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Craig Costello · 08-18-2008, 04:48 PM

Irish Eyes Are Smiling

December 27th 1988 - The team from Ireland became the second ever European Baseball Champions today after a tournament which they dominated from start to finish.

Code:

Group A                         Group B
                  W   L  GB                    W   L  GB
Ireland          32   8   -     Austria       29  11   -
Spain            25  15   7     Germany       25  15   4
France           24  16   8     Finland       24  16   5
Portugal         21  19  11     Denmark       23  17   6
Italy            19  21  13     Greece        22  18   7
Netherlands      18  22  14     Norway        20  20   9
Russia           18  22  14     Sweden        20  20   9
Czech Republic   17  23  15     Hungary       18  22  11
Poland           17  23  15     Belgium       17  23  12
Switzerland      16  24  16     Scotland      12  28  17
Bulgaria         13  27  19     England       10  30  19

Notes -

Ireland started as they meant to go on with a 16-4 record over the first half (exactly duplicated in the second half). They played the longest game of the tournament on the second day when they beat Portugal 6-5 in 20 innings.
Their UK neighbours didn't quite start so well, with England winning only 3 of their first 13 and Scotland starting 4-16. England's start included a game against Norway that was tied at 2 after 6 innings, then nobody scored until the Norwegians won it in the bottom of the 18th.
Russia scored 4 in the 1st, 5 in the 2nd and 6 in the 3rd in a game in which they beat the Netherlands 19-2.
Germany won 10 of 12 games to pull equal with Austria and Finland in Group B. Finland were swept in Belgium in their last series to miss out.
Norwegian and Danish pitchers combined to walk a staggering 25 batters in a game which Norway won 14-12. The game only went 9 innings, but still lasted 4 hours and 16 minutes.
Spain got 2nd in Group A despite losing their last two games in Poland. France were busy being swept at home by Russia to let them in.

Player Notes -

Ireland's Billy Pawlett and Jason Dyer both hit two home runs on opening day as they beat Portugal 10-2.
Rich Klein (Germany) had a 5/5 day with 2 doubles, a homer and 4 RBI in a 10-1 win over Belgium.
1984's Euro Championship Final Series MVP, Jacquy Gilbert (France), hit 4 doubles and scored 4 runs in his team's 11-3 win against Bulgaria.
Ludwig Herzog (Austria) was 5/5 with 2 HR, 5 RBI and 5 runs scored as his team won 20-8 against Greece. On the same day, Finland's Eero Lehvaslaiho had 7 RBI in a 22-2 win over England.
Nathan White (England) pitched the first no-hitter in European Championship history. He only walked 2 hitters against Belgium. There were three other complete game shutouts in the tournament, by Jesus Ruiz, Panos Metrofanis and Botol Burnay.
Lorenzo Gutierrez (Spain) hit 3 home runs for 6 RBI against Italy to lead his team to an 8-6 win.
On the last day of regular season play, two players hit for the cycle. Rich Scherer (Germany) and Ian Meoni (Switzerland) were both on the losing side though. Meoni also had a cycle in the 1984 tournament.

All Tournament Team

Code:

SP -- Jesus Ruiz (ESP)        -- 8-1, 0.86 ERA, 0.86 WHIP
RP -- Dom Templeman (IRL)     -- 0-0, 17 SV, 20.1 IP, 0.84 WHIP
C  -- Ludwig Herzog (AUT)     -- .326 AVG, 8 HR, 27 RBI, .970 OPS
1B -- Lukas Stoger (AUT)      -- .357 AVG, 9 HR, 22 RBI, 1.085 OPS
2B -- Thomas Meinert (DEN)    -- .329 AVG, 10 HR, 36 RBI, .998 OPS
3B -- Roland Sbarro (ITA)     -- .358 AVG, 3 HR, 20 RBI, .898 OPS
SS -- Harlan McRea (IRL)      -- .284 AVG, 3 HR, 25 RBI, .787 OPS
LF -- Pantalian Lobeiro (POR) -- .378 AVG, 9 HR, 31 RBI, 1.089 OPS
CF -- Rich Scherer (GER)      -- .333 AVG, 12 HR, 39 RBI, 1.153 OPS
RF -- Yoann Bernard (FRA)     -- .349 AVG, 10 HR, 29 RBI, 1.048 OPS

Significant Injuries -

Kalman Simon (Hungary) will miss the first few months of the 1989 season with a shoulder injury.

