The French Elite League finals will kick off its best-of-five series this weekend with the first two games. The ROUEN HUSKIES will take on the SAVIGNY LIONS. Both clubs will face each other for the third time in the French Finals after 2003 and 2005. The HUSKIES have won five French championships in the last six years, including the last four in a row. SAVIGNY captured the title in 2004.
ROUEN finished the regular season this year in first place with a 25-3 record. SAVIGNY were in fourth with a 15-13 record. The LIONS heated up during the playoffs and took first with seven wins in nine games. The HUSKIES had the same record, but lost two of three against their finals opponent to settle for second.
Possible Lineups:
Rouen Huskies:
C Boris Marche
1B Nicolas Dubaut
2B Luc Piquet
SS Dany Scalabrini
3B David Gauthier
LF Flavien Peron
CF Kenji Hagiwara
RF Joris Bert
Savigny Lions:
C Vincent Ferreira
1B Carlos Jiminian
2B Romain Martinez-Scott
SS Yann Dal Zotto
3B Florian Peyrichou
LF Jerome Rousseau
CF Christophe Goniot
RF Steven Huff
Probable Starting Pitchers:
Rouen Huskies:
Keino Perez, Robin Roy
Savigny Lions:
Pierrick Lemestre, Tim Steward
Schedule:
Saturday, October 3rd:
15:00 Rouen Huskies – Savigny Lions
Sunday, October 4th:
14:00 Rouen Huskies – Savigny Lions
Saturday, October 10th:
TBA Savigny Lions – Rouen Huskies
Sunday, October 11th:
TBA Savigny Lions – Rouen Huskies*
TBA Savigny Lions – Rouen Huskies*
*if necessary
For extensive coverage of the French finals visit the official website of the Rouen Huskies. Mister-Baseball also recommends Huskies’ Mag No.169
