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The Paderborn Untouchables couldn’t be stopped offensively by the Swiss National Team in the third game of day two, as they put up at least one run every time they came to bat in a 12-2 victory. Switzerland struck first in the top of the first, when Livio Bundi began the game with a double and later came around to score on Michael Diaz’s ground out. In the bottom of the first with the bases loaded, Landislaus Landwehr squeeze bunted in Merlin Bendlin and then Max Eckerman hit an RBI single (2-1).
Nothing is more savoring for a team than a two-out rally. For the Polish National Team, it was staring an 0-2 record in the face with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning, when it went on a five-run rally to comeback and defeat the Paris University Club 11-10 in Game #6. On a 3-2 count, Patryk Zajac singled to give Poland its first base runner. Tobiasz Swiatlowski walked and was pinch ran for by Konrad Wisniewski. A wild pitch advanced each base runner 90-feet, before Lukasz Krzemienowski tripled, scoring both (10-8). Paris then turned to Phillip Bird on the mound and made two other defensive changes, hoping to collect a final out that it would never find. Hubert Marcinowski singled, scoring Krzemienowski (10-9). Marcinowski stole second and then moved to third on a wild pitch.
An eight-run top of the fourth inning propelled the North State Warriors to victory over Netherlands United in the first game of day two. With the game tied 2-2, the Warriors went on a rally, collecting six hits and taking advantage of two Netherlands United errors and wild pitches and a walk. Myron van Atten and Bas Houtkamp both connected on RBI doubles in the inning. Netherlands later scored a run in the bottom of the fifth and started a bit of a rally in the bottom of the seventh, when Aidan Brodsjo recorded an RBI single and Mitchel Colina hit an RBI triple, but the deficit was too much for the Netherlands to overcome (11-5).
Belgium’s National Team scored early and often and won a decisive 10-run game 16-6 against Poland’s National Team to end day one. Belgium’s Zion De Brauwer hit a three-run home run to break open the scoring in the bottom of the first. The Polish countered in the top of the second with five runs of their own, as both Batlomiej Kopanski and Patrick Zajac recorded RBI singles. Arthur Heymans tripled, scoring Ferre Vanhees in the bottom of the second, and then the Belgians scored nine runs in the third thanks to three hits, two errors, two hit batsmen and a walk. K. van Hevel was solid on the mound in his four innings of relief. He allowed one unearned run on one hit and one run, while striking out four for the win. Every player for Belgium had a hit, while De Brauwer led Belgium with four RBI. Belgium will take on the Stuttgart Reds, looking to go 2-0, at 5:30 p.m. Poland battles the Paris University Club tomorrow at 11:30 a.m. local time Stuttgart.