Apollo and Vojvodina had reached the final with 2-1 records in the preliminary round robin with their group match being cancelled due to bad weather. The Barons Wroclaw (POL) and Budapest Red Wolves (HUN) finished at 2-2, coming in at third and fourth. Kaunas County Baseball (LTU) finished in fifth place in the final standings.
The final game between Vojvodina and Apollo was deadlocked at 0-0 after nine thrilling innings of a pitcher’s duel between Adam Zacko (Apollo) and Anderson Vera (Vojvodina). In the tenth with the tie-breaking runners on first and second to start the frame, Vojvodina failed to plate a run in the top of the inning. In the bottom half Bratislava didn’t waste any time to secure the win. A bunt moved the runners to second and third. Alexander Vaclavik followed to come through with a walk-off RBI single through the middle to end the game.
All results and statistics of the Federation Cup Qualifiers can be found at www.wbsceurope.org.
Photo by Apollo Bratislava