Ireland – Greece 1-5
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The Greek team advanced into the finals of the qualifier with their third victory in the third game. They defeated Ireland 5-1. Ioann Apostolopoulos went one-for-three with a triple and two RBI. Panagiotis Cheilakis scored three times.
Christopher Lemonis (GRE) started and threw two no-hit innings. Nicholas Theodorou (W 1-0) picked up the win. Niall Rouen (L 0-1) allowed one hits, two runs (1 ER) and five bb in four innings to take the loss.
Russia – Portugal 10-0 (8)
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Russia used a seven-run sixth to beat Portugal 10-0 and to reach the finals on Saturday against Greece. Oleg Semonov got the big hit with a grand slam. Dmitry Lukin, Alexander Vasiliev and Nikita Monakhov each scored twice.
Rinat Makhmutov (W 1-0) allowed four hits and two walks in seven scoreless innings for the win. Tiago Rodrigues (L 0-1) gave up eight hits, eight runs (6 ER) and five bb in 5 1/3 innings.
Standings after first round:
- Greece 3-0
- Russia 2-1
- Portugal 1-2
- Ireland 0-3