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      Pioniers qualifies for Super Cup; Adegeest, Quick Amersfoort in ESF Cup
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   STARANZANO / AZZANO DECIMO / CERVIGNANO DEL FRIULI (Italy) -
On Wednesday (August 31), Day 3 of the European Super Cup-tournament in Italy, the prelimary was completed.
After the last game was played, the three pools of six teams each were split.
The top-3 will continue playing for the Super Cup, starting on Thursday, while the bottom-3 continues playing for the ESF Cup.
Hoofddorp Pioniers today played in Staranzano and remained unbeaten.
They opened the day with a 16-9 win against Chicaboo's Stabroek (Belgium).
In the late afternoon, Pioniers won 10-8 against Hørsholm Hurricanes (Denmark) on a walk-off, grand slam homerun by Eldrick Dijkhoff.
With that, Pioniers won its fifth game to finish in first place in Pool C to advance to the Super Cup-round.
At the end of the day, Dijkhoff was the second best hitter in the tournament with a .632 batting average.
He led with 11 runs, 12 basehits and 16 runs batted in.
With that, Dijkhoff would become the leading candidate for the MVP Award, but since 2014, the European Softball Federation (ESF) unfortunately decided no to hand out individual awards anymore.
Quick Amersfoort played its games today at Azzano Decimo.
The team began the day with a 9-2 loss in six innings against Stenløse Bulls (Denmark).
Later in the day, Quick won with the same score against SK Medvedi (Croatia).
Adegeest played both games in Cervignano del Friuli and lost both.
The first game ended in a 9-0 shutout-win for Czech Under-23 (Czech Rep.).
In its second game, Adegeest lost 3-1 to Gladsaxe (Denmark).
Both Quick Amersfoort and Adegeest start playing for ESF Cup from Thursday on.
Other scores today:
Pool A:
Pessac Panthères (France) vs. Lupi Pro Roma (Italy) 0-12 (5 inn.); Stenløse Bulls (Denmark) vs. Spectrum Praha (Czech Rep.) 4-5; Spectrum Praha (Czech Rep.) vs. Pessac Panthères (France) 12-5 (5 inn.); Lupi Pro Roma (Italy) vs. SK Medvedi (Croatia) 13-6 (4½ inn.).
Pool B:
Brasschaat Braves (Belgium) vs. Eagles Praha (Czech Rep.) 4-3 (9 inn.); Gladsaxe (Denmark) vs. Cavigal Nice (France) 4-13 (5 inn.); Cavigal Nice (France) vs. Brasschaat Braves (Belgium) 1-11 (6 inn.); Czech Under-23 (Czech Rep.) vs. Eagles Praha (Czech Rep.) 10-2 (5 inn.).
Pool C:
Hørsholm Hurricanes (Denmark) vs. Magos de Tenerife (Spain) 5-4; Junior Alpina (Italy) vs. Tempo Praha (Czech Rep.) 0-3; Tempo Praha (Czech Rep.) vs. Chicaboo's Stabroek (Belgium) 5-1; Magos de Tenerife (Spain) vs. Junior Alpina (Italy) 1-15 (4 inn.).
Highlights of these games
Final Standings preliminary round:
Pool A:
1. Lupi Pro Roma, 2. Spectrum Praha, 3. Stenløse Bulls, 4. Quick Amersfoort, 5. Pessac Panthères, 6. SK Medvedi.
Pool B:
1. Brasschaat Braves, 2. Czech Under-23, 3. Eagles Praha, 4. Adegeest, 5. Gladsaxe, 6. Cavigal Nice.
Pool C:
1. Hoofddorp Pioniers, 2. Hørsholm Hurricanes, 3. Tempo Praha, 4. Junior Alpina, 5. Chicaboo's Stabroek, 6. Magos de Tenerife (Spain).
(August 31)
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Quick Amersfoort vs. Stenløse Bulls
At Azzano Decimo, Quick Amersfoort lost 9-2 in six innings to Stenløse Bulls, which therefore qualified for the top-3 and will continue playing for the Super Cup.
After this game, Quick still had a theoretical chance of finishing in the top-3.
