European Championship 2010, Day 4, July 26:
France – Ukraine 10-2
UKR 000 200 000 2 2 3 FRA 112 210 21X 10 14 2
One day before playing two games against Belgium and Germany in Stuttgart, France picked up its second win in the tournament against the Ukraine, celebrating an easy 10-2 win in Neuenburg. Especially the French offense had a nice day, scoring runs in seven of the first eight innings. Omar Williams and Joris Bert collected three hits apiece. Boris Marche and Kenji Hagiwara combined for four RBI. Felix Brown walked four times. Denys Agapov and Olexiy Glukhiy scored the two runs for the Ukraine in the fourth, cutting the deficit in a half.
On the mound Anthony Piquet (W 1-0) went the distance, allowing two hits, two unearned runs and four walks in nine strong innings. He threw 114 pitches, but only struck out one. Viktor Dovgalenko (L 0-1) was charged with two hits, three runs and five bb in two-plus innings to take the loss. Afterwards the 19-year-old Dmytro Limarenko also couldn’t stop the bleeding and the Ukraine suffered its fourth defeat in the fourth game.