Kristiansand Suns climbed into second position in Group A of the Federation Cup Qualifier, eliminating Bulgaria’s Lions NSA with a 25-5 drubbing that was mercifully ended in part due to heavy rains in Jánossomorja, Hungary. Lithuania’s Utenos Titani and Finland’s Puumat will play today, setting up the possibility of tie in the first pool of the cup.
Meanwhile, Jánossomorja’s Rascals moved to 2-0 with another complete effort, once more featuring prospect Martin Morua. In two games, the two-way, multi-positional player if 6-for-7 with two doubles and a homer and has won both games for the Hungarian club on the mound, striking out nine and permitting only four baserunners in 5.1 shutout innings. Romania’s Thunder Wolves Botoșani dropped to 1-1 in the loss, while Finland’s Tampere Tigers joined them in joint second with a 10-0 bashing of Kyiv.
For more on the European Cup, see our coverage of Day 1 [link] and Day 2 [link].
Box scores can be found here [link]. All games played to seven innings, rather than nine.
Results
June 1
Utenos 7 – Kristiansand 0
Puumat 5 – Lions 2
June 2
Utenos 4 – Lions 2
Kristiansand 7 – Puumat 6
June 3
Lions 5 – Kristiansand 25 (3)
June 4
Puumat – Utenos
Group A Standings
| Team | W-L | RF | RA |
| Utenos Titanai | 2-0 | 11 | 2 |
| Kristiansand Suns | 2-1 | 32 | 18 |
| Puumat B.C. | 1-1 | 11 | 9 |
| Lions NSA | 0-3 | 9 | 34 |
Results
June 1
Kyiv 3 – Botoșani 5
June 2
Jánossomorja 11 – Tampere 0
June 3
Kyiv 0 – Tampere 10 (5)
Botoșani 3 – Jánossomorja 11
June 4
Tampere – Botoșani
Jánossomorja – Kyiv
Group B Standings
| Team | W-L | RF | RA |
| Jánossomorja Rascals | 2-0 | 22 | 3 |
| Tampere Tigers | 1-1 | 10 | 11 |
| Thunder Wol. Botoșani | 1-1 | 8 | 14 |
| Kyiv B.C. | 0-2 | 3 | 15 |