 | | - | 12 | 6 | 0 |
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| pitchers Chicaboo's/b> | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Jan Cech, L (0-1) | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
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| Ivo Palinckx | 1.2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 |
| pitcher Quick | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Niek Nieuwenhuizen, W (1-1) | 5 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Homeruns: Chicaboo's: José Luis Garza Luna (3)(1st,2-run,off Nieuwenhuizen); Quick: Ron Dix (1)(5th,3-run,off Palinckx). |
Umpires: HP-Harald Schmidt (Germany), 1B-Jan Hora (Czech Rep.),
3B-Jens Jakobsen (Denmark).
Official Scorers-Marco Battistella (Italy), Tamara Cossar (Italy).
Technical Commissioner-Libby Moss (Great Britain).
Starting Time-8:00 PM.
Time-1:53 hr.
Site-Campo Comunale, Staranzano (Italy).
Game Notes:
Weather conditions at game time: Cloudy, 24° C (75,2° F); wind direction east;
wind speed 6 kmh (3,2 mph); wind force 1 Bft; humidity 60%. |
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Highlights other games
Eagles Praha vs. Tempo Praha
In the opening game of the Super Cup, two teams from Czech capital Prague faced each other.
Eagles took a 3-2 lead in the third inning, trailed 4-3 in the sixth, but came alongside.
Tempo then decided the game by scoring two runs in the top of the seventh on an one-out, 2-run single by Michal Koluch.
He also had put Tempo ahead with a 2-run double in the top of the first inning.
Trailing 3-2, Tempo came ahead 4-3 in the fifth on a 2-run homerun by Miluláš Klas, but then Eagles tied the score in the sixth on a homerun by Tomáš Benda.
Brasschaat Braves vs. Stenløse Bulls
This Super Cup-game was decided in the second inning when Brasschaat scored the lone run when, with one out, Roman Godoy Herbel homered.
He also was the winning pitcher, striking out eleven batters.
Kim Hansen started for the Danish team and struckout ten batters.
Stenløse left eight runners, including the bases loaded in the sixth.
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...Stenløse-pitcher Kim Hansen...
(© Photo: Marco Stoovelaar) |
Cavigal Nice vs. Magos de Tenerife
In the first game for the ESF Cup, with Dutch umpire Bob Gieskens behind the plate, Magos won 8-1 in six innings on ten basehits, including three by Roberto Camejo Fernández, who homered twice.
Julian Andres Stefani also collected three basehits, while James Darby also homered for the Spanish squad.
Darby was the winning pitcher, struckout 12 batters and gave up only one basehit.
Darby's No-Hitter ended in the sixth inning when Argentinian Frederico Eder led off with a double.
Camejo put Magos ahead with a 2-run homerun in the first inning, then added a solo-homerun in the third.
Darby added a 2-run homerun in the sixth at bat.
Hørsholm Hurricanes vs. Czech Under-23
Hurricanes led 4-0 after three innings, but the score was tied at 5-5 after seven.
The Danish team then scored the winning run in the eighth inning to win this Super Cup-game.
Leading 1-0, a 2-run homerun by New Zealander Benjamin Enoka highlighted a 3-run third inning for Hørsholm.
The Czechs then scored three runs in the fourth, including two on a homerun by Jakub Holobradek.
Trailing 5-3, the Czechs came alongside in the seventh, scoring two runs on a throwing error with two outs.
Hurricanes then left the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh, but scored the winning run in the eighth when (Dutch) tie-reak runner Rody Stam scored on a single by Diego Van Opstal.
Chicaboo's Stabroek vs. Gladsaxe
In this ESF Cup-game, Chicaboo's won big in only 3½ inning on eight basehits, including homeruns by Jasper Lanoote and Petr Kruntorad.
The Belgians rallied for six runs in the second inning, highlighted by a 2-run double by Kevin Vervloet and a 3-run, inside-the-park-homerun by Lanoote.
Kruntorad then added a 2-run homerun in the third.
Junior Alpina vs. SK Medvedi
Alpina scored a run in five of its six innings in this ESF Cup-game.
The Italians recorded only five basehits, but one of them was a homerun by Venezuelan Ramon Angel Flores Sanchez, which accounted for two runs in the fifth inning.
Winning pitcher Juan Ado Potolicchio struckout 14 batters and gave up only two hits in this game with Dutch umpire Albert Tolen behind the plate.
Lupi Pro Roma vs. Tempo Praha
Roma struck early, scoring four runs in the first three at bats to win its first game in the Super Cup-round.
The Italians opened the score with two runs in the first inning op a single by Manuel Godoy and an error.
Winning pitcher Maximiliam Monetero struckout eleven batters in seven innings.
Brasschaat Braves vs. Spectrum Praha
Brasschaat nipped Spectrum 2-1 to reach the first semi-final of the Super Cup, which will be played on Friday-afternoon.
The Belgians scored their first run in the third inning on an error, but the Czechs came alongside in the fourth on a single by Tomaš Klein.
However, Brasschaat scored again in the fifth when Wout Cnops was hit by a pitch (!) with the bases loaded.
Lupi Pro Roma vs. Hørsholm Hurricanes
Roma trailed 4-2 in the bottom of the seventh, but then scored three runs to win 5-4 and reached the semi-final of the Super Cup.
In that, the Italians will meet Brasschaat Braves.
The winner of that game will advance to the final, while the loser moves to the backdoor-game.
Hurricanes opened the score with two runs in the first at bat on a double by German Sacks and a single by Dennis Kihlgust.
The Danish team added two runs in the third on a 2-run homerun by Valdemar Brask Terkelsen.
Roma got two runs back in the bottom of the third on a double by Teo Skladny and a wild pitch.
In the bottom of the seventh, trailing 4-2, Belgian Santiago Lataire led off with a double, then scored when a throwing error was made on a sacrifice bunt by Teo Skladny.
Herafter, Argentinian Gustavo Godoy followed with a 2-run, walk-off homerun.
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