The preliminary round at the European Cup in Chartres and Paris ended on Saturday with three games. Unipol Bologna shut out L&D Amsterdam. T&A San Marino defeated Paris UC. The Solingen Alligators won against Brest Zubrs. The combination of Bologna’s and San Marino’s win led to a three-way tie between Bologna, Amsterdam and San Marino with the first two claiming a berth in the finals due to TQB.
Unipol Bologna – L&D Amsterdam Pirates 9-0
Unipol Bologna defeated L&D Amsterdam 9-0 in the afternoon matinee at Stade Pershing in Paris. Guillermo Rodriguez gave the reigning Italian champion a 1-0 lead with a RBI single in the first. A solo home run and a sac fly by Alessandro Vaglio in the third and the fifth made it 3-0 before a six-run rally in the seventh blew the score open and basically sent Bologna to the finals. Alessandro Grimaudo had the big hit with a two-run double. Raul Rivero picked up the win, allowing just four hits and two walks in 7 2/3 innings, while striking out nine. Kyle Ward got the start for the Pirates and issued six runs on nine hits and two base on balls in 6 2/3 innings.
Brest Zubrs – Solingen Alligators 1-20 (8)
The Solingen Alligators claimed fourth place in the final standings with a 20-1 blowout over Brest Zubrs in the last game in Chartres on Saturday afternoon. Solingen broke a 1-1 tie in the fifth, added insurance in the sixth and ended the game with a 13-run eighth. Tanner Leighton collected five hits. Johannes Weidemann and Daniel Sanchez combined for eight RBI. Markus Stryczek scored four times. Nils Hartkopf struck out seven in six solid innings for the win. Aliaksei Lukashevich conceded six hits, four runs (3 ER) and three walks in five-plus innings.
Paris UC – T&A San Marino 1-11 (7)
In the evening game in Paris T&A San Marino improved to 4-1 in the first round with an 11-1 victory over Paris UC in seven innings. Joe Mazzuca doubled twice and drove in four runs for the Titans. He, Mario Chiarini and Lorenzo Avagnina scored two runs apiece. Douglas Rodriguez crossed the plate for the lone PUC run in the seventh. Nicholas Morreale allowed just three hits and a walk in six scoreless innings for the win. James Murrey got charged with six hits, six runs (4 ER) and two base on balls in five innings to take the loss.
Outlook
The European Cup in Chartres and Paris ends on Sunday at 3pm with the grand finale between Unipol Bologna and L&D Amsterdam. The winner faces the winner of the European Cup in Rotterdam to determine this year’s European Champions Cup winner.
Final Standings First Round
|
Pos
|
Team
|
GP
|
WO
|
LO
|
AVG
|
GB
|
|
1
|
 CNF Unipolsai Bologna (ITA) |
5
|
4
|
1
|
800
|
0
|
|
2
|
 Amsterdam Pirates (NED) |
5
|
4
|
1
|
800
|
0
|
|
3
|
 T & A San Marino (SMR) |
5
|
4
|
1
|
800
|
0
|
|
4
|
 Solingen Alligators (GER) |
5
|
2
|
3
|
400
|
2
|
|
5
|
 PUC (FRA) |
5
|
1
|
4
|
200
|
3
|
|
6
|
 Brest Zubrs (BLR) |
5
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
4
|
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