Day 4 Recap of MLB Spring Academies Tournament (April 8, 2015)

by MLB Europe

GAME 8: CZECH REPUBLIC VS. EUROPEAN ALL STARS (7 INNING GAME) (CZECHS HOLD OFF EU ALL STAR LATE RALLY IN 6-5 WIN)

	1 2 3 4	5 6 7 8	9  R H E
EU	0 1 0 1	0 0 4 -	-  5 7 2
CZE	1 2 3 0	0 0 - -	-  6 5 3

For Czech Republic, Jan Nebenfuhr pitched three strong innings as the starter. Filip Claus and Filip Smola led the offense with two hits each. For the EU All Stars, Benjamin Goffaux of Belgium had four hits on the day and Antonio Horvatic of Croatia dominated in relief.

GAME 9: NETHERLANDS VS. ITALY (7 INNING GAME) (HOLLAND’S FAST START AND STRONG FINISH TOO MUCH FOR ITALY IN 11-8 TRIUMPH)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R  H E
NED 3 2 0 3 1 1 1 - -  11 10 1
ITA 2 0 4 2 0 0 0 - -   8  8 3

For Netherlands, Oliver Van Der Weijst, Max Draijer and Ruben Prins led the offense with hits. For Italy, Bor Starc had two homeruns in the game.

GAME 10: GERMANY VS. ITALY (7 INNING GAME) (GERMANY DOMINANT IN 10-0 WIN OVER ITALY)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R H E
GER 1 0 2 2 5 0 0 - -  10 7 1
ITA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - -   0 1 2

For Italy, Pietro Adorni had the only hit in the game. For Germany, Daniel Mendelsohn was superb as the starter in the shutout. Pascal Amon had three hits for the Germans. Sascha Koch, Danny Lankhorst, Victor Voll and Vincent Helget also hit safely.

GAME 11: SPAIN VS. FRANCE (7 INNING GAME) (FRANCE OUTLASTS SPAIN IN HIGH SCORING GAME, 13-7)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R H E
FRA 2 5 2 2 2 0 0 - -  13 4 2
ESP 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 - -   7 3 2

For France, Lucas Serafin’s effective relief of starter Gideon Coste allowed for the French comeback. Nolan Soliveres, Melissa Mayeux, Maxime Coutas and Neven Dominguez had the hits. For Spain, Ramon Rosso was the starter.