Knockout Stages

Germany 9 Ireland 1 - Rich Scherer hit 2 home runs. Kaspar Ahlmann struck out 10 in 8 innings.
Germany 3 Ireland 4 - Ireland got 4 singles off closer Ralf Wulf to come from behind.
Ireland 4 Germany 2
Ireland 10 Germany 6 - Only lead-off man Ewan Smith was hitless from Ireland's starting position players.
Ireland 6 Germany 7 - Rich Scherer was 2/5 with 3 RBI.
Germany 10 Ireland 4 - Manuel Helfrich scored 3 runs and batted in 3 others.
Germany 1 Ireland 3 - Alois Maloney pitched 7 and a third, striking out 7 to get the win.

Spain 2 Austria 5
Spain 2 Austria 5 - Helmuth Seipel pitched 8 strong innings.
Austria 3 Spain 7 - Austria scored 3 in the top of the 1st then nothing after.
Austria 4 Spain 3 - Spain made 4 errors, including one in the top of the 9th that led to two runs.
Austria 0 Spain 2 - Jesus Ruiz got 25 outs and only gave up 3 hits.
Spain 2 Austria 0
Spain 3 Austria 2 - Manuel Reyna pitched 7 innings and had 2 RBI.

Final

(Pitcher stats - 1st set are 1988 EBL, 2nd set are Euro Champs)

Game 1 starters
Spain: Roberto Romero (11-12, 3.55 ERA, 1.21 WHIP -- 3-6, 3.90 ERA, 1.58 WHIP)
Ireland: Stuart Seaward (13-11, 3.42 ERA, 1.26 WHIP -- 4-2, 3.14 ERA. 1.21 WHIP)

Code:

             1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
Spain        0  0  2   0  0  0   0  0  0    2  6  0
Ireland      0  0  2   2  0  0   1  0  X    5  9  0

Stuart Seaward (IRL) - 8.0 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 9 K
Danny Day (IRL) - 2/4, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R

Game 2 starters
Spain: Jesus Ruiz (18-8, 2.30 ERA, 0.92 WHIP -- 8-1, 0.86 ERA, 0.86 WHIP)
Ireland: Malcolm Kennedy (18-7, 1.95 ERA, 1.05 WHIP -- 7-2, 3.57 ERA, 1.19 WHIP)

Code:

             1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
Spain        0  0  1   0  0  0   0  0  0    1  7  0
Ireland      0  0  0   0  0  0   0  4  X    4  6  0

Malcolm Kennedy (IRL) - 8.0 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
Jesus Ruiz (ESP) - 8.0 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 9 K
Ireland - consecutive 2-out hits in 8th from Ewan Smith, Theo Brittain and Jason Dyer (homer)

Game 3 starters
Ireland: Steve Moynan (10-8, 2.43 ERA, 0.98 WHIP -- 7-0, 3.11 ERA, 1.01 WHIP)
Spain: Francisco Romero (13-16, 3.73 ERA, 1.26 WHIP -- 5-3, 3.24 ERA, 1.19 WHIP)

Code:

             1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
Ireland      0  1  1   0  2  0   0  0  0    4 10  0
Spain        2  0  2   2  0  0   0  0  X    6  9  0

Ricardo Trujillo (ESP) - 2/4, HR, 2 RBI
Jason Dyer (IRL) - 2/4, HR

Game 4 starters
Ireland: Alois Maloney - (13-9, 3.87 ERA, 1.34 WHIP -- 4-3, 3.91 ERA, 1.13 WHIP)
Spain: Manuel Reyna - (14-14, 3.85 ERA, 1.27 WHIP -- 4-3, 5.06 ERA, 1.50 WHIP)

Code:

             1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
Ireland      0  2  0   0  0  1   0  4  0    7 10  0
Spain        1  3  0   0  0  0   2  0  0    6  7  3

Jorge Perez (ESP) - 2/5, HR, 3 RBI
Raul Marroquin (ESP) - 3/4, HR, 2 RBI
Ireland - homers for Danny Day, Gage McMahan and Billy Pawlett

Game 5 starters
Ireland: Seaward
Spain: R.Romero

Code:

