1988 Playoffs
October 21st 1988
Wildcard Round:
Madrid 4
Glasgow 9 - Zbigniew Hodyl had 2 doubles and a triple for Glasgow.
Madrid 6 Glasgow 3
Glasgow 5 Madrid 1
Glasgow 4
Madrid 5 (10) - Niel Pedersen hit a solo 2-out homer in the 10th to win it.
Madrid 11 Glasgow 1 - Madrid scored 6 in the 1st and didn't look back. Dane Meling pitched a complete game.
Amsterdam 4
Lisbon 6
Amsterdam 3
Lisbon 8 - Lisbon hammered Alois Maloney for 6 runs in 2 innings.
Lisbon 6 Amsterdam 2 - The Renegades scored 5 times in the 1st to sweep their first ever playoff series.
Copenhagen 6 Warsaw 3 - The big inning was the 5th, when the Armada scored 4 runs
Copenhagen 11 Warsaw 4
Warsaw 1
Copenhagen 6 - The reigning champs are knocked out by Guy Brady's 5-hit complete game.
Helsinki 6 Hamburg 5
Helsinki 8 Hamburg 6 (11) - Simon Warmisch was 3/6 with a 3 run homer in the 11th and 5 RBI in total.
Hamburg 2
Helsinki 7 - Gustaf Bashe and Kvetoslav Thoendel homer to send the Diesel through.
League Championship Series:
Madrid 3 Lisbon 0 - Tahvo Ahonen allowed only 2 hits and 2 walks over 8 innings.
Madrid 0
Lisbon 7 - Bohdan Leibovic pitched 7 strong innings for Lisbon.
Lisbon 3
Madrid 4 (12) - Philippe Gautier had a pinch hit triple to win it.
Lisbon 6 Madrid 3 - Fabio Quinhones hit 2 home runs for Lisbon.
Lisbon 6 Madrid 2 (10) - Madrid left 12 men on base and paid for it in the 10th.
Madrid 4 Lisbon 0 - Javier Ramirez allowed only 3 hits over 7 innings.
Madrid 3
Lisbon 5 - The winning runs came in the bottom of the 8th with a Cyril Dufour single and Fabio Quinhones sacrifice fly.
Helsinki 2
Copenhagen 4
Helsinki 5 Copenhagen 2 - Helsinki scored 3 in the top of the 1st.
Copenhagen 4 Helsinki 2 - Billy Pawlett had a 3-run home run.
Copenhagen 5 Helsinki 2 - Rudolf Tuhina was 4/4 with 2 homers for the winners.
Copenhagen 8 Helsinki 3
European League Series:
Game 1 starters - Copenhagen: Guy Brady (13-12, 3.97 ERA, 1.37 WHIP), Lisbon: Roque Vilardeb (12-12, 3.50 ERA, 1.22 WHIP)
Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Copenhagen 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 9 0
Lisbon 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 2 X 8 11 0
Manuel Helfrich (LIS) - 4/4, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R
Lisbon - 4 stolen bases
Game 2 starters - Copenhagen: Tage Jepsen (8-17, 4.41 ERA, 1.46 WHIP), Lisbon: Jedrus Martynski (14-9, 4.23 ERA, 1.30 WHIP)
Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Copenhagen 0 1 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 7 8 1
Lisbon 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 1 8 12 2
Manuel Helfrich (LIS) - 2/5, HR, 3 RBI, 2 R
Billy Pawlett (COP) - 2/3, 3B, HR, 3 RBI
Cyril Dufour (LIS) - 3/5, game winning single in 9th
Game 3 starters - Lisbon: Pasqualino Terragni (16-8, 2.68 ERA, 1.04 WHIP), Copenhagen: Pauli Erstweiler (15-10, 3.74 ERA, 1.41 WHIP)
Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Lisbon 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 0
Copenhagen 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 X 4 7 0
Pauli Erstweiler (COP) - 8 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 5 BB, 6 K
Borzivoi Busicove (COP) - 3/3, 2B, RBI, R
Klement Riis (COP) - 1/3, 3 RBI
Game 4 starters - Lisbon: Bohdan Leibovic (18-7, 2.57 ERA, 1.17 WHIP), Copenhagen: Jens Fetterlein (8-16, 4.84 ERA, 1.42 WHIP)
Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 R H E
Lisbon 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 11 1
Copenhagen 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 1
Mauricio Castanhinha (LIS) - 4 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1/1, RBI single in 14th
Lisbon - 4 relief pitchers allowed only 2 hits over 8 innings.
Game 5 starters - Lisbon: Vilardeb, Copenhagen: Brady
Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Lisbon 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 8 10 0
Copenhagen 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 4
Roque Vilardeb (LIS) - 8.1 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
Vladimir Pantelic (LIS) - 3/5, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R
Lisbon Renegades win the series 4-1
Series MVP - Manuel Helfrich (LIS) - 9/20, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 4 R, 2 BB, 2 SB
Lisbon sign of their first playoff effort in style with a comfortable European League Series win. Game 4 was the key game as they broke the resistance of Copenhagen with 14 inning win thanks to their bullpen.