On the second of three days in the preliminary round at the B-Pool European Championship in Trnava, Slovakia the national teams from Switzerland and Slovakia celebrated their second win each. Slovakia dominated Romania 19-1 in six innings. Seven runs in the second and six in the sixth blew the score wide open.
Switzerland scored two late runs in the seventh and ninth to prevail 2-1 over Ukraine. James Sanders, Taka Oshima and Tobias Siegrist kept Ukraine to one run through nine innings. Poland earned its first win in the competition with a 21-6 blowout against Finland. Belarus edged out Lithuania 4-3.
Results:
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Wednesday 3rd July
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| 05 |
10:00
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B |  BELARUS |
 LITHUANIA |
4 – 3 |
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| 06 |
13:30
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A |  FINLAND |
 POLAND |
6 – 21 | 7 |
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| 07 |
17:00
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B |  ROMANIA |
 SLOVAKIA |
1 – 19 | 6 |
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| 08 |
17:00
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A |  UKRAINE |
 SWITZERLAND |
1 – 2 |
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The winner of the B-Pool European Championship in Trnava faces the winner of the B-Pool European Championship in Blagoevgrad in a playoff series at the end of the month, looking to qualify for the European Championship in September. A complete schedule and live play by play are available at www.baseballstats.eu.