             1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
Ireland      0  3  0   0  3  0   0  3  4   13 10  0
Spain        0  0  0   0  0  2   2  0  0    4  9  2

Holly Connich (IRL) - 1/3, HR, 3 RBI, 3 R
Theo Brittain (IRL) - 1/1, HR, 3 RBI

Ireland win the series 4-1
Series MVP - Danny Day (IRL) - 6/14, 2B, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 6 R, 4 BB

08-18-2008, 04:48 PM	#82 (permalink)
Craig Costello Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 295 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1x in 1 post	Irish Eyes Are Smiling December 27th 1988 - The team from Ireland became the second ever European Baseball Champions today after a tournament which they dominated from start to finish. Code: Group A Group B W L GB W L GB Ireland 32 8 - Austria 29 11 - Spain 25 15 7 Germany 25 15 4 France 24 16 8 Finland 24 16 5 Portugal 21 19 11 Denmark 23 17 6 Italy 19 21 13 Greece 22 18 7 Netherlands 18 22 14 Norway 20 20 9 Russia 18 22 14 Sweden 20 20 9 Czech Republic 17 23 15 Hungary 18 22 11 Poland 17 23 15 Belgium 17 23 12 Switzerland 16 24 16 Scotland 12 28 17 Bulgaria 13 27 19 England 10 30 19 Notes - Ireland started as they meant to go on with a 16-4 record over the first half (exactly duplicated in the second half). They played the longest game of the tournament on the second day when they beat Portugal 6-5 in 20 innings. Their UK neighbours didn't quite start so well, with England winning only 3 of their first 13 and Scotland starting 4-16. England's start included a game against Norway that was tied at 2 after 6 innings, then nobody scored until the Norwegians won it in the bottom of the 18th. Russia scored 4 in the 1st, 5 in the 2nd and 6 in the 3rd in a game in which they beat the Netherlands 19-2. Germany won 10 of 12 games to pull equal with Austria and Finland in Group B. Finland were swept in Belgium in their last series to miss out. Norwegian and Danish pitchers combined to walk a staggering 25 batters in a game which Norway won 14-12. The game only went 9 innings, but still lasted 4 hours and 16 minutes. Spain got 2nd in Group A despite losing their last two games in Poland. France were busy being swept at home by Russia to let them in. Player Notes - Ireland's Billy Pawlett and Jason Dyer both hit two home runs on opening day as they beat Portugal 10-2. Rich Klein (Germany) had a 5/5 day with 2 doubles, a homer and 4 RBI in a 10-1 win over Belgium. 1984's Euro Championship Final Series MVP, Jacquy Gilbert (France), hit 4 doubles and scored 4 runs in his team's 11-3 win against Bulgaria. Ludwig Herzog (Austria) was 5/5 with 2 HR, 5 RBI and 5 runs scored as his team won 20-8 against Greece. On the same day, Finland's Eero Lehvaslaiho had 7 RBI in a 22-2 win over England. Nathan White (England) pitched the first no-hitter in European Championship history. He only walked 2 hitters against Belgium. There were three other complete game shutouts in the tournament, by Jesus Ruiz, Panos Metrofanis and Botol Burnay. Lorenzo Gutierrez (Spain) hit 3 home runs for 6 RBI against Italy to lead his team to an 8-6 win. On the last day of regular season play, two players hit for the cycle. Rich Scherer (Germany) and Ian Meoni (Switzerland) were both on the losing side though. Meoni also had a cycle in the 1984 tournament. All Tournament Team Code: SP -- Jesus Ruiz (ESP) -- 8-1, 0.86 ERA, 0.86 WHIP RP -- Dom Templeman (IRL) -- 0-0, 17 SV, 20.1 IP, 0.84 WHIP C -- Ludwig Herzog (AUT) -- .326 AVG, 8 HR, 27 RBI, .970 OPS 1B -- Lukas Stoger (AUT) -- .357 AVG, 9 HR, 22 RBI, 1.085 OPS 2B -- Thomas Meinert (DEN) -- .329 AVG, 10 HR, 36 RBI, .998 OPS 3B -- Roland Sbarro (ITA) -- .358 AVG, 3 HR, 20 RBI, .898 OPS SS -- Harlan McRea (IRL) -- .284 AVG, 3 HR, 25 