by Pavol Mozola. Slovak baseball federation, www.baseballslovakia.com
Apollo vs Slovan
In first game Slovan goes to lead 6-1 with pitcher Michal Noga in 6 inn. In 8. inn Orlický added 3-run HR and correct the score from first pitch. Apollo at bottom 9 inn closed final score to 6-5. HR – Daniel ORLICKÝ (Apollo)
In second game dominates defenses. Apollo pitcher Michal Janovčík held Slovan batters. Winning run for Slovan was in the bottom of 7 inn with bases loaded and 2 outs with Pavol Teslík`s infield hit.
Sleepwalkers vs Angels
Szentendre Sleepwalkers – Trnava Angels 14-13
The game started with team from Szentendre living up to their name. The “Sleepwalkers,” seemingly slept through the first 2 innings giving up 9 runs. A few defensive miscues, walks, mixed in with timely hitting by the Angels had the visitor on top by a score of 9-1 by the top of the 3rd inning.
Peter Gyurcsek, battling a cold, showed a heart of lion. Gyurcsek didn’t have his best stuff, but settled down to only surrender 3 more runs through 7 innings proving once again why he is the staff ace! By the bottom of 3rd the Sleepwalker’s bats woke up and they began to mount a comeback by scoring 2 runs, 3 more in in the bottom of the 5th, and busting out for 5 in the 6th inning. By the top of the 7th inning, the visitor had the lead; 12-11. Kovacs came in 7 and did a great job keeping the hot hitting Angels of balance with his curveball only surrendering 1 run along the way.
The Sleepwalkers with some clutch hitting, by the end of the bottom of the 8th had captured the lead and were ahead 14-13.
In the 9th, the Angels mounted one more comeback. With Kovacs walking the lead-off hitter, Szentendre closer Anthony Bennett was summoned to the mound. Bennett quickly got the 1st hitter he faced to pop into a double play, but a hit and two hit batsman loaded the bases. In the end, Bennett picked up his 2nd save in two weeks by getting the last hitter to line sharply to right field.
Szentendre Sleepwalkers – Trnava Angels 12-1 (5inn)
Game 2 was the opposite. Tom Szabo, cruised through 7 innings only surrendering 1 run. Tommy Boy was 2 outs away from throwing a complete game shut-out when the Angel bats finally put together a rally to score. The team from Szentendre rode the momentum from game 1 and continued to swing hot bats scoring 12 runs in 5 innings.
Szentendre has now 6-0 winning streak in the IL, will take on the team Erd next week.
Aeros vs Fighting Flies
In game 1, the Fighting Flies jumped out to sizable 1st inning lead behind solid hitting and few errors by the Aeros. The Aeros kept it close throughout the match, but were never able to overcome the early lead and lost the match 12-8. In the second game, the Aeros had several potential rallies stopped by the Flies and left quite a few runners on base in the first few innings. Solid pitching and many extra base hits carried the Bratislava team to an easy 16-3 win in 6 innings.
Results week 4, April 30:
Apollo vs Slovan 5-6, 1-2
Sleepwalkers vs Angels 14-13, 12-1 (5)
Aeros vs Fighting Flies 8-12, 3-15 (6)
Next schedule for May 7
11:00 Apollo vs Rascals at Jánossomorja
11:00 Fighting Flies vs Slovan at Bratislava
11:00 Sleepwalkers vs Aeros at Érd
Doubleheader games
Standings W L ave
Sleepwalkers 6 0 1000
Apollo 4 2 667
Slovan 5 3 625
Rascals 2 2 500
Fighting Flies 2 4 333
Angels 1 5 167
Aeros 0 4 000
Box scores and stats
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3792894/Sezona2011/Interliga2011/confstat.htm