They had to win its last game in the preliminary round later in the afternoon against Medvedi, but was also depending on the results of several other games.
When these were in favor of Quick, 4-team tie could be possible with scores of yet to be played games of influence for the final ranking.
The Danish opponent immediately scored twice in the top of the first inning off of starter Niek Nieuwenhuizen.
New Zealander Alfons Oveninikovas led off with a walk and advanced on a sacrifice bunt.
With two outs, Briton Kevin Stockford was hit by a pitch, then next batter Anders Jørgensen delivered a 2-run double.
For Quick, Emeron Lourens led off the first inning with a single and Anthony Beaumont singled with two outs, but hereafter, Danish starter Kim Hansen struckout his third batter in the at bat.
Stenløse then rallied for four runs in the third inning to take more distance.
Oveninikovas again led off with a walk, then Spaniard Juan Carlos Macias Jarnes reached on a bunt-single.
They respectively scored on a wild pitch and a single by Daniel Julenon.
With two outs, Mads Simonsen hit a 2-run homerun that lifted the lead to 6-0 and led to a pitching change.
In the bottom of the third, Quick Amersfoort scored its first run in the game.
With two outs, pinch-hitter Karel Kadečka walked, advanced on a wild pitch, then scored when a fly by next batter Anthony Beaumont was missed in the outfield.
Bulls added another run in the fifth inning on an error, then Quick scored its final run in its fifth at bat.
With one out, Manuel Bouwman singled, stole second base and scored on a 2-out, ground-rule double by Anthony Beamont.
In the sixth inning, Stenløse reached the 7-run difference by scoring two more runs on a basesloaded 2-run single by Simonsen.
In the bottom of the sixth, the game ended when three Quick-batters were struckout by Kim Hansen.
The 30-year old righthanded veteran struckout eleven batters and gave up five basehits.
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| Quick Amersfoort - Stenløse Bulls 2-9 (6 inn.) |
| R | H | E |
| Stenløse Bulls (Denmark) | 204 | 012 | | - | 9 | 9 | 2 |
| Quick Amersfoort | 001 | 010 | | - | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| pitcher Stenløse | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Kim Hansen, W (2-0) | 6 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| pitchers Quick | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Niek Nieuwenhuizen, L (0-1) | 2.2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
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| Ondřej Němec | 3.1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Homerun: Bulls: Mads Simonsen (1)(3rd,2-run,off Nieuwenhuizen). |
Umpires: HP-Lewis Hamilton (Great Britain), 1B-Richard Silva (Austria),
3B-Gianpaolo Pelosi (Italy).
Official Scorers-Paolo Gasparini (Italy), Stefano Pieri (Italy).
Technical Commissioner-Bob Kessler (Israel).
Starting Time-10:00 AM.
Time-2:01 hr.
Site-Campo Luigi Riem, Azzano Decimo (Italy).
Game Notes:
Weather conditions at game time: Sunny, 26° C (78,8° F); wind direction east;
wind speed 8 kmh (4,2 mph); wind force 1 Bft; humidity 52%. |
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Hoofddorp Pioniers vs. Chicaboo's Stabroek
At Staranzano, Hoofddorp Pioniers had some problems shaking off Chicaboo's Stabroek, but in the end registered a 7-run difference, mercy-rule victory.
With the win, Pioniers won its fourth game, remained unbeaten and officially qualified for the top-3 in its pool to continue playing for the Super Cup from Thursday on.
Pioniers collected 14 basehits, including three by Glennsig Polonius (three doubles) and Randrick Roza.
Polonius also scored three runs, as did Eldrick Dijkhoff, while Enio Kwas batted in four runs.
Kwas and Dijkhoff both homered.
Chicaboo's opened the score with two runs in the first inning off of starter Jair Thompson.
A double by Mexican José Luis Garza Luna (who was 3-for-4) and a basesloaded walk for Rudi Kortleven accounted for the runs.
Pioniers answered with a 5-run rally in its first at bat off of Ivo Palinckx, who went the distance for the Belgian opponent.
Jefferson Delfina led off with a walk, stole second base, then scored on a following double by Glennsig Polonius.
