After an interesting regular season the playoffs in the Czech Extraliga start today with the series between the ARROWS OSTRAVA and TECHNIKA BRNO. The other semi-final of 2007 champion DRACI BRNO against MZLU EXPRESS begins on September 20th due to the European Cup playoff participation of DRACI this week.
DRACI and TECHNIKA were one and two in the batting average ranking during the preliminary round, batting .305, and respective .295 as a team. The ARROWS (.293) and MZLU (.282) also were more than 20 points ahead of the rest of the league. There are more differences in the pitching department. DRACI led the league with a team-ERA of 1.73. OSTRAVA (2.70) and TECHNIKA (3.15) followed the leader. However MZLU only had the seventh-best ERA in the Extraliga with 5.23.
Standings
| # | Team | W | L | R+ | R- | .pct | GB | Streak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Draci Brno | 24 | 4 | 209 | 78 | .857 | 0 | W3 |
| 2 | Arrows Ostrava | 19 | 9 | 166 | 109 | .678 | 5 | W1 |
| 3 | Technika Brno | 16 | 12 | 180 | 139 | .571 | 8 | W5 |
| 4 | MZLU Brno | 14 | 14 | 138 | 178 | .500 | 10 | L1 |
| 5 | Krč Altron | 13 | 15 | 139 | 165 | .464 | 11 | L1 |
| 6 | Skokani Olomouc | 12 | 16 | 128 | 141 | .428 | 12 | L3 |
| 7 | Tempo Titans Praha | 11 | 17 | 151 | 169 | .392 | 13 | W1 |
| 8 | Black Hill Blansko | 3 | 25 | 106 | 238 | .107 | 21 | L5 |
Individual:
ERA-Leaders:
Radek Prochazka (Draci) 0.73
Jon Robles (Arrows) 0.90
Martin Schneider (Draci) 1.02
Petr Minarik (Draci) 1.86
Pavel Jozek (MZLU) 1.93
Batting Average:
Miroslav Zdrazil (MZLU) .444
Pavel Budsky (Draci) .418
Mike Griffin (Arrows) .414
Ryan Berg (MZLU) .412
Jan Toman (Draci) .400
Schedule:
Saturday, September 13th
18:00 Arrows Ostrava vs. Technika Brno
Sunday, September 14th
14:00 Arrows Ostrava vs. Technika Brno
Saturday, September 20th
14:00 Technika Brno vs. Arrows Ostrava
14:00 AVG Draci Brno vs. MZLU Express Brno
Sunday, September 21st
14:00 Technika Brno vs. Arrows Ostrava*
14:00 AVG Draci Brno vs. MZLU Express Brno
Wednesday, September 24th
18:00 Arrows Ostrava vs. Technika Brno*
18:00 MZLU Express Brno vs. AVG Draci Brno
Saturday, September 27th
14:00 MZLU Express Brno vs. AVG Draci Brno*
Sunday, September 28th
14:00 AVG Draci Brno vs. MZLU Express Brno*
* if necessary
