Nils Brüderli hit a grand slam to put Switzerland’s Barracudas Zurich up 4-3 in the third inning of the final round robin game at the Federation Cup final in Kaunas, Lithuania, but Slovakia’s Apollo Bratislava came from behind to earn home field advantage for the championship. Meanwhile, Kaunas Lituanica and Silesia Rybnik also took a first shot at each other on the final day of pool play.
For more on the Federation Cup, see our coverage of the Lithuania Group: Introduction [link], Day 1 [link], Day 2 [link]. Results from the Federation Cup Slovakia Group are here: Day 1 [link], Day 2 [link], Day 3 [link], Day 4 [link].
Box scores can be found here [link]. All games played to seven innings, rather than nine.
Results
June 10
Rybnik 2 – Bratislava 9
Kaunas 3 – Zurich 6
June 11
Rybnik 4 – Zurich 5
Bratislava 10 – Kaunas 3
June 12
Zurich 5 – Bratislava 9
Kaunas 5 – Rybnik 8
June 13
Third: Kaunas – Rybnik
First: Zurich – Bratislava
Standings
| Team | W-L | RF | RA |
| Apollo Bratislava (Slovakia) | 3-0 | 28 | 10 |
| Barracudas Zurich (Switzerland) | 2-1 | 16 | 16 |
| Silesia Rybnik (Poland) | 1-2 | 14 | 19 |
| Kaunas Lituanica (Lithuania) | 0-3 | 11 | 24 |