Czechia – Germany 8-6 (Box score)
On Friday
evening in Trebic, host city of the U-23 Basebal European Championship 2025, Czechia
held off a late rally by Germany to win 8-6. After building a 7-0 lead at the
Trebic Nuclears ballpark after seven innings, Germany countered with six
combined runs in the eighth and ninth to make it a two-run game before Czechia
prevailed. Michal Sindelka went 2-for-4 with three RBI. Eight different players
scored for Czechia. Ryan Johnson picked up the win with two innings of
scoreless relief. Lou Helmig and Alexander Schmidt collected two RBI apiece for
Germany. Nadir Ljatifi scored twice. Mark Harrison got charged with the loss.
Germany – Czechia 5-2 (Box score)
On Saturday
evening Germany evened the series with a 5-2 win over Czechia at the Eagles
Praha ballpark. Czechia struck first with a RBI double by Marek Krejclrik for a
1-0 lead in the second. Lou Helmig then first tied the game with a solo home
run in the fourth and then scored the go-ahead run in the sixth on a RBI single
by Luca Rammelmann. Krejclrik evened the score for Czechia with a sac fly in
the seventh. But Germany scored three runs on RBI singles by Elias von Garßen,
Danny Lankhorst and Eric Brenk in the eighth to seal the win. Florian
Kawczynski earned the win in relief. Lukas Ercoli got charged with the loss.
Czechia – Germany 5-7 (Box score)
After the late
rally wasn’t successful on Friday, Germany celebrated a 7-5 comeback victory on
Sunday afternoon over Czechia. In Prague, at the Tempo Praha facility, Germany
scored three runs in the eighth and ninth inning to turn a 4-5 deficit into the
victory. Eric Brenk tied the game with a RBI single in the eighth. Maurice
Bendrien then scored on an error to put Germany ahead. In the ninth Simon
Bäumer hit a solo home run to seal the win. It was the second home run of the
night for Bäumer, who also connected for a two-run shot in the third. Finn Bergmann
also went deep for Germany. Matous Bubenik homered twice for Czechia, while
Martin Muzik hit a solo home run. Christoph Ehrich earned the win in relief,
while Stepan Dupal took the loss.
Complete
results and statistics are available through www.stats.baseball.cz.
Photo by Lenka Brožová
