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European Champions Cup 2018: Embarrassing loss for L&D Amsterdam Pirates
Byyankeebiscuitfan June 7, 2018

Six hits were all that L&D Amsterdam Pirates could produce against Owen Ozanich of the Rouen Huskies. The French champion, on the other hand, managed to collect twelve hits and score eight times to hand Pirates a humiliating loss: 8-1 Owen Ozainich was practically unhittable today. Only in the ninth inning, Pirates got past second base…

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European Championship: The battle for the seventh spot
Byyankeebiscuitfan September 14, 2016

Because France (group B) and Sweden (group A) both finish fourth, both teams were excluded from the super round and from the relegation round. The teams had to play only one game for the seventh spot in the final standings today. If one would expect a walk over for the French, Sweden proved that person wrong….

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European baseball | World Baseball Classic

WBC Qualifier 3: France stuns Spain to stay alive
Byyankeebiscuitfan March 18, 2016

France 5 – 3 Spain In the day game, the French team did the unexpected. The team cruised to a 5-3 victory to send the Spaniards home and to stay alive in the tournament. Already in the first inning the French lineup did not show any mercy for the Spanish pitching staff as…

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Asia Winter League: Europe close to second win, bullpen falters
Byyankeebiscuitfan December 16, 2015

Today not a Dutch pitcher as a starter, but one from the French competition. But nevertheless a solid outing. Owen Ozanich pitched through five innings in which he only gave up three hits and struck out four without surrendering a run. Europe on its turn scored three runs in the first two innings. With two…

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Asia Winter League: Europe clinches another tie
Byyankeebiscuitfan December 11, 2015

In today’s game between team Europe and the CPBL, both teams were each other’s match for nine innings in runs, hits and errors. Owen Ozanich lasted five innings in whiche he gave up three runs on five hits and two walks. He also fanned four. It looked like if Europe would end up on the wrong…

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Europe shut out again
Byyankeebiscuitfan December 6, 2015

I have to stop saying things like “It looks like they start to hit better”. I said that in the report of the game between team Europe and team KBO. But in the last two games Europe was shutout twice. Yesterday 9-0 and today… In the first inning the CPBL delegation got on the board…

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Asia Winter League: Europe falls to Chinese Taipei 1-5
Byyankeebiscuitfan November 29, 2015

In the second game that the European delegation played at the Asia Winter League, team Chinese Taipei was too strong. One of the highlights was the 2-6 double play that Italian catcher Alberto Mineo made in the first inning. Another positive thing was that starting pitcher Maickel Rietel pitched three good frames before he was…

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European Cup 2014: Dutch advance to championship game with one game left in round two
Byyankeebiscuitfan September 19, 2014

Today, the Dutch made a decisive step into the championship game. France was the opponent. About two weeks ago, the two had met at a preparation tournament and the French left a good impresssion. Could they repeat this today? On both sides the first inning was a 1-2-3 inning with three consecutive outs. But in…

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