Slovakia and Switzerland earned victories on the first day of action at the Federation Cup pool hosted by Kaunas, Lithuania. In today’s games, Barracudas Zurich took on the hosts, Kaunas Lituanica, while the second Slovakian baseball club to contest the Federation Cup, Apollo Bratislava, faced off against Poland’s Silesia Rybnik.
The tournament runs from June 10–13, while another group of the Federation Cup reaches its midway point today in Bratislava, Slovakia, with five other teams. Each tournament features a round robin, with the top two teams from each group advancing to a championship game. The Federation Cup is the third-ranked of four WBSC Europe cups. For more, consult our introduction here [link].
Box scores can be found here [link].
Results
June 10
Rybnik 2 – Bratislava 9
Kaunas 3 – Zurich 6
June 11
Rybnik – Zurich
Bratislava – Kaunas
Standings
| Team | W-L | RF | RA |
| Apollo Bratislava (Slovakia) | 1-0 | 9 | 2 |
| Barracudas Zurich (Switzerland) | 1-0 | 6 | 3 |
| Kaunas Lituanica (Lithuania) | 0-1 | 3 | 6 |
| Silesia Rybnik (Poland) | 0-1 | 2 | 9 |