Poland and Great Britain will play in the final game of the Qualifier U15 European Championship in Huenenberg, Switzerland on Saturday. The final is scheduled for 1pm and will be streamed live on YouTube. Great Britain celebrated a blowout win over Slovakia in the afternoon and then awaited their fate during the last preliminary game between Switzerland and Poland. Poland prevailed in the end and clinched their spot in the finals.
Slovakia – Great Britain 1-18
Great Britain defeated Slovakia 18-1 in the afternoon game in Huenenberg on Friday. GB took a 3-0 lead after three innings and extended the advantage to 10-1 after six frames. In the seventh the British offense erupted for eight runs to close it out. Graydon Koyanagi and Jamie Warren scored three runs apiece. Alex Blandon crossed the plate for the lone run of Slovakia. Koyanagi also issued three hits, a run and six walks in four innings to pick up the win. Adam Vlcek conceded five hits, four runs (1 ER) and four base on balls in four innings to take the loss.
Switzerland – Poland 8-14
Poland stunned host Switzerland with a late rally and celebrated a 14-8 win on early Friday evening. Switzerland had scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth to take an 8-6 lead. However Poland answered with eight runs in the top of the seventh to come back and take the game. It was their fourth win in as many games. Patryk Zajak dominated by going 6-for-6 with four RBI. He also pitched six innings to pick up the win. Pawel Hutny added three runs and three RBI for Poland. David Herrmann, Livio Bundi and Dominic Scheffler scored two runs each. Fabio Bundi took the loss in relief.
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Live play by play, box scores and statistics are available through CEB’s competition website www.baseballstats.eu. Local organizers have launched a dedicated Facebook page for the tournament at www.facebook.com/baseballem2016. Games of Great Britain will be live streamed on YouTube.