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Espoo Expos Sweep Tampere Tigers to Claim 18th Finnish Championship

Posted on September 19, 2022 by MrBB

The Espoo Expos defeated the Tampere Tigers 17-2 (box score) in Game 3 of the Finnish championship series last Saturday, Sep 10, with the victory giving the Expos a sweep in the best-of-five series and the club’s 18th Finnish championship.

The victory also avenges last year’s sweep of the Expos by the Tigers in the championship series.

The Expos led 5-0 after two innings, with four of the early runs off the bat of first baseman Jukka-Pekka Kurvinen, who brought home two runs with a triple in the first inning and two more with a single in the second.

Kurvinen would drive home a fifth run in the fifth inning on a sacrifice fly, his eighth RBI of the championship series.

Designated hitter Tommi Toivio contributed a triple and five RBI as well, the triple coming in a six-run fourth inning that put the game out of reach for the Tigers, who managed just five hits in the contest.

Miko Rauhamäki was awarded the W after he allowed two earned runs on four hits in three innings of work. Matti Nylander mopped up the final three innings, allowing just one hit, before the game was called early by mercy rule, setting off the Expos’ championship celebrations.

The Tigers finished atop the six-team SM League regular season standings with a 14-1 record, with the Expos in second with a 12-3 tally. The second place finish required the Expos to face Helsinki Puumat in the lone semifinal, a three-game series that the Expos won 2-1.

After years of domination by the Expos — the club won 16 Finnish championships in a row between 2003 and 2017 — the league has now seen the Helsinki Mets (2018) and Tampere Tigers (2021) rise to challenge the Expos’ hegemony in recent seasons.

Kendrey Maduro is greeted by his Dutch teammates after hitting his second homer in Group A play at the 2022 U18 European Championship in Hluboka, Czechia. Credit: mister-baseball.com.
Southpaw pitcher Dominic Scheffler became Switzerland's first born-and-raised talent to sign with an MLB organization when he signed with the Cincinnati Reds in 2023. Credit: Roger Savoldelli.
Marek Chlup hustles for third base during North Greenville University's March 27, 2021, game against Salem University. The Prague-born Chlup, who competed at the 2023 World Baseball Classic with Czechia, won the 2022 NCAA D2 national championship with NGU. Credit: North Greenville Athletics.
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