By Gabriel Fidler BOGUSLAV, Ukraine — Leslie Nacar duplicated Jesús Montaño’s six scoreless innings from Game One and the Marlins romped to another effortless win the Federations Cup Ukraine Qualifier. Montaño backed…
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2021 Federations Qualifier: Unhittable Lainoff, Pekhotkin Set Up London–Moscow Final
By Gabriel Fidler BLAGOEVGRAD, Bulgaria — On an important day for Moscow in the Bulgaria pool of the Federations Cup Qualifier, the RusStars came up one run short in a rollercoaster game…
2021 Federations Qualifier: Tenerife Overwhelms Utena; Deering Delivers Win for London
By Gabriel Fidler BOGUSLAV, Ukraine — Tenerife and London were each victorious as the CEB Federations Cup Qualifier in Ukraine commenced. The entry level qualification tournament is the first ever hosted by…
2021 Federations Qualifier: Yoshioka’s Bat, Arm, Stroman’s Solo Shot Deliver Win for London
By Gabriel Fidler BLAGOEVGRAD, Bulgaria — After convincing wins by the London and Moscow on the opening day of the third Federations Cup Qualifier, the two clubs matched up for the only…
2021 Federations Qualifier: Four Hits for Edmonds, Sollecito, Kochetov as London, Moscow Win
By Gabriel Fidler BLAGOEVGRAD, Bulgaria — The third qualifier for the CEB Federations Cup commenced in southwestern Bulgaria with Athletic Sofia representing the host nation in a battle of clubs from three…
Tokyo 2020, Game 11: Israel Eliminated by Walkoff Despite Valencia Homer
By Gabriel Fidler. Image of Valencia courtesy of WBSC. Danny Valencia hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the eighth as Israel twice mounted comebacks against No. 7 Dominican Republic, but Los Quisqueyanos saved…
Tokyo 2020, Game 9: Kim Strikes Again as South Korea Blasts Israel
Wrap and images courtesy of WBSC. World No. 3 South Korea advanced today to the semifinal of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic baseball competition after beating No. 24 Israel, 11-1, in a mercy-rule,…
Olympic Baseball Day 5: ISR-DOM Historical Preview, Starting Pitchers
Notes and images courtesy of WBSC. Today’s one-game playoff between baseball powerhouse Dominican Republic and Olympic newcomer Israel will decide whose hopes of a medal will continue. The winner will have the chance to…
Tokyo 2020, Game 8: Korea’s Kim Erases Francisco’s Moon Shot in Walk-Off
Wrap and images courtesy of WBSC. Hyun-Soo Kim hit a laser to right field to cap off a three-run rally in the bottom of the eighth to give world No. 3 South…
Olympic Baseball Day 4: ISR-MEX, DOM-KOR Historical Preview, Starting Pitchers
Notes and images courtesy of WBSC. The knockout phase begins with an elimination game between Mexico and Israel. The defending gold medalist Korea will face the Dominican Republic in the night game. Two…
Tokyo 2020, Game 6: Former WBSC Player of the Year Casas Leads USA Over 2008 Gold Medallists
Wrap and images courtesy of WBSC. Triston Casas hit a game-changing two-run homer in the fourth inning to send world No. 4 USA to the knockout stage as the Group B winner…
Tokyo 2020: Olympic Baseball Knockout Schedule Set
The knockout stage, including the semifinals, consists of eight games and runs from 1-5 August, with the medal round to follow on 7 August. The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) today announced…
Europeans in the Majors & Minors: July Update
By “DZ”. Filed 28 July 2021. It was a tough July for most Europeans, but the three weeks since the last update provided three highlights by Europeans in minor league baseball. The most…
Tokyo 2020, Game 4: USA Overpowers Israel Despite Valencia Homer
Wrap and images courtesy of WBSC. Jon Ryan tossed six innings, giving up one run, while the US bullpen ended the game with three scoreless innings. In USA’s first Olympic baseball game…
Tokyo 2020, Game 2: Israel Loses Extra-Inning Heartbreaker to 2008 Olympic Baseball Champions South Korea
Wrap and images courtesy of WBSC. Olympic baseball has opened its competition with a pair of dramatic thrillers. After Japan’s come from behind, walk-off win over Dominican Republic yesterday in Fukushima, today…
WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup postponed to 2022
Press release, WBSC. BRADENTON AND SARASOTA, Fla. – USA Baseball, in partnership with the Sarasota-Bradenton Local Organizing Committee and the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), today announced the postponement of the WBSC U-18…
Bourgeois Named New Head Coach for Great Britain U15
Press release and photo courtesy of Great Britain Baseball. Great Britain Baseball is excited to announce the appointment of Scott Bourgeois as the Head Coach for the U15 National Baseball Team. Scott is…
Tokyo 2020, Game 1: Japan’s Sayamoto Defeats D.R. with Walk-Off in First Olympic Baseball Game Since 2008
FUKUSHIMA — Baseball’s first Olympic game in 13 years did not disappoint, with the Dominican Republic holding a 3-1 lead in a tense opener, only to see Japan load the bases with…
CEB Cup, Day 5: Brno Earns Cup, Promotion; Final Day Dramatics on Field, Officials’ Tent
SÉNART, France — European baseball’s second-highest tier of club competition resulted in three nail-biting finishes, with Valencia pulling out a wild 10-9 victory over Minsk and host team Templiers Sénart dealing Draci…
CEB Cup, Day 4: Valencia Outduels Sénart; Manzanero Mashes in Brno Blowout
SÉNART, France — Brno’s Dragons won big again, torching the Dornbirn Indians, 16-6, while Astros Valencia re-entered the title conversation with a pair of wins, dropping Sénart from its undefeated position with…
CEB Cup, Day 3: Two More Homers for Brno’s Manzanero, Helder; Possible Record for Templiers’ Paz
SÉNART, France — On the second full day of competition in the CEB Cup, the magic number was two for Draci Brno. Two homers by Pabel Manzanero and a pair of triples…
CEB Cup, Day 2: Manzanero’s Two Homers Rescue Draci; Walk-Off Wild Pitch for Valencia
SÉNART, France — Draci Brno and Astros Valencia, the two favorites for the Confederation of European Baseball Cup, both pulled out narrow wins on the first full day of play in the…
CEB Champions Cup, Day 2: Lee Sends Bonn to Semis, Bologna Easily Secures Spot
OSTRAVA, Czech Republic — Two clubs booked their places in the semifinals of the Champions Cup as the second of three days of group rounds in Czechia concluded. Bologna scored 17 runs…
CEB Cup, Day 1: Kurhun One-Hits Dornbirn, Sladzinski Homers for Minsk
SÉNART, France — The second tier of competition for European clubs commenced on July 13 at the home of the Templiers, just southeast of Paris. At stake is qualification to the Champions…
CEB Champions Cup, Day 1: Kemp Hits Three as Both Dutch Clubs Victorious
OSTRAVA, Czech Republic — European baseball’s Champions Cup began in the Czech Republic with eight teams fighting for the continent’s club championship. Ostrava and Frýdek-Místek, both in northeast Czechia, are the host…