Hereafter, Eldrick Dijkhoff singled and Enio Kwas added a 3-run homerun to give Pioniers a 4-2 lead.
With one out, Jesus Flores Montverde reached on an error, then later scored on a single by Jeremy Regales.
In the second inning, Pioniers added three more runs.
Jefferson Delfina led off with a double, then was able to scored when two errors followed.
Glennsig Polonius then also doubled and this time, it was Eldrick Dijkhoff who homered.
With that, Pioniers was leading 8-2 and appeared to be en route to a big score.
However, Chicaboo's came back twice.
After two scoreless innings, Chicaboo's scored four runs in the top of the fifth to make it an 8-6 score.
Czech player Petr Kruntorad led off with a walk, advanced on a wild pitch and a grounder, then scored on another wild pitch.
The bases then got loaded on a single, a hit batter and a walk, which led to a pitching change.
Angel Brunken took over, but he saw a run being scored on a grounder by Rudi Kortleven, then gave up 2-run double to Gunther Beenens.
In the bottom of the fifth, Pioniers took some more distance, scoring two runs, respectively on an error and a grounder by Jeremy Cardoze.
When the sixth inning began, Pioniers was now leading 10-6, but the suspense was building again, as Chicaboo's narrowed its deficit to only 10-9.
An one-out triple by José Luis Garza Luna, single by Czech player Jan Čech and 2-out triple by Steve Selis gave the Belgians three runs.
With Selis on third base, then a hit batter led to the next runner and a pitching change.
Hereafter, Mexican Jaudiel Olaiz was brought in as new pitcher and he ended the threat by closing the at bat with a strikeout.
In the bottom of the sixth, Pioniers staged a 6-run rally to finish the game after all with a mercy-rule, 7-run difference.
In the at bat, eight consecutive batters reached base safely and the game ended with no outs.
Glennsig Polonius led off with a double, then Eldrick Dijkhoff was walked intentionally.
A run was then scored on a single by Enio Kwas, then the bases were loaded when Idelgardo Raap walked.
Hereafter, pinch-hitter Jesus Flores Montverde and next batter Griffith Cathalina both walked, resulting in two more runs.
Jeremy Cardoze added a 2-run single, then Randrick Roza followed with a walk-off single that lifted the lead to 16-9 and ended the game.
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| Hoofddorp Pioniers - Chicaboo's Stabroek 16-9 (6 inn.) |
| R | H | E |
| Chicaboo's Stabroek (Belgium) | 200 | 043 | | - | 9 | 8 | 5 |
| Hoofddorp Pioniers | 530 | 026 | | - | 16 | 14 | 0 |
| (no outs when 7-run difference was reached in bottom of the sixth inning) |
| pitcher Chicaboo's | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Ivo Palinckx, L (0-1) | 5 (*) | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 12 |
| (*) - Palinckx pitched to eight batters in the sixth inning |
| pitchers Pioniers | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Jair Thompson, W (1-0) | 4.1 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
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| Angel Brunken, H (1) | 1.1 | - | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
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| Jaudiel Olaiz, SV (1) | 0.1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Homeruns: Pioniers: Enio Kwas (2)(1st,3-run,off Palinckx), Eldrick Dijkhoff (3)(2nd,2-run,off Palinckx). |
Umpires: HP-Jesper Arnø (Denmark), 1B-David Casey (Australia),
3B-Susila Branislav (Czech Rep.).
Official Scorers-Marina Vianello (Italy), Matteo Curci (Italy),
Fabio Zaccaria (Italy).
Technical Commissioner-Libby Moss (Great Britain).
Starting Time-9:55 AM.
Time-2:23 hr.
Site-Campo Comunale, Staranzano (Italy).
Game Notes:
Weather conditions at game time: Sunny, 27° C (80,6° F); wind direction east;
wind speed 8 kmh (4,2 mph); wind force 2 Bft; humidity 41%. |
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Czech Under-23 vs. Adegeest
At Cervignano del Friuli, Adegeest was shutout 9-0 in 4½ inning, but also was held hitless by two pitchers, who struckout eight batters combined.
With the loss, Adegeest was officially eliminated for the top-3 and will continue playing for the ESF Cup.
