1986 Playoffs
October 21st 1986 -
Wildcard Round:
Vienna 0
Brussels 9 - Gill Burns pitched 8 innings, striking out 8 and only giving up 4 hits and a walk.
Vienna 0
Brussels 4 - Vienna get 6 hits, but can't break their duck for the series.
Brussels 2
Vienna 3
Brussels 3
Vienna 4
Vienna 5
Brussels 12 - Vienna outhit Brussels 11 to 8. Ruben Strauss scored a run all 4 times he came to the plate.
Zurich 0
Milan 2
Zurich 0
Milan 1 - Ludovico Montero gave up just 3 hits and no walks over 7 innings.
Milan 1
Zurich 6 - Sander Klaeboe drove in 5 runs.
Milan 3
Zurich 6
Zurich 0
Milan 2 - Michal Slimak 2-hit the Jesters, who failed to score a single run in 3 games in Milan in the series.
Berlin 2 Prague 1 - Egbert Kapitan gave up 3 hits over 8 innings.
Berlin 5 Prague 4
Prague 6 Berlin 1 - Jeroen Gerten pitched a complete game for the Eliminators.
Prague 5
Berlin 9 - Berlin score 5 runs in the 7th and clinch the series by being the first home team to win.
Hamburg 0
Copenhagen 5 - Yoan Lelievre struck out 9 over 8 innings.
Hamburg 1
Copenhagen 4 - Peter Osland had 2 HR's for the Armada.
Copenhagen 1
Hamburg 6
Copenhagen 5 Hamburg 3 - Thomas Meinert hit his 3rd homer of the series to lead the Armada into the League series.
League Championship Series:
Brussels 4 Milan 1 - Hampus Assar pitched 8 strong innings for Brussels.
Brussels 6 Milan 2
Milan 3
Brussels 8 - Ruben Strauss knocked in 4 runs for the Hitmen.
Milan 1
Brussels 4 - Jesus Ruiz shut out Milan over 7 innings as Brussels reach their third European League Series.
Berlin 1
Copenhagen 4 - Alexis Martin was excellent over 8 innings and Vladimir Erantsev homered.
Berlin 6 Copenhagen 1 - Dale Conway hit 2 doubles and a triple and knocked in 3 runs.
Copenhagen 4
Berlin 10
Copenhagen 6 Berlin 2
Copenhagen 4
Berlin 5 - Gunnar Rippner doubled and homered to drive in 3 runs.
Berlin 3
Copenhagen 4 (10) - Thomas Meinert hit two solo homers. Baltasar Chiquelho hit a 1 out triple in the 10th and was brought home by Klement Riis' single.
Berlin 4 Copenhagen 2 - Alexis Martin only gave up 4 hits over 8 innings, but Noah Cawston hit a 2-run homer off reliever Gaspar Kertesz in the 9th.
European League Series:
Game 1 starters
- Berlin: Kaspar Ahlmann (18-8, 2.83 ERA, 1.14 WHIP), Brussels: Jesus Ruiz (17-10, 2.32 ERA, 1.06 WHIP)
Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Berlin 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 9 1
Brussels 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 5 8 0
Vilfred Krak (BER) - 2/2, 2 HR, 4 RBI
Jorge Perez (BRU) - 4/5, 2 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R, 2-out RBI single in 10th
Game 2 starters - Berlin: Arnold Wert (18-12, 4.61 ERA, 1.44 WHIP), Brussels: Hampus Assar (10-12, 4.29 ERA, 1.44 WHIP with Madrid and Brussels)
Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Berlin 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 7 14 0
Brussels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 0
Arnold Wert (BER) - 7.0 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
Ricardo Wening (BER) - 3/4, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R
Game 3 starters - Brussels: Norman Wijnstekers (13-8, 4.22 ERA, 1.26 WHIP), Berlin: Joris Sonntag (11-14, 3.75 ERA, 1.23 WHIP)
Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Brussels 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 5 10 0
Berlin 1 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 X 7 12 0
Vilfred Krak (BER) - 4/4, 2 2B, HR, 2 RBI, R
Game 4 starters - Brussels: Gill Burns (17-4, 3.35 ERA, 1.22 WHIP), Berlin: Egbert Kapitan (13-13, 4.43 ERA, 1.26 WHIP)
Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Brussels 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 9 0
Berlin 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 X 5 7 0
Gunnar Rippner (BER) - 2/4, HR, 3 RBI
Game 5 starters - Brussels: Ruiz, Berlin: Ahlmann
Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Brussels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 0
Berlin 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 X 4 8 0
Kaspar Ahlmann (BER) - 7.0 IP, 6 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 6 K
Gunnar Rippner (BER) - 2/3, 2 RBI
Berlin Dragons win the series 4-1
Series MVP - Vilfred Krak (BER) - 7/17, 2 2B, 3 HR, 6 RBI, 5 R, 4 BB
Berlin are the team to finally get the EL on the board for EBL titles.
Brussels have now made the series in every even year, with this being their first loss. Jesus Ruiz didn't live up to his series history, giving up 4 earned runs in both of his starts.