Instead of the usual seven innings, the Dutch U15 team needed only four innings to win the opening game of the 2021 U15 European Championship. Except for a scoreless first inning, the Dutch scored at least one run in the remaining three frames. This year’s tournament is hosted by two countries: The Czech Republic and…
Last week, the Austrian Baseball Federation announced that the Baseball Bundesliga would start in July. The other day, the Federation announced the highest Austrian league will start on July 3rd. According to the website, 20 games in two months is a very tight schedule. Teams will be split in a Western and an Eastern Division….
Sure it is not one of the main competitions of Europe, even though the Austrians managed to stay in the A group of the European Championship, but there is some good news from the Alpine country. Today, the Austrian government announced that Austrians can practice sport in the open air again, starting July 1st. This…
In the past two years, you could read an overview of the national champions in Europe. The Dutch Baseball Hangout would like to continue with that, so here is the 2019 edition. Austria: The Dornbirn Indians took a 2-0 lead over the Vienna Metrostars, with convincing victories (6-1 and 9-2) in the first weekend of…
In the battle for ninth place, debuting Austria and Great Britain took on each other. Austria that surprised the European Baseball community by staying in the A Poule as they left Croatia and Sweden behind them, wasn’t able to pull off another stunt as they fell to Great Britain 11-9. In a high-scoring game, Great…
On the seventh day of the 2019 European Championship, the following games were scheduled. In the play downs: Sweden @ Great Britain and Croatia @ Austria In the quarter-finals: France @ Israel, Belgium @ Kingdom of the Netherlands, Czech Republic @ Spain and Germany @ Italy Play downs: Sweden 2 – 12 Great Britain Despite…
On the sixth day, two games were scheduled: Great Britain @ Austria and Sweden @ Croatia. Great Britain 1 – 6 Austria After three quick British outs in the first inning, Austria rallied for a big inning. Moritz Scheicher led off with a solo home run, Benjamin Salzmann doubled after two walks and drove in…
On the last day of the rounds-robin, the following games were scheduled: Belgium @ Italy, Spain @ Austria, Great Britain @ Sweden, the Netherlands @ Israel, Croatia @ France, Czech Republic @ Germany and the last part of the suspended game between the Netherlands and Great Britain. Belgium 4 – 11 Italy Belgium wasn’t a…
On the fourth day of the 2019 European Championship, the following games were scheduled: France @ Belgium, Israel @ Great Britain, Austria @ Croatia, Italy @ Spain, Sweden @ Czech Republic and Germany @ the Netherlands. France 12 – 2 Belgium A tough loss for Belgium. The tiny country did not stand a chance against…
On the third day of the European Championship, the following games were scheduled: Austria @ Italy, Great Britain @ Czech Republic, Belgium @ Croatia, Sweden @ the Netherlands, France @ Spain and Israel @ Germany. Austria 1 – 10 Italy In the opening game of today, Italy took on debuting Austria. Of course, the Austrians did…
