KNTU Elizavetgrad – Kaunas Lituanica 10-3
KNTU won its fourth game this week, defeating Kaunas Lituanica 10-3 on Friday in Solingen. With the victory they will advance into the best-of-three final on Saturday. Six runs in the bottom of the second put the game out of reach early on. Dmytra Limarenko (W) struck out eleven in going the distance for his second win of the week. Tikhonets went 4-for-5 with three RBI. Stovba walked four times and reached in all of his five plate appearances.
Therwil Flyers – Brest Zubrs 1-8
Brest Zubrs stunned last year’s finalist Therwil Flyers with an 8-1 win on Friday. The team from Belarus scored in seven of the nine frames to seal the victory. Aliaksei Kachurka and Dzmitry Karvat combined for four RBI. Siarhei Sokal and Iliya Kasheuski scored twice. Andrei Los (W) picked up the win with five strikeouts in 2 2/3 innings of scoreless relief. Stefan Koller (L) conceded five runs (2 ER) on nine hits and four bb in seven innings.
Stal MKS B&S Kutno – Solingen Alligators 9-5
Stal MKS B&S Kutno stunned the Solingen Alligators by a score of 9-5 in the last game of the preliminary round at the Qualifier in Solingen. They had a fast 9-0 lead after four innings. The Alligators tried to come back, but it was too little too late. Solingen is still playing in the final on Saturday. KNTU is waiting in the best-of-three series. Kutno’s Rybski and Matecki combined for four RBI.