by Pavol Mozola
East Europe countries play in season 2012 InterLeague divided into North and South part. North countries are Slovakia and Hungary, South countries are Croatia and Serbia.
Slovak teams:
- Angels Trnava
- Apollo Bratislava
- Fighting Flies Bratislava
- Slovan Bratislava
Hungary teams:
- Aeros Erd
- Rascals Janossomorja
- Sleepwalkers Szentendre
- Warriors Obuda
Playing system: 14 games for each team between Hungary and Slovakia, games are doubleheader 9 + 7 inn, in Round Robin. South part has a silimar system. Semifinal tounaments and Final four tournament.
Standings after Round Robin 2011 season
1. Sleepwalkers Szentendre
2. Slovan Bratislava
3. Rascals Janossomorja
4. Apollo Bratislava
5. Angels Trnava
6. Fighting Flies Bratislava
7. Aeros Erd
Results week 1, April 14:
Rascals Janossomorja vs Apollo Bratislava – 2 : 11, 3 : 7
Slovan Bratislava vs Aeros Erd – 13 : 0 (7), 12 : 1 (5), HR – Michal SKULTETY (Slovan), Matus MIKO (Slovan), Pavol TESLIK (Slovan), Michal ESMIR (Slovan)
Warriors Obuda vs Fighting Flies Bratislava – 11 : 13, 2 : 13 (6), HR – Jakub MELLO (Fighting Flies)
Sleepealkers Szentendre vs Angels Trnava – 7 : 9, 0 : 12
Game reviews:
Rascals vs Apollo – Apollo started this season with very good performances of their pitchers Robert KOKAVEC (1st game) and Jaroslav KOSNA (2nd game). In the first game helped Apollo patience at bat and aggressive baserunning. In the second game they added 10 hits.
Slovan Bratislava vs Aeros Erd – Slovan’s office dominated the day with 18 hits including 4 homeruns. Aeros could not get anything going offensively. Despite redictions of a rainy day the weather was quite tolerable for opening day! Slovan scored seven runs in the first two innings en route to a 13:0 victory over Aeros on Saturday, as the Interleague entered week One. Homeruns from Matus MIKO in 1st and Michal SKULTETY in 2nd started the rally for Slovan. Martin STRAPKO and Pavol TESLIK pitched in the game and eliminated Aeros batters to finish 13:0 blowout in seven innings. Slovan pitcher Jakub KOVAC had an impressive Interleague debut in the second game of the day as a starting picher allowing no runs in three innings. Jan TIETZ closed the game for Slovan giving up a single run of the day for Aeros. Homeruns added Pavol TESLIK and Michal ESMIR to secure 12:1 victory.
Next schedule for April 22
- 11:00 Aeros vs Apollo at Bratislava
- 11:00 Slovan vs Rascals at Janossomorja
- 11:00 Fighting Flies vs Sleepwalkers at Szentendre
Doubleheader games
Pavol Mozola
info links:
Slovak baseball federation
www.baseballslovakia.com
Hungarian baseball federation
www.baseball.hu
box score
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3792894/Sezona2012/Interliga2012/confstat.htm