Tranås – Stockholm 6-3, 2-7
The current leader in the Swedish Elitserien, TRANAS, had to settle for a split at home against reigning champion STOCKHOLM. In game one, TRANAS built up a fast 6-0 lead thru six innings, before STOCKHOLM cut the deficit into a half in the seventh, but wasn’t able to score more afterwards. Adam Balan drove in two. Adeyinka Adewusi scored twice. Eimantas Zickus (W 3-0) struck out nine in seven solid innings for the win.
In the second match STOCKHOLM prevailed 7-2, handing TRANAS the first loss of the 2009 season. Magnus Pilegård and Peter Johannesen combined to drive in four runs. Daniel Wood scored twice. Adewusi homered for the host. Oscar Carlstedt (W 3-0) allowed just one run on three hits in seven strong innings. He struck out five.
Gefle – Rättvik 2-8, 2-5
RÄTTVIK won its first two games of the season in GELFE on Saturday. In game one they scored three runs apiece in the sixth and eighth en route to an 8-2 win. Kristoffer Sjoeberg went two-for-five with three RBI. Tomas Börjes reached four times and crossed the plate thrice. Aaron Hutchinson had two RBIs for GEFLE.
In the second part of the twin bill, the BUTCHERS plated four runs between the sixth and the eighth on their way to a 5-2 victory. Adam Sorgi and Nicklas Melin scored four of the five runs. Magnus Höglund (W 1-0) allowed two runs on seven hits in 8 1/3 innings.
Leksand – Goteborg 6-3, 9-6
LEKSAND opened the doubleheader against GOTEBORG by scoring four runs in the first frame and set up the sweep. Hakan Börjes scored twice in a 6-3 win in game one. Daniel Farth drove in two. In the second match they scored five runs in the fifth en route to a 9-6 victory. Tom Brice excelled with four hits, a walk, two runs scored and three RBI in five plate appearances. Tobias Bornström drove in two. BJ Packo and Jonny Edgren had two RBI each for GOTEBORG.
Sundbyberg Heat – Karlskoga Bats 8-7, 4-5
SUNDBYBERG and KARLSKOGA, which battle each other at the top of Swedish Baseball since a few years, met on Sunday and settled for a split after a pair of one-run wins. In game one, the HEAT scored five runs in the seventh and later stopped a rally right in time to win 8-7. Philip Gajzler went two-for-four with three RBI. Will Rikard and Grant Irving each scored twice. Heath Herron had two runs and two RBI for the BATS.
In the second match it was the turn for KARLSKOGA. They built up a fast 5-0 lead after three innings and nearly blew it, when the HEAT scored four times in the next four frames. But the BATS held on to the one-run lead in the end and won 5-4. Ronny Frid (W 1-0) allowed eight hits, four runs (3 ER) and three bb in a complete game win.
Box scores and stats available on HeatStat
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The Swedish Elitserien resumes play on Tuesday and Wednesday with three matchups, including showdowns between the top four teams TRANAS, KARLSKOGA, SUNDBYBERG and STOCKHOLM.
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