Pavol Mozola, Slovak Baseball Federation, www.baseballslovakia.com
Apollo vs Aeros – The first game was close game for the first half but Apollo’s hit won out with Lukáš Žilavý going 4/5. In the second game Aeros were plagued by errors (9) and walks (6 BB and 2 HP). In both game, Apollo’s pitching and fielding was able to hold the Aeros to only 3 hits in each game. HR – Erik Teslovič (Apollo).
Sleepwalkers vs Slovan – This was fight between Hungarian and Slovak champions 2010 season.
Slovan Bratislava – Szentendre Sleepwalkers 5-8
The host team started off really well. They scored 5 runs in the first 3 innings off of Gyurcsek. The game seemed to be slipping out of our hand as the score was 5-1 after the 3rd inning. The Sleepwalkers could not find a handle on the Slovan pitcher. After the 3rd inning Gyurcsek managed to find his rhythm that he already showed in the first round against the Fighting Flies. He didn’t allow any more baserunners to cross homeplate from the 3rd inning on. The Sleepwalker bats woke up and fought their way back to take the lead. Gyurcsek finished with a ridiculous 190 pitches on the counter, after closing out the ninth inning.
Szentendre Sleepwalkers – Slovan Bratislava 10-8
The first inning wasn’t easy this time around either. Szabó Tamás the young lefty allowed 3 walks and a 2 run basehit in the very first inning. The bats were silent again on the Szentendre-side as they only scored 1 in the first two innings. Tomyboy settled down in the 2nd inning and threw a 3-up and 3-down inning. The Sleepwalkers ran away with the game after making the difference 10-2 in the 5th inning. The ex-Spiders didn’t give up, they were battling their way back and climbed up to 10-8 in the 7th inning. They had the bases loaded with only 1 out. The 15-year old Japanese pitcher Sakanashi managed to strike out the Slovan batter for the 2nd out of the inning. The game was finished with a hard ground ball to first base. The Sleepwalkers bullpen had a tough time making outs, the shaky defense didn’t help them much. They used altogether 5 pitchers in the 7-inning 2nd game.
The reigning Hungarian Champions took, what they came for. They stay at 4-0 after the first two rounds. They will host the always strong Trnava Angels, where they try to keep their home record clean.
Results week 3, April 23:
Apollo vs Aeros 14:2, 16:1
Rascals vs Angels 12:14, 6:3
Sleepwalkers vs Slovan 8:5, 10:8
Next schedule for April 30
11:00 Apollo vs Slovan at Bratislava
11:00 Sleepwalkers vs Angels at Szentendre
11:00 Aeros vs Fighting Flies at Jánossomorja
Doubleheader games
Standings W L PCT Apollo 4 0 1000 Sleepwalkers 4 0 1000 Rascals 2 2 500 Slovan 3 3 500 Angels 1 3 250 Fighting Flies 0 4 000 Aeros 0 2 000
Box scores and stats
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3792894/Sezona2011/Interliga2011/confstat.htm