The Czechs qualified for the top-3 and will play for the Super Cup.
Adegeest got a chance to open the score in the top of the first inning.
With one out, Sherman Laveist walked and Sebastiaan Spierenburg reached on an error, which led to runners at the corners.
Spierenburg then advanced on a passed ball, but the two were left behind.
The Czech National Under-23 team rallied for five runs in the bottom of the first inning off of starting pitcher Rikkert Wienia.
With one out, the Czechs got the bases loaded on a bunt-single, walk and error.
Hereafter, Jakub Petrik walked, resulting in the first run.
A single by Filip Tabacek, sacrifice fly by Michal Bala, an error and a single by Simon Urbánek then accounted for the next four runs.
In the third inning, Petrik led off with a triple and scored the next Czech run on a grounder by Tacabek.
The Czechs lifted the lead to 9-0 in the bottom of the fourth by scoring three more runs.
Marek Maly led off with a single, Jiri Korčak followed with a bunt-single and hereafter, Jan Cabalka hit a 3-run homerun.
Adegeest had left another runner in scoring position in the second inning.
With one out, Danny Burg walked and stole second base, but stranded.
Hereafter, then next ten batters were retired in order, six of them with a strikeout.
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| Czech Under-23 - Adegeest 9-0 (4½ inn.) |
| R | H | E |
| Adegeest | 000 | 00 | | - | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Czech Under-23 | 501 | 3X | | - | 9 | 9 | 1 |
| pitchers Adegeest | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Arjan Baanen | - (*) | - | - | - | - | - |
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| Rikkert Wienia, L (0-1) | 2.1 | - | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 |
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| Jaap Twisk | 1.2 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| (*) - Baanen was announced as starting pitcher, but was replaced by Wienia when bottom 1st began |
| pitchers Czech U23 | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Michal Bala | 3 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - |
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| Marek Maly, W (1-0) | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| Homerun: Czech U23: Jan Cabalka (1)(4th,3-run,off Twisk). |
Umpires: HP-Benny Van Nuffel (Belgium), 1B-Diego Vitale (Italy).
Official Scorers-Francesca Valenti (Italy), Roberto Saletti (Italy), Gianmarco Bedetti (Italy).
Technical Commissioner-Anna Di Luca (Italy).
Starting Time-12:30 PM.
Time-1:21 hr.
Site-Campo Comunale, Cervignano del Friuli (Italy).
Game Notes:
Weather conditions at game time: Sunny, 29° C (84,2° F); wind direction east;
wind speed 8 kmh (4,2 mph); wind force 1 Bft; humidity 36%. |
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SK Medvedi vs. Quick Amersfoort
At Azzano Decimo, Quick Amersfoort won against Medvedi, but was eliminated for the top-3 in its pool due to other results today.
With that, Quick starts playing for the ESF Cup from Thursday on.
In this game, Quick collected only four basehits, but one of them was a homerun by Erik van de Horst.
Winning pitcher Shawn Koster struckout 12 batters and also gave up only four hits.
Both teams scored once in each of the first two innings.
Quick opened the score in the top of the first when Manuel Bouwman walked with one out, stole second base, advanced on a wild pitch and scored on a grounder by Karel Kadečka.
Medvedi came alongside moments later when (pitcher) Hrvoje Jerbic homered with two outs.
Quick re-took the lead in the second at bat.
Ondřej Dibelka walked with one out, stole second base, advanced on a wild pitch, then scored on another wild pitch.
Again, the Croatian opponent came alongside immediately.
With runners on first and third base, a steal-situation led to the tying run.
After a scoreless inning, Quick took the lead for the third time, this time for good.
Karel Kadečka then led off with a double and moved on a wild pitch, then scored on another wild pitch with one out.
Jerome Wouters then singled, advanced on an error, then two more wild pitches followed, leading to another run and a 4-2 lead for Quick.
Three runs were added in the fifth.
Erik van de Horst led off with a homerun, then Emeron Lourens walked with one out.
He stole second base and advanced on a wild pitch, then scored on a single by Kadečka.
Three more wild pitches followed that enabled Kadečka to advance to each of the next bases and score a run.
