U23 Austrian team roster for the European Championship

U23 European Championship will be held from 7 to 13 August in Brno (Czech Republic), Trnava (Slovakia) and Wales. Austrian team will play in the previous round of the competition. 16 teams will compete for prize-winning places in Brno after the group stage. The head coach Clemens Cichocki chose the top 20 players who will represent the country at home championship:

Richard Alzinger (Vienna Homerunners)
Lukas Bickel (Feldkirch Cardinals)
Omar Luis Duenas Hidalgo (Wels Jumpin Chickens)
Philipp Eckel (Traiskirchen Grasshoppers)
Samuel Hackl (Vienna Homerunners)
Christoph Hoscher (Vienna Wanderers)
Michael Jager (Dornbirn Indians)
Raphael Mayr (Attnang-Puchheim Athletics)
Ferdinand Obed (Wr. Neustadt Diving Ducks)
Sascha Obermayer (Traiskirchen Grasshoppers)
Nicholas Schadler (Vienna Homerunners)
Moritz Scheicher (Wr. Neustadt Diving Ducks)
Severin Schutz (Schwechat Blue Bats)
Alex Seidl (Stockerau Cubs)
Marc Seidl (Stockerau Cubs)
Marcel Theiner (Dornbirn Indians)
Alessandro Valido Morrison (Vienna Wanderers)
Christoph Vanas (Vienna Wanderers)
Maximilian Wenger-Oehn (Vienna Wanderers)
Felix Zimmerle (Vienna Wanderers)

Coaching stuff:

Clemens Cichocki – Head Coach
Christian Tomsich – Pitching Coach
Hiroyuki Sakanashi – Offensive Coach
Matthias Scheicher – Strength & Conditioning Coach

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Sasha Koch became the player of the week

The baseball player of the National Team became the player of the week during the tenth game day of the 1st Baseball Bundesliga.

Sacha Koch is a player of the “Bonn Capitals”, who really made a difference in the first game of doubleheader against “Dohren Wild Farmers”. The “Capitals” team had got the double victory and became leaders in the North Division.

Koch did not allow opponents to fulfill any hit and swept “Dohren Wild Farmers” with the score 6:0. Sasha made only one mistake during nine innings, when he allowed Celeb Fenimore to fulfil one walk. Koch sent 15 betters to subs bench due to his excellent pitches. 82 of his 120 pitches were strike-outs.

Koch dropped his ERA in this season from 1.83 to 1.43 having played full game. He made 66 strike-outs and 14 base on balls with only 20 hits during 43 1/3 innings.

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Dutch Hoofdklasse: Lars Huijer one-hits DSS

In the Dutch Hoofdklasse three games were played on Thursday evening.

Former minor leaguer Lars Huijer struck out 12 batters in a seven-inning one-hitter. He allowed just one hit and a walk through seven frames, as the Hoofddorp Pioniers beat DSS 12-0.

L&D Amsterdam defeated the De Glaskoning Twins 11-0 in seven innings. Kevin Heijstek pitched through the whole seven innings, working in and out of trouble, but keeping the scoreboard clean. Gilmer Lampe went deep and collected four RBI.

In the third matchup Curacao Neptunus Rotterdam beat HCAW 4-2. Boyd Tuhumury and Roelie Henrique gave Bussum a 2-0 advantage in the fifth. But Rotterdam tied the game through RBI singles by Jochem Koedijk and Stijn van der Meer in the seventh. One frame later Ruar Verkerk and Daniel Fernandes had RBI singles to break the tie and to seal the comeback win.

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Czech Extraleague: Pitching prevails on this week

Five games were played in the middle of the week in the Czech Extraleague.

Kotlarka Prague defeated the Tempo Titans Prague 14-0 on Wednesday. Scott Mulhearn scored four runs without capturing a hit. Martin Muzik went deep. Lukas Ercoli, Jiri Vavrusa and Marek Minarik combined in a four-hitter.

Jan Varousek, Martin Kalabek and Jan Nebenfuhr kept Olympia Blansko to six hits in a 5-0 victory by Draci Brno.

The Eagles Prague shut out the Nuclears Trebic 7-0. Skokani Olomouc stunned Arrows Ostrava with a 7-0 win. Max MacNabb and Jakub Vojak hit home runs.

Cardion Hrosi Brno edged out Technika Brno 3-1. Tim Brown threw 7 2/3 strong innings. Filip Claus homered for the Hippos.

Results:

21. 6. 2017	Kotlářka Praha	Tempo Titans Praha	14:0
21. 6. 2017	Draci Brno	Olympia Blansko	5:0
21. 6. 2017	Eagles Praha	Třebíč Nuclears	7:0
21. 6. 2017	Arrows Ostrava	Skokani Olomouc	0:7
22. 6. 2017	Technika Brno	Cardion Hroši Brno	1:3

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Rimini cuts Duran, adds Vasquez San Marino says farewell to Camacho

Following the European Champions Cup Rimini and T&A San Marino are making a couple of roster moves for the remainder of the Italian Baseball League.

Rimini has cut ties with Carlos Duran and is replacing him on the roster with Willy Vasquez. Meanwhile San Marino has parted ways with seldom used Yoimer Camacho. They had added American pitcher Josh Komborowicz a couple of weeks ago.

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Germany to play Exhibition Games against Netherlands, Czech Republic

Germany’s men’s baseball national team is going to play four exhibition games against the Netherlands and Czech Republic in the coming two weeks.

Next Wednesday, June 28, Germany will travel to Haarlem to face the Netherlands at 7.30pm. From July 4 to 6, Heidenheim and Regensburg will be host to a three-game series between Germany and the Czech Republic.

Schedule:

June 28, Haarlem: Netherlands- Germany
July 4, Heidenheim: Germany – Czech Republic
July 5, Regensburg: Germany – Czech Republic
July 6, Regensburg: Germany – Czech Republic

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Logo revealed for Fielders-Choice.de All-Star Game in Germany

The German Baseball and Softball Federation (DBV) announced the logo for the 2017 Fielders-Choice.de All-Star Game, which will be held on July 23 in Munich-Haar. The logo was designed by Diamond Pride, a Munich based show for baseball merchandise.

Also for a second straight year the Germany based baseball and softball web shop Fielder’s Choice is going to be name sponsor for the event and the MVP award for the best player of the game.

At the Fielders-Choice.de All-Star Game the German National Team is facing 18 of the best players of the German Baseball-Bundesliga. Each of the 15 clubs will be represented, three players will be nominated through an online-vote.

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