The Federations Cup Qualifier in Sant Boi, Spain got underway on Monday with three games. The Barons Wroclaw, Southampton Mustangs and CBS Sant Boi celebrated wins on day one for the preliminary phase.
Barons Wroclaw (POL) – CS Ishido Botosani (ROM) 2-0
In the morning game on Monday the Barons Wroclaw shut out CS Ishido Botosani 2-0. Ray Wojtala struck out 13 batters in nine scoreless innings for the win. He allowed just four hits, while throwing 114 pitches in the complete game. Wroclaw scored the decisive runs in the seventh and eighth. Sergiu Susanu conceded four hits, a run and a walk in seven innings to take the loss.
Therwil Flyers (SUI) – Southampton Mustangs (GBR) 2-3
Gary Davison hit a tie-breaking solo home run in the top of the seventh to lead the Southampton Mustangs to a 3-2 win over the Therwil Flyers in the afternoon game in Sant Boi. Davison scored also during a two-run second inning. Therwil had tied things up through runs from Michael Stowers and Takanobu Oshima in the fourth. Spencer Kreisberg struck out six in 5 2/3 innings of scoreless one-hit relief for the win. Devon Baker struck out ten in nine innings, but still got charged with the loss.
Diving Ducks Wiener Neustadt (AUT) – CBS Sant Boi (ESP) 6-18
The evening game turned out to be a slugfest. CBS Sant Boi scored 12 runs in the last four frames for an 18-6 victory over the Diving Ducks Wiener Neustadt. Edison Valerio and Jesus Golindano combined to hit two home runs and drive in eight runs. Eric Izquierdo pitched six innings for the win, issuing five hits, two runs and a base on balls. Matthias Scheicher got charged with the loss after allowing six runs (1 ER) on ten hits and a walk in five innings.
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Photo by CBS Sant Boi