Thursday, June 17:
KNTU Elizavetgrad – Kaunas Lituanica 9-5
KNTU Elizavetgrad got their second win in four games at the European Cup Qualifier in Brest, defeating Kaunas Lituanica 9-5 on Thursday. Maksym Symshyna and Bogdan Stovba combined for six RBI. Dmytro Limarenko (W 1-1) went the distance, striking out twelve batters in nine innings. William Gordon (L 0-2) took the loss. He also was 3-for-4 with two RBI at the plate. Marius Tatarunas had three RBI for Kaunas.
TJ STU Angels Trnava – Dinamo Bucharest 3-8
Dinamo Bucharest improved to 4-0 at the tournament with an 8-3 victory over the Angels Trnava. The Romanian champion scored five runs in the first two innings to decide the outcome early. Andrei Apostoaei went 3-for-5 with three RBI. Bogdan Cretulescu scored three times. Dan Panaitescu (W 1-0) struck out 14 in nine innings for the win. He issued three runs on ten hits and a walk.
Brest Zubrs – North Stars 0-8
The North Stars qualified for the final series of the European Cup Qualifier on Saturday thanks to an 8-0 shutout over host Brest Zubrs. They are going to face Dinamo Bucharest in the best-of-three series on Saturday with result number one being the loss of the Stars against Dinamo from Wednesday. Artur Donetskiy (W 1-0) gave up just three hits and three walks in eight strong innings. He struck out 13. Nikolay Lobanov closed out the three-hitter with a scoreless ninth. Oleg Semenov and Vladimir Timakov drove in two each. Andrei Poplauski (L 0-1) took the loss.
Complete Schedule European Cup Qualifier Brest, Zubrs
Standings:
- Dinamo Bucharest 4-0
- North Stars 3-1
- KNTU Elizavetgrad 2-2
- Brest Zubrs 1-3
- Kaunas Lituanica 1-3
- TJ STU Angels Trnava 1-3