European Baseball & Softball Magazine

Heading into the 8th inning things were still tied at 3. To start the bottom of the inning shortstop Martin Schneider hit the 2nd pitch Nikl...

Thomas De Wolf cleared them for Belgium with a grand slam making all three runs driven in unearned. The next two batters...

At the end of the game there were 7 balls on the other side of the fence for fans to shag.

France went through 5 with the W eventually being awarded to Esteban Prioul but not because he deserved it.

Pavao Karin threw a complete game for the Croatians giving up 1 earned run off 6 hits, walking 7 and striking out 3.

Throughout the game, both team’s offensive successes depended on playing solid small ball.

Sascha Koch, Germany’s starter, went 7.0 innings giving up 4 hits, including that double, while striking out 7. That’s it. No walks, balks,...

Offensively for the Czech Republic it was the man behind the mask, Cervenka, who made the difference. He had 2 runs off 2 hits, including a...

It was as much France’s defensive mistakes, as Italy’s willingness to exploit them, that made this a runaway game.

Off Israel’s bench it was centerfielder Blake Gaillen, who plays in the Dodgers AAA club, who had the hot bat. He went 4 for 4 with a double...

The difference in this game was run production. Austria had 6 hits but just 1 run while Belgium had 5 runs off 5 hits.

Both starting pitchers lasted through 7 innings of work. Jorge Balboa gave up 6 hits and an earned run while striking out 9 for Spain. Marin...