Deurne Spartans – White Sharks Almada 8-7 (10)
The Deurne Spartans needed a squeeze bunt in the bottom of the tenth to defeat the White Sharks Almada 8-7 on Friday at the Qualifier European Cup in Montpellier. Mo. Devriendt drove in three. Huyghe scored three times for Deurne. Lopez went 4-for-6 with three runs for the Portuguese team. Silvio Silva hit a homerun. Alexis Marquez (W) got the win in relief. Petr Stribrcky (L) took his second loss of the week.
Montpellier Barracudas – Vienna Wanderers 5-3
The Montpellier Barracudas improved to 4-0 with a 5-3 win over the Vienna Wanderers. A RBI triple by Gregory Cros, followed by a sac fly by Zuaznabar plated two runs in the seventh, breaking a 3-3 tie en route to the win. Clemens Cichocki went 3-for-5 for Vienna. Gregory Cros (W) also picked up the win on the mound, going the distance. He struck out ten. Clemens Cichocki (L) took the loss after seven innings.
White Sharks Almada – Vienna Wanderers canceled
The game between the White Sharks Almada and the Vienna Wanderers got canceled since it didn’t would have changed anything for the standings.
Stockholm – Deurne Spartans 0-5
The Deurne Spartans shut out Stockholm 5-0 in the late afternoon game in Montpellier. The Spartans will play in the best-of-three finals on Saturday against the Montpellier Barracudas. Roger de Saedeller (W) led the way on the mound, striking out eleven in six scoreless innings for the win. Alexis Marquez closed it out. Jakob Claesson (L) took the loss.