France started into the title game (Box score) with a three-run first. After Czechia cut the deficit to a run in the second inning, the French team put seven runs on the board in the third to decide the outcome. While the Czech squad added a run in the fourth, France sealed the victory with three more runs in the fifth.

Five players by France, Emma Patry, Ambre Brouard, Marjorie Brunel, Yasmine Derbal and Coralie Guillemin, each scored twice. Derbal, Leonie Pauthe and Juliane Laporte collected two RBI apiece. Cassandra Vigneau allowed six hits, three runs and three walks in five innings for a complete game win. Katerina Popelkova, Petra Kolkusova and Eva Ventrubova scored the three runs for Czechia.

All results, box scores and statistics about the Women’s European Baseball Championship can be found at www.wbsceurope.org.

Photo by Glenn Gervot