Quick reached the 7-run difference in the top of the sixth inning by scoring two runs.
Lead-off hitter Jerome Wouters reached on an error and stole second base.
With two outs, he moved to third base on the twelfth wild pitch in this game by Hrvoje Jerbic.
Erik van de Horst then walked and also stole second base.
The bases got loaded when Ron Dix was hit by a pitch and a following passed ball enabled Wouters to score.
A pitching change followed and Bruno Kokolja took over.
He began with a wild pitch that scored Van de Horst and lifted the lead to 9-2.
In the bottom of the sixth, Shawn Koster retired the side to end the game.
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| SK Medvedi - Quick Amersfoort 2-9 (6 inn.) |
| R | H | E |
| Quick Amersfoort | 110 | 232 | | - | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| SK Medvedi | 110 | 000 | | - | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| pitcher Quick | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Shawn Koster, W (2-1) | 6 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| pitchers Medvedi | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Hrvoje Jerbic, L (1-2) | 5.2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 6 |
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| Bruno Kokolja | 0.1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Homeruns: Quick: Erik van de Horst (1)(5th,solo,off Jerbic); Medvedi: Hrvoje Jerbic (1)(1st,solo,off Koster). |
Umpires: HP-Harald Schmidt (Germany), 1B-Jonas Kristensen (Denmark),
3B-Lewis Hamilton (Great Britain).
Official Scorers-Mario Pinardi (Italy), Paolo Gasparini (Italy).
Technical Commissioner-Bob Kessler (Israel).
Starting Time-5:00 PM.
Time-1:56 hr.
Site-Campo Luigi Riem, Azzano Decimo (Italy).
Game Notes:
Weather conditions at game time: Sunny, 29,5° C (85,1° F); wind direction northeast;
wind speed 10 kmh (6,4 mph); wind force 1 Bft; humidity 34%. |
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Hoofddorp Pioniers vs. Hørsholm Hurricanes
At Staranzano, Hoofddorp Pioniers recorded its fifth victory of the tournament and did it in a spectacular way.
Due to the length of previous games, the game against Hørsholm Hurricanes became an hour later than scheduled.
It was an attractive game with four homeruns.
Three of them were hit by German Sacks, who went 3-for-3 and batted in five runs for the Danish opponent.
However, the big hit was registed by Elrick Dijkhoff, who hit a dream-homerun.
With Pioniers trailing, the team got the bases loaded with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning.
Moments later, Dijkhoff hit a walk-off grand slam homerun that gave Pioniers a 10-8 victory!
Initially, the game appeared to go the way of Hørsholm.
The Danish team led 5-0 halfway the third inning and 8-3 halfway the sixth inning, but ended up losing its first game of the tournament.
Angel Brunken went the distance for Pioniers.
He struckout only three batters and gave up eleven basehits, but got fine defensive support.
On the other hand, the Danish defense committed five errors.
In the top of the first inning, with two outs, Argentinian German Sacks hit his first homerun for Hørsholm, which last year won the bronze medal in the Super Cup-tournament.
Pioniers left two runners behind in its first inning, then saw the Danish squad rally for four runs in the third at bat.
With one out, Valdemar Brask Terkelsen doubled, then Sacks belted his second homerun.
A wild pitch and a single by Frrode Lindtner resulted in two more runs and a 5-0 lead for Hurricanes.
Pioniers scored its first two runs in the bottom of the third off of veteran pitcher Martin Holmberg.
Randrick Roza led off with a walk and Jefferson Delfina reached on a bunt-single, then both scored on a following double by Glennsig Polonius.
Hurricanes was unable to take some more distance and left two runners behind in both the fourth and fifth inning.
Pioniers then added a run in the bottom of the fith when Delfina led off with a single and later scored on a single by Eldrick Dijkhoff.
In the top of the sixth, Hurricanes increased its lead to 8-3.
New Zealander Benjamin Enoka led off with a double, then Sacks hit his third homerun in the game with one out.
Hereafter, Mads Gregersen was hit by a pitch and moved to third base when an error followed a single by Dutch player Rody Stam.
A double play followed but during the completion of it, Gregersen scored.
With only two more at bats left and trailing 8-3, Pioniers got close to its first defeat.
