The Ukrainian Baseball championship started on Wednesday with three games. Defending champion KNTU started its 2009 campaign with a 10-0 shutout. RK DYuSSh-Dinamo received the promotion to the first division this winter, but began with a 1-11 loss. Also playing in the league is KVINT from Pridnestrovie, which prevailed in ten innings on opening day.
Results, April 8:
KNTU (Kirovograd, Ukraine) – Diamant(Kirovograd,Ukraine) 10-0
TNU-Tigers(Simferopol, Ukraine) – RK DYuSSh-Dinamo(Simferopol, Ukraine) 11-1
KVINT (Tiraspol, Pridnestrovie) – ATMA(Kiev, Ukraine) 8-7 (10)