Results InterLeague Slovakia – Hungary June 18

by Pavol Mozola, Slovak baseball federation, www.baseballslovakia.com

Sleepwalkers – Rascals

Game 1: 14-2 (7 inn)

The first game between the two top Hungarian teams didn’t live up to the expectations, the reigning champion Sleepwalkers, crushed the visiting Rascals in the first game of the doubleheader. The young lefty, Tamás Szabó didn’t allow a run until the 6^th inning. Szabó held opposing hitters off balance and made them swing and miss. There wasn’t a hard hit ball until the substitute “Szasza” hit a hard liner over the leffielder Földessy’s head and scored the first run for them. The Sleepwalkers never let Gergely Felsővári to settle down scoring 9 runs in 4+ innings off him. The southpaw, Péter Draganits followed him on the mound , who seemed to have found the antidote to the Sleepwalkers’ bats, but got hit hard in the 6-7^th inning. The Sleepwalkers ensured to finish top seed in the northern interleague with this win.

Game 2: 0-6

The second game looked to be much more interesting with the pitching match-up of Péter Gyurcsek and Gábor Nagy. The home team now playing as visitors started off the game with back-to-back hits from Halmos and Bubla, but Nagy settled down and got Illés, Simonyi and Németh to pop-up. What didn’t go well for the home team, went great for the Rascals. It seemed like every time they managed a hit against Gyurcsek they scored the runner. Timely hits just didn’t happen for the Sleepwalkers, squandering runners in scoring position several times.

The Rascals celebrated their first ever championship win over the Sleepwalkers and left the city on a high note waiting for their first InterLeague playoff.

Results Week 10, June 18:

Rascals vs Sleepwalkers 2-14 (7), 7-0

Apollo vs Slovan 6-8, 6-1

(These games are counted only for Slovak teams, because between Slovak teams we have more games)

Angels vs Fighting Flies 14-2 (7), 4-3

(These games are counted only for Slovak teams, because between Slovak teams we have more games)

Schedule for June 26

11:00 Fighting Flies vs Angels at Trnava, original date May 28 – rained out

Doubleheader games

Standings	InterLeague			Overall *
	W	L	ave	W	L	ave
Sleepwalkers	10	2	833	10	2	833
Slovan	9	3	750	12	4	750
Rascals	8	4	667	8	4	667
Apollo	5	5	500	7	7	500
Fighting Flies	2	6	250	2	10	167
Angels	1	7	125	4	8	333
Aeros	1	9	100	1	9	100

* Slovak teams have more games, that are not counted to InterLeague.

Standings for Semifinals tournaments

	Group North	Group South
1	Sleepwalkers	Nada SSM
2	Slovan	Zagreb
3	Rascals	Vindija
4	Apollo	Olimpija

S C H E D U L E

1. Semi final tournament 1 – Zagreb, double elimination

Friday, 26. 08.2011.

1. Zagreb (CRO) – Rascals (HUN) – 12 p.m.

2. Nada (CRO) – Apollo (SVK) – 4 p.m.

Saturday, 27. 08.2011.

3. Winner 2 – Winner 1 – 11 a.m.

4. Looser 2 -Looser 1 – 3 p.m.

Sunday 28.08.2011.

5. Looser 3 – Winner 4 – 11 a.m.

6. Winner 3 – Winner 5 -final game, both finalists qualified for the final tournament – 3 p.m.

2. Semi final tournament 2 – Szentendre, double elimination

Friday, 26. 08.2011.

1. Slovan (SVK) – Vindija (CRO) – 12 p.m.

2. Sleepwalkers (HUN) – Olimpija (CRO) – 4 p.m.