1981 Playoffs
October 21st 1981
Wildcard Round:
Milan 5 Glasgow 6 (12) - Demetrio Morbidelli hits a 2-out double in the 12th and is brought home by a William MacGachan single.
Milan 7 Glasgow 1
Glasgow 3 Milan 0 - Glasgow steal 5 bases and starter Soren Toefting throws 7 strong innings.
Glasgow 7 Milan 6 - A homer and a double by Constantino Deodato help Glasgow into the next round.
London 3 Vienna 4
London 4 Vienna 6
Vienna 1 London 6
Vienna 9 London 4 - Lorenzo Gutierrez and Jose Roman homer to send Vienna through.
Athens 2 Helsinki 9 - Starter Javier Ramirez gives up 8 earned runs in 2 innings.
Athens 5 Helsinki 6
Helsinki 5 Athens 4 - Helsinki score 3 times in the 8th to sweep into the next round.
Warsaw 2 Sofia 3 (13) - A 2-out error by CF Patrick Lacroix allows Sofia to score the winning run.
Warsaw 7 Sofia 12 - Sofia score in each of the first 7 innings. Aristo Fotiadis is 3 for 4 with a double and a home run.
Sofia 10 Warsaw 3
League Championship Series:
Glasgow 7 Vienna 10 - Alberik Landgre and Armin Sina both have 3 RBIs for the Armageddon.
Glasgow 8 Vienna 5 - Vienna starter Helmut Zedlacher gives up 6 runs in 2 innings.
Vienna 3 Glasgow 11 - Erem Erkal hits 2 homers and a double for 5 RBIs in the game.
Vienna 7 Glasgow 5
Vienna 6 Glasgow 1 - James McIlwraith pitches a complete game against his countrymen.
Glasgow 2 Vienna 3 - Glasgow score twice in the 1st, but Vienna respond in their half with a 3-run homer from Lorenzo Boldrini and hold on to win.
Helsinki 2 Sofia 1 - Jose Cardona hits two doubles, including one in the top of the 9th to bat in the go-ahead run.
Helsinki 2 Sofia 4 - Aristo Fotiadis is 3 for 4 with a double and a home run.
Sofia 5 Helsinki 6
Sofia 16 Helsinki 3 - Preki Vukmanovic is 3 for 3 with a home run and 6 RBI.
Sofia 0 Helsinki 10 - Peter Evensen gives up just 3 hits in 8 innings of work.
Helsinki 6 Sofia 3 - Jordan Barnstaple hits two homers to take the Diesel into the European Series.
European League Series:
Game 1 starters - Helsinki: Peter Evensen (14-7, 3.35 ERA, 1.41 WHIP), Vienna: James McIlwraith (9-8, 3.73 ERA, 1.47 WHIP)
Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Helsinki 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 5 10 0
Vienna 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 2 X 8 10 1
James McIlwraith (VIE) - 7.1 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 5 K, 4 BB
Armin Sina (VIE) - 2/4, HR, RBI, 2 R
Game 2 starters - Helsinki: Radim Halamek (13-8, 5.17 ERA, 1.52 WHIP), Vienna: Tobias Bietak (8-9, 5.52 ERA, 1.60 WHIP)
Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Helsinki 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 10 0
Vienna 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 4 X 10 13 0
Jose Roman (VIE) - 4/5, HR, 2 2B, 4 RBI, 2 R
Lorenzo Gutierrez (VIE) - HR, 2 RBI
Game 3 starters - Vienna: Rens Quik (14-12, 3.50 ERA, 1.41 WHIP), Helsinki: Karel Grau (12-11, 4.39 ERA, 1.42 WHIP)
Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Vienna 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 5 11 0
Helsinki 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 6 1
Rens Quik (VIE) - 7.1 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 3 K, 8 BB
Game 4 starters - Vienna: McIlwraith, Helsinki: Evensen
Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Vienna 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 5 9 1
Helsinki 2 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 X 9 14 1
Jordan Barnstaple (HEL) - 4/5, 2 RBI
Helsinki - 5 other players with at least 2 hits
Oktav Grillparzar (VIE) - 3/4, HR, 2B, 2 RBI
Game 5 starters - Vienna: Helmut Zedlacher (0-2, 10.32 ERA, 2.29 WHIP), Helsinki: Pekka Vilkuna (14-6, 4.66 ERA, 1.60 WHIP)
Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Vienna 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 7 7 1
Helsinki 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 9 2
Lorenzo Gutierrez (VIE) - 2/4, 2 HR, 6 RBI
Vienna Armageddon win the series 4-1
Series MVP - Lorenzo Gutierrez (VIE) - 8/20, 3 HR, 2B, 8 RBI, 6 BB