by Pavol Mozola, Slovak baseball federation, www.baseballslovakia.com
Apollo vs Rascals – After the double victory of last week against Nagykanizsa in the National League Jánossomorja swept again at home, this time against Apollo Bratislava that was beset by injuries this Saturday. At the first game Gergő Felsővári started on the mound for the Rascals and Robert Kokavec for Apollo. Home team defense dominated the game, the Slovakians scored their first run as late as the 6th inning, while the Rascals had already 3 on the board. In the top of the 7th, after walking the first and striking out the second batter, Felsővári had a chance to close the inning with a lineout double play, but he did not succeed to catch the hard comebacker and Apollo had two runners on with one out. The Bratislava team used the opportunity and scored 3 in a row with smooth base hits to take the lead. Lefty Daniel Orlický relieved Kokovec in the bottom of the 7th but this was not his day. He struggled hitting the zone, threw a number of wild pitches, and after three base hits and one batter walked he allowed 3 runs for Jánossomorja. In the last two innings Apollo could not score anymore while the Rascals secured the first win with 4 further runs. Home offense was led by István Maidics and Felsővári, both finished with 3 base hits.
Rascals – Apollo 11-4
At the second game Apollo was not able to recover under the leadership of Martin Brunegraf. On the Rascals’ side newly signed and so far convincing Gábor Nagy played outstanding again, he struck out 9 in 6 innings. The Slovaks sent juniors Michal Janovčík and Denis Pakši on the mound, but the Jánossomorja batters showed no mercy, they batted in 11 runs in 6 innings. The only run for Apollo was scored by Orlický in the 4th inning, so the game ended with mercy rule. Rascals batting was led by Szabolcs Kiss and Tamás Varsics (2/4) and Felsővári (2/2).
Apollo – Rascals 1-11
Fighting Flies vs Slovan – First game started Slovan with Marek Bošanský and Flies with Tomáš Hatala on mound, and first inn. heralded the game development, 3-0. Flies reduced the score at top of fifth, but after fifth Slovan lead 7-1 after 3 base on balls and double by Robert Setnička. 6th inn. continued pitcher Martin Strapko and allowed Flies 2 hits and run. Slovan finished the game at bottom 7th with 5 runs and mercy rule.
Second game started Slovan wit Michal Noga and Flies with Lukáš Králik. Slovan systematically added runs from first inn. Slovan continued from first game with more hits than Flies and clear defense. Game closes Šimon Procháczka with 5 strike outs in 2 inn.
(These games are counted only for Slovak teams, because between Slovak teams we have more games)
Sleepwalkers vs Aeros – Szentendre Sleepwalkers still unbeaten in the Interleague after the reigning Hungarian champion faced Interleague rookie Érd Aeros on Saturday in a double header played in howling wind at Érd baseball field. The first game did not start untroubled though. Hectic Szentendre offence gave easy outs to a concentrated Aeros defence. On the other side Gyurcsek worked hard on the mound but Érd hitters managed to put the ball in play constantly and scored two runs early in the game taking advantage of a couple of extra bases on errors. After 5 innings Szentendre was 2-1 down. A short assembly followed in front of the visitors dugout and the Sleepwalkers reset their attitude which resulted in 13 runs scored in the top of the 6th, including a two-run homer by 18-year-old Tamás Szabó. Érd hustled hard to escape a mercy rule defeat but their 4 runs scored in the bottom of the 6th were answered by 6 by Szentendre in the 7th.
Érd Aeros – Szentendre Sleepwalkers 7-20. HR – Tamás Szabó (Sleepwalkers)
In the second game the Sleepwalkers made some changes in their lineup allowing young players get more Interleague experience and they earned the trust. Pitcher Tamás Szabó succeded in the mission of which he was only two outs away last week: he pitched his first complete game shutout. Érd bullpen could not challange with quality pitching and Szentendre started to roll in the bottom of the 2nd. With several hard line drive hits they kept the Aeros under instant pressure and finished the job in 5 innings.
Szentendre Sleepwalkers – Érd Aeros 17-0
Results week 5, May 7:
Apollo vs Rascals 4:11, 1:11
Fighting Flies vs Slovan 2:12 (7), 3:15
Sleepwalkers vs Aeros 20:7 (7), 17:0 (5)
Next schedule for May 14
11:00 Angels vs Slovan at Trnava
11:00 Aeros vs Rascals at Jánossomorja
Doubleheader games
| Standings | InterLeague | Overall * | ||||
| W | L | ave | W | L | ave | |
| Sleepwalkers | 8 | 0 | 1000 | 8 | 0 | 1000 |
| Slovan | 5 | 3 | 625 | 7 | 3 | 700 |
| Rascals | 4 | 2 | 667 | 4 | 2 | 667 |
| Apollo | 4 | 4 | 500 | 4 | 4 | 500 |
| Fighting Flies | 2 | 4 | 333 | 2 | 6 | 250 |
| Angels | 1 | 5 | 167 | 1 | 5 | 167 |
| Aeros | 0 | 6 | 000 | 0 | 6 | 000 |
* Between Slovak teams have more games, that are not counted to InterLeague.
Box scores and stats
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3792894/Sezona2011/Interliga2011/confstat.htm