Marunov 1-hitter earns Israel 5th place

In one of the best pitching performances of this tournament, Michael Marunov allowed only 1 hit, as he pitched a complete-game shutout and his Israel team beat Belgium 4-0 to finish fifth place. Yaniv Rosenfeld hit a home run in the second inning and a triple in the seventh, as Israel added 3 more runs to secure the win. Read more »

Danes have their rematch, Netherlands finish bronze

The second semifinal belonged to Denmark and, just as in the previous mutual game, they defeated the Netherlands by 7 runs. Kim Hansen pitched through the whole thing with no runs against allowing only 2 hits and 1 base on balls with 9 strikeouts. Read more »

Croatia ends championship winless, Israel will play for 5th place

Croatia wanted to get at least one win in this tournament with their last game against Israel, but they didn’t create themselves many opportunities to score and conceded at least one run in four out of six innings on defence. For Israel there is still one game left against Belgium, which will decided whether they finish fifth or sixth. Read more »

Daily summary: Czechs in Final, Dutch earn medal in thriller

There were three games on the second-to-last day of the European Championship. Belgium beat Croatia in the consolation round, the Netherlands beat Great Britain on an inside-the-park walk-off home run by Emeron Lourens to clinch a medal and a spot in next year´s World Championship, and the Czech Republic beat Denmark to earn a place in Saturday´s final. Read more »