by Alexander Gorrin
The break in the Bulgarian baseball season ended this past weekend with the first playoff games taking place. Three of the semifinalists already did their job by sweeping their respective first playoff round series opponents. The losers from the first round will continue play for distributing places 3-8 in the final standings (the losers from the semifinal series will be joining the bronze medal race at a later stage).
Here are the results from the first round of the Bulgarian Championship Playoffs:
August 30th:
Devils Dupnitsa – Lions Sofia 15:0
Athletic Kozloduy – Athletic Sofia 1:22
Sofia Blues – Junak Sofia 13:3
August 31st:
Lions Sofia – Devils Dupnitsa 5:15
Athletic Sofia – Athletic Kozloduy 15:0
Junak Sofia – Sofia Blues 5:17
The Buffaloes from Blagoevgrad and the Akademiks from Sofia will decide the last semifinalist with a best-of-three match-up during the upcoming weekend (06.09. + 07.09).
Semifinal Matchups:
1. Athletic Sofia – Sofia Blues (best of 3)
2. Buffaloes Blagoevgrad/ Akademiks Sofia – Devils Dupnitsa (best of 3)
First games are scheduled for September 13th and September 14th
Bronze Medal Race Matchups:
Junak Sofia – Athletic Kozloduy (winner plays loser from semifinal 2.)
Lions Sofia – Akademiks Sofia/ Buffaloes Blagoevgrad (winner plays loser from semifinal 1.)
First games are scheduled for September 13th and September 14th
On a softball note, the National Championship is yet to return to play due to the participation of the Angels from Dupnitsa and Babes from Blagoevgrad in the ECWCW and the ECW respectively.