In the
final game on Saturday in Ljubljana, Slovenia, the game started with two
scoreless innings, bevor Kranjski broke the scoreless tie with two runs in the
bottom half of the third. In the fourth they plated a whopping nine runs to
blow the score wide open. Four more runs in the fifth ended the game by mercy
rule.
Pitchers
Johan Belisario and Bruno Giacalone struck out a combined twelve batters in
five scoreless innings, where they didn’t allow any Valerenga hits. Ryan Mirza
hit a home run. Tosja Lesjak collected four hits, three runs and three RBI.
Alex Guilford was the lone batter for Valerenga to reach base.
Lisjaki dominated
all week, winning all four games in the preliminary round phase of the
tournament as well. Valerenga finished in second place ahead of Akademics
Sofia, Angels Trnava and Eagles Cluj.
All results and statistics can be found on www.wbsceurope.org. All games can be watched on baseballeurope.tv
Photo by Jure Klobcar