RBI, .787 OPS LF -- Pantalian Lobeiro (POR) -- .378 AVG, 9 HR, 31 RBI, 1.089 OPS CF -- Rich Scherer (GER) -- .333 AVG, 12 HR, 39 RBI, 1.153 OPS RF -- Yoann Bernard (FRA) -- .349 AVG, 10 HR, 29 RBI, 1.048 OPS Significant Injuries - Kalman Simon (Hungary) will miss the first few months of the 1989 season with a shoulder injury. Knockout Stages Germany 9 Ireland 1 - Rich Scherer hit 2 home runs. Kaspar Ahlmann struck out 10 in 8 innings. Germany 3 Ireland 4 - Ireland got 4 singles off closer Ralf Wulf to come from behind. Ireland 4 Germany 2 Ireland 10 Germany 6 - Only lead-off man Ewan Smith was hitless from Ireland's starting position players. Ireland 6 Germany 7 - Rich Scherer was 2/5 with 3 RBI. Germany 10 Ireland 4 - Manuel Helfrich scored 3 runs and batted in 3 others. Germany 1 Ireland 3 - Alois Maloney pitched 7 and a third, striking out 7 to get the win. Spain 2 Austria 5 Spain 2 Austria 5 - Helmuth Seipel pitched 8 strong innings. Austria 3 Spain 7 - Austria scored 3 in the top of the 1st then nothing after. Austria 4 Spain 3 - Spain made 4 errors, including one in the top of the 9th that led to two runs. Austria 0 Spain 2 - Jesus Ruiz got 25 outs and only gave up 3 hits. Spain 2 Austria 0 Spain 3 Austria 2 - Manuel Reyna pitched 7 innings and had 2 RBI. Final (Pitcher stats - 1st set are 1988 EBL, 2nd set are Euro Champs) Game 1 starters Spain: Roberto Romero (11-12, 3.55 ERA, 1.21 WHIP -- 3-6, 3.90 ERA, 1.58 WHIP) Ireland: Stuart Seaward (13-11, 3.42 ERA, 1.26 WHIP -- 4-2, 3.14 ERA. 1.21 WHIP) Code: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Spain 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 Ireland 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 X 5 9 0 Stuart Seaward (IRL) - 8.0 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 9 K Danny Day (IRL) - 2/4, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R Game 2 starters Spain: Jesus Ruiz (18-8, 2.30 ERA, 0.92 WHIP -- 8-1, 0.86 ERA, 0.86 WHIP) Ireland: Malcolm Kennedy (18-7, 1.95 ERA, 1.05 WHIP -- 7-2, 3.57 ERA, 1.19 WHIP) Code: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Spain 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 X 4 6 0 Malcolm Kennedy (IRL) - 8.0 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K Jesus Ruiz (ESP) - 8.0 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 9 K Ireland - consecutive 2-out hits in 8th from Ewan Smith, Theo Brittain and Jason Dyer (homer) Game 3 starters Ireland: Steve Moynan (10-8, 2.43 ERA, 0.98 WHIP -- 7-0, 3.11 ERA, 1.01 WHIP) Spain: Francisco Romero (13-16, 3.73 ERA, 1.26 WHIP -- 5-3, 3.24 ERA, 1.19 WHIP) Code: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Ireland 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 10 0 Spain 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 X 6 9 0 Ricardo Trujillo (ESP) - 2/4, HR, 2 RBI Jason Dyer (IRL) - 2/4, HR Game 4 starters Ireland: Alois Maloney - (13-9, 3.87 ERA, 1.34 WHIP -- 4-3, 3.91 ERA, 1.13 WHIP) Spain: Manuel Reyna - (14-14, 3.85 ERA, 1.27 WHIP -- 4-3, 5.06 ERA, 1.50 WHIP) Code: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Ireland 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 7 10 0 Spain 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 7 3 Jorge Perez (ESP) - 2/5, HR, 3 RBI Raul Marroquin (ESP) - 3/4, HR, 2 RBI Ireland - homers for Danny Day, Gage McMahan and Billy Pawlett Game 5 starters Ireland: Seaward Spain: R.Romero Code: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Ireland 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 4 13 10 0 Spain 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 9 2 Holly Connich (IRL) - 1/3, HR, 3 RBI, 3 R Theo Brittain (IRL) - 1/1, HR, 3 RBI Ireland win the series 4-1 Series MVP - Danny Day (IRL) - 