Three teams, the Netherlands, Germany and the Czech Republic already have reached the semi-final at the European Championship Cadets U15 in Paderborn and Dortmund. The first round ends on Thursday.
In the morning game in Paderborn the Czech Republic defeated the Ukraine 11-3. It was a close affair until the Czech put five runs on the board in the fifth and three in the seventh. Jakub Grepl scored three times. Dan Ondrousek went 3-for-4 with two runs and a RBI. Vaclav Taus pitched four solid, but wild innings for the win. He struck out seven. Artur Bovtach took the loss.
In the afternoon game Belarus stunned Russia with a 6-1 victory. Uladzislau Ilyin stifled the Russian bats through seven innings, allowing just an unearned run in the seventh on one hit and two walks. He struck out nine and reached 83 MPH with his fastball. He also went 3-for-4 with two runs at the plate. Evgeny Ryabinin took the loss, surrendering four hits, four runs and five base on balls in four innings.
In the early evening contest in Paderborn the Netherlands improved to 2-0 with a 22-6 victory over Lithuania. They kicked off the contest with ten runs in the first and scored in each of the five innings played. Fernando Perez dominated at the plate, going 3-for-5 with a triple, a double, four runs scored and four RBI. Tommy van de Sanden and Tijani Dunlop each scored thrice and drove in three. Domantas Bojarinas collected two RBI for Lithuania.
Germany closed out the second game day with a 24-0 shutout over Sweden in the lone game in Dortmund. Eight runs in the second and eight in the fourth blew the game wide open. David Dinski went 4-for-5 with two triples, a double, three runs scored and seven RBI. Niklas Rimmel crossed the plate four times. David Reichertz, Marcel Giraud und Henry Matzpreiksch kept the Swedes to one hit and three walks.
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