Bronze: Kingdom of the Netherlands-Germany 5-4 (10th)
It took 10 innings and a lot of emotion for the defending champions Kingdom of the Netherlands to be right for 5-4 from the Germania in the bronze final of the XXXVII European Baseball Championship in Brno, Czech Republic.
The Germans, who used 5 reliefs behind the starter By Kapffauthor of 4 runs without a score, had taken the lead first at the start of the quarter, also taking advantage of the only Oranje error of the match, then suffering an important comeback in the sixth inning, in which the Dutch scored 3 points with the home run by Juremi Profar e Dashenko Ricardo.
In the next attack it was the German DH Larry Shawn to close to 3-2, with his only homer against the starter Shairon Martis.
The Teutonic equalizer came at the last minute, in the ninth, making the most of the double at the start of the match Shawnfollowed by ‘s sacrifice bunt Grimes and from the sprint of Dinski.
Germany also took a 4-3 lead in extra-innings, against Kevin Kellythe winning pitcher then emerged, building the point with patience, but the choice to play Ricardowith 1 out, Schoop at second and the first free, allowed the Curaçao catcher to hit the second home run of his game, making history the first bronze for the Orange national team.
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Gold: Great Britain-Spain
The match between was very different Great Britain e Spain for the top step of the podium, characterized by a terrifying start for the Iberians, who scored 5 times in the first inning with 5 hits, of which 4 doubles, on the starter’s pitches Austin Hassan. GB found in Chris Messer the relief to contain the Spanish attack and had started his recovery already in the bottom part of the second half, with the 1-run home run of Nick Wardfollowed by the scoring of the fourth, on a sprint by Kennard Dawson after the Giallorossi pitcher Pablo Guillen he had filled the bags with 2 base balls and 1 hit.
At Messer’s change with Jacob Eschthe Spanish attack is unleashed again, scoring 4 runs with 2 home runs, both 2s, by Wander Encarnacion ed Engel Beltre before the second out.
The game then goes back into the hands of the pitchers until the ninth, in which a double of Daniel Jimenezwith Ustariz and Angulo on base, makes the Iberians stretch up to the11-2which remains the final result with which Spain won European gold for the second time in its history after that of 1955. It is instead the third silver for Great Britain, the previous ones being 1967 and 2007.
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from Brno, Czech Republic, Marco Landi
2023-10-01 23:48:10
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