But then, the game started turning the way of Pioniers.
In the bottom of the sixth, Pioniers also scored three (unearned) runs off of Argentinian reliever Diego Van Opstal, who had taken over in the fourth inning.
Only two hits were recorded, but the Danish defense committed three costly errors.
Griffith Cathalina led off with a single and got into scoring position after an error.
With one out and Cathalina on third base, an error on a grounder by Randrick Roza led to the first run.
The bases then got loaded when Jefferson Delfina reached on an infield-hit and Glennsig Polonius was hit by a pitch.
Next, a fly by Eldrick Dijkhoff was missed in the outfield, resulting in the next run and keeping the bases loaded.
After a strikeout accounted for the second out, Idelgardo Rap walked to bring in the third run in the at bat.
Pioniers left the bases loaded when a force play-grounder ended the inning.
In the top of the seventh, Pioniers turned a double play, but still trailed 8-6 when the bottom of the seventh began.
Griffith Cathalina led off with a single, then advanced on a wild pitch with one out.
Cathalina then tried to score on a single by Randrick Roza, but was eliminated at the plate.
And so, there were two outs with a runner on first base.
Jefferson Delfina followed with another single, resulting in runners on second and third base.
Moments later, the bases got loaded when Glennsig Polonius walked.
That brought Eldrick Dijkhoff in the batter's box and he drilled the ball over the leftfield-fence for a walk-off, grand slam homerun that gave Pioniers a 10-8 victory!
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| Hoofddorp Pioniers - Hørsholm Hurricanes 10-8 |
| R | H | E |
| Hørsholm Hurricanes (Denmark) | 104 | 003 | 0 | - | 8 | 11 | 5 |
| Hoofddorp Pioniers | 002 | 013 | 4 | - | 10 | 13 | 1 |
| (two outs when winning run was scored in the bottom of the 7th inning) |
| pitchers Hørsholm | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Martin Holmberg | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
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| Diego Van Opstal, L (1-1) | 3.2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 |
| pitcher Pioniers | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Angel Brunken, W (1-0) | 7 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 7 |
| Homeruns: Hørsholm: Geman Sacks 3 (5)(1st,solo,off Brunken; 3rd,2-run,off Brunken; 6th,2-run,off Brunken); Pioniers: Eldrick Dijkhoff (4)(7th,grand slam,off Van Opstal). |
Umpires: HP-Daniel Jaffe (Israel), 1B-Franck Lautier (France),
3B-Megan Hylton (Germany).
Official Scorers-Stefano Burlini (Italy), Matteo Curci (Italy),
Fabio Zaccaria (Italy).
Technical Commissioner-Libby Moss (Great Britain).
Starting Time-5:00 PM.
Time-2:08 hr.
Site-Campo Comunale, Staranzano (Italy).
Game Notes:
Weather conditions at game time: Sunny, 28,4° C (83,1° F); wind direction southeast;
wind speed 11 kmh (6,2 mph); wind force 1 Bft; humidity 58%. |
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Adegeest vs. Gladsaxe
At Cervignano del Friuli, Adegeest lost its fourh game of the tournament, as it was outscored by Gladsaxe, 3-1.
The Danish opponent left two runners in the first inning, then Adegeest turned a double play in the second at bat.
In the third inning, Gladsaxe opened the score with two runs.
With one out, Mikkel Pensdorf Andersen and Jacob Mortensen both singled, then Anton Brown followed with a runscoring single.
With runners on first and third base, a steal-situation led to the next run.
After Gladsaxe again left two runners in the fifth inning, Adegeest scored its first and lone run moments later, cutting the deficit in half.
Bart Baan then reached second base on a throwing error, advanced on a grounder by Travis Havins and scored on a 2-out double by Sebastiaan Spierenburg.
The latter stranded when pitcher Martin Zofka closed with a strikeout.
Leading 2-1, Gladsaxe added an insurance run in the seventh inning off of veteran Arjan Baanen, who went the distance for Adegeest.
In the seventh, pinch-hitter Martin Schwartz Jensen led off with a walk, then next batter Mikkel Pensdorf Andersen singled.
With one out, a force play was created by walking Anton Brown intentionally, but hereafter, Cuban Alejandro Wong walked to bring in the third Danish run.
A strikeout and force out ended the inning, but Gladsaxe now led 3-1.
In the bottom of the seventh, Travis Havins reached on a bunt-single with one out and Sebastiaan Spierenburg singled with two outs.
Hereafter, Zofka struckout his third batter in the inning to end the game.
Czech pitcher Martin Zofka went the distance for the Danish and dominated in the game, as he struckout 15 batters and gave up six basehits.
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| R | H | E |
| Gladsaxe (Denmark) | 002 | 000 | 1 | - | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| Adegeest | 000 | 010 | 0 | - | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| pitcher Gladsaxe | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Martin Zofka, W (1-3) | 7 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 1 | - |
| pitcher Adegeest | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Arjan Baanen, L (1-2) | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 |
Umpires: HP-Jan Hora (Czech Rep.), 1B-Benny Van Nuffel (Belgium).
Official Scorers-Tamara Cossar (Italy), Roberto Saletti (Italy),
Gianmarco Bedetti (Italy).
Technical Commissioner-Anna Di Luca (Italy).
Starting Time-5:25 PM.
Time-1:53 hr.
Site-Campo Comunale, Cervignano del Friuli (Italy).
Game Notes:
Weather conditions at game time: Sunny, 28,1° C (82,6° F); wind direction southeast;
wind speed 11 kmh (6,2 mph); wind force 1 Bft; humidity 57%. |
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Highlights other games
Brasschaat Braves vs. Eagles Praha
This game remained scoreless for eight innings!
In the top of the ninth inning, Eagles scored three runs.
The Czechs took the lead on a single by Marek Jicha, then Tomáš Benda hit a 2-run homerun to make it 3-0.
But in the bottom of the ninth inning, Brasschaat answered with four runs.
Wout Cnops led off with a runscoring single that brought in the tie-break runner.
With runners on second and thrid base, Jeroen Swers delivered another runscoring single that made it 3-2.
Hereafter, with runners on second and third base and two outs, Pablo Skladny connected for a walk-off, 2-run single that gave the Belgians a 4-3 win.
With that, Brasschaat officially qualified for the top-3 in it pool.
Despite the loss, Eagles, which suffered its first loss, also would qualify because of other results this morning.
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...Bob Gieskens, Albert Tolen and Gerrit-Jan van der Hoeven...
...are the Dutch umpires in this tournament...
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Gladsaxe vs. Cavigal Nice
Trailing 1-0, Nice rallied for six runs in the second inning and added seven more runs in the fourth and fifth inning combined to register a mercy-rule victory in five innings.
The French team collected only seven basehits.
William Berenguer batted in four runs, including three with a double in the second inning.
Nicolas Flayol batted in three, including two on a homerun in the fourth at bat.
Dutch umpire Albert Tolen was behind the plate in this game.
Pessac Panthères vs. Lupi Pro Roma
Roma opened with four runs in the first inning and went on to score in four of the five innings played in this game.
The Italians collected 11 basehits, including three by Teo Skladny and Manuel Godoy, who both homered and batted in four runs.
Skladny scored three runs.
Both hit a 2-run homerun in the fifth inning.
Winning pitcher Sebastian Gervasutti struckout 13 batters and pitched a No-Hitter.
He lost his Perfect Game when he walked the lead-hitter in the fifth, but he then struckout the next three batters.
With the win, Roma qualified for the top-3.
Hørsholm Hurricanes vs. Magos de Tenerife
Hurricanes trailed 3-0 in the third inning, but came alongside by scoring a run in the third and two in the fourth.
Magos re-took the lead in the fifth at bat.
But in the bottom of the sixth, the Danish scored two runs to take the lead for the first time and hold onto it.
A single German Sacks tied the score, then Dennis Kihlgast singled with two outs to bring in what would be the winning run.
Venezuelan Luiger Orlando Pinto Suarez and Briton James Darby both homered for Magos.
With the win, Hurricanes reached the top-3.
Stenløse Buls vs. Spectrum Praha
Spectrum won 5-4 to reach the top-3 of its pool.
Bulls led 3-2 after three innings, then Praha came alongside in the fourth.
The Danish team re-took the lead in its fourth, but again the Czechs tied the score.
In the top of the seventh, Spectrum decided the game on a basesloaded single by Jaroslav Brenik.
In the bottom of the seventh, Bulls got the bases loaded, but then the game ended with a strikeout.
Daniel Julenon hit a 3-run homerun for Bulls, that gave the team the lead in the third inning.
Junior Alpina vs. Tempo Praha
Tempo scored its three runs in this game in the third inning.
A single by Jiri Brabec opened the score, then singles by Pavel Štocek and Michal Koluch lifted the lead to 3-0.
The Italian opponent registered only one basehit off of two pitchers.
Cavigal Nice vs. Brasschaat Braves
Brasschaat scored three runs in the top of the first inning, then rallied for eight runs in the sixth inning to register a big win.
The Belgians collected 14 basehits, including three by Argentinian Juan Malarczuk, who homered twice, and Jeroen Van Nuffel.
Argentinian Leonardo Latasa and Dutchman Coen Merkx also homered for Brasschaat.
Malarczuk and Latasa both homered in the first inning.
In the sixth inning, the 8-run rally began with a 2-run homerun by Malarczuk and ended with a 3-run homerun by Merkx.
Winning pitcher Pablo Skladny struckout 13 batters and gave up four hits.
Czech Under-23 vs. Eagles Praha
The Czech U23 team already led 8-0 after three innings and went on to register a mercy-rule victory.
The team collected 12 basehits, including three homeruns by Marek Maly (who was 4-for-4) and one by Jakub Holobradek, who was 3-for-3.
Maly led off the first inning with his first homerun in the game, then Holobradek added a solo-homerun in the second inning.
In the third, Maly struck again, this time with a 3-run homerun.
Leading 8-2, the game ended with a 2-run, walk-off homerun by Maly.
Spectrum Praha vs. Pessac Panthères
Spectrum won with a 7-run difference in five innings on ten basehits, including four by Tomaš Klein, who homered twice, hit a double, scored four runs and batted in six.
Panthères opened the score on an one-out homerun by Julien Duru, but in the bottom of the first, Praha scored four runs.
A 2-run homerun by Tomaš Vobornik gave the Czechs the lead.
After the French had narrowed the deficit to 4-3 in the second inning, Praha rallied for three runs in its second, highlighted by a 2-run double by Klein.
In the fourth, Thibaut Caminade homered for Panthères, but that was to be the last run they scored.
In the bottom of the fourth, Klein hit a 2-run homerun, then hit a walk-off, 2-run homerun in the fifth to end the game.
Tempo Praha vs. Chicaboo's Stabroek
Tempo took an early lead and went on to win 5-1 to qualify for the top-3.
Two Czech pitchers struckout 14 Belgian batters.
Leading 3-0, Tempo scored another run in the fifth, but then also left three runners behind.
Chicaboo's got one run back in the sixth on a single by Jasper Lanoote, but in the bottom half of the at bat, Karel Rozehnal homered for Tempo to make it 5-1.
Lupi Pro Roma vs. SK Medvedi
Roma scored four runs in the first inning, then Medvedi answered with five runs in the second.
The Italians re-took the lead by scoring twice in its second, then the Croatians came alongside moments later.
In the bottom of the third, Roma took the lead for the third time when Argentinian Maximiliam Montero hit a pinch-hit homerun and this time hold onto it.
Roma then rallied for six more runs in the next at bat on four hits, including some more Argentinian power, a 3-run homerun by Gustavo Godoy, followed by a solo-homerun by Manuel Godoy.
Magos de Tenerife vs. Junior Alpina
The third day of the event ended with a 15-1 win for Junior Alpina in four innings.
In the first inning, Stefano Ocera had led off the game for Alpina with a homerun.
In the second, they broke an 1-1 tie when Venezuelan Rafael Angels Flores Sanchez hit a grand slam homerun.
Leading 5-1, the Italians rallied for nine runs in the third inning on six basehits, including a 3-run double by Paolo Piani and a 3-run homerun by Diego German Drigani.
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