1982 Playoffs
October 24th 1982
Wildcard Round:
Amsterdam 8 Brussels 3
Amsterdam 3 Brussels 2 - Brussels only had 3 hits after the third inning.
Brussels 4 Amsterdam 2 (12) - Amsterdam outhit Brussels 14 to 9, but couldn't seal the deal.
Brussels 5 Amsterdam 4 - The Selects led 4-0, but home runs in the 6th from Nicolas Turpin and Theo Brittain tied it up and the Hitmen scored the winning run in the 8th.
Amsterdam 2
Brussels 3 - Both teams scored all of their runs in the 8th. Amsterdam left 11 men on base.
Madrid 6 Milan 3 - Milan couldn't score after the 1st inning and Madrid get homers from Dushan Mitevic and Salvador Chavez.
Madrid 5 Milan 4 (14) - Milos Vostatkova led off the 14th with a walk, then stole 2nd and came home on a Torquator Morais single to put the 104 game winners on the brink of elimination.
Milan 9 Madrid 3
Milan 2
Madrid 3 - Sindre Grondalen allowed only 3 hits over 8 innings to knock out the Mud Cats.
Athens 4 Berlin 3 (10)
Athens 4 Berlin 2
Berlin 2
Athens 6 - Another good team hitting performance and good pitching from the Avalanche sees them in to the Eastern League series.
Prague 0
Budapest 4 - Jeirgif Izvekov allows 4 hits and a walk over 8 innings.
Prague 6 Budapest 3 (12)
Budapest 4 Prague 3 - A solo home run in the 9th by Sanyi Salay wins the game for the Smoke.
Budapest 5 Prague 0 - Michal Slimak pitches 7 strong innings, allowing only 2 hits.
League Championship Series:
Madrid 0
Brussels 12 - Brussels scored in 7 of the 8 innings they took the plate. Axel Johansson allowed only 2 hits in 7 innings.
Madrid 4
Brussels 6
Brussels 2
Madrid 5
Brussels 11 Madrid 10 - Nicolas Turpin was 4 for 5 with 5 RBI
Brussels 5
Madrid 6
Madrid 3 Brussels 2 - Solo home runs in the 4th by Milos Vostatkova and Luis Solis gave Madrid a lead they would not surrender.
Madrid 2
Brussels 5 - Nicolas Turpin and Fabio Quinhones both had RBI triples.
Athens 13 Budapest 5 - Jakob Pederson hit 2 homers and 'Pop' Annoni and Ian Denve both had one as well.
Athens 2
Budapest 3 (11) - The winning run scored on a wild pitch with the bases loaded.
Budapest 4
Athens 7
Budapest 5 Athens 1 - Adrian Sandrakos pitched 7 shutout innings.
Budapest 3
Athens 8 - 'Pop' Annoni was 3 for 4 with a homer.
Athens 4 Budapest 1 - 4 relievers combined to hold the Smoke hitless over the last three innings.
European League Series:
Game 1 starters - Athens: Helmuth Siepel (16-11, 3.32 ERA, 1.14 WHIP), Brussels: Klement Holby (7-11, 4.28 ERA, 1.49 WHIP)
Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Athens 0 2 0 4 2 5 0 0 0 13 13 1
Brussels 0 4 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 10 12 4
Jakob Pederson (ATH) - 3/4, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 4 R
Jorge Perez (BRU) - 2/4, 2 HR, 3 RBI
Pitchers made 3 of the 5 errors on the day, including 2 by Arthur Allaart (BRU)
Game 2 starters - Athens: Johnny Snabel (8-8, 4.63 ERA, 1.58 WHIP), Brussels: Axel Johannson (10-11, 4.13 ERA, 1.26 WHIP)
Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Athens 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 7 1
Brussels 0 4 0 3 1 0 2 2 X 12 11 1
Theo Brittain (BRU) - 2/4, HR, 3 RBI
Andre Jolivet (BRU) - 2/4, HR, 2 RBI, 3 R
Phillipe Perrin (BRU) - 2/5, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R
Game 3 starters - Brussels: Jesus Ruiz (10-12, 3.67 ERA, 1.32 WHIP), Athens: Vladislav Lipovtsov (7-9, 4.54 ERA, 1.39 WHIP)
Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Brussels 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 10 16 2
Athens 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 10 0
Andre Jolivet (BRU) - 3/4, 2B, 3B, 2 RBI, 2 R
All of Brussels' starters got a hit
Game 4 starters - Brussels: Penn Heldt (14-6, 4.19 ERA, 1.51 WHIP), Athens: Eudor Galanopoulos (16-8, 4.13 ERA, 1.44 WHIP)
Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Brussels 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 1
Athens 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 X 5 13 0
Nicodemo Annoni (ATH) - 2/4, 2 2B, 3 RBI
Eudor Galanopoulos (ATH) - 7.2 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
Game 5 starters - Brussels: Holby, Athens: Seipel
Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Brussels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 7 0
Athens 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 X 3 9 0
Helmuth Seipel (ATH) - 8.0 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 8 K
Paulo Simon (ATH) - 1/3, Stole 3rd in bottom of 8th, scored go ahead run on pinch hit sac-fly by Bialas Czajkowski
Game 6 starters - Athens: Snabel, Brussels: Johansson
Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Athens 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 6 0
Brussels 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 3 9 2
Axel Johansson (BRU) - 7.0 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
Game 7 starters - Athens: Lipovtsov, Brussels: Ruiz
Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Athens 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0
Brussels 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 3 9 1
Craig Hockenhull (BRU) - 3/4, 2B, RBI, 2 R
Jesus Ruiz (BRU) - 7.2 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
Anatolio Jovine (BRU) - 2/4, 2 2B, 2 RBI
Brussels Hitmen win the series 4-3
Series MVP - Jesus Ruiz (BRU) - 2-0, 0.71 ERA, 0.79 WHIP, 12.2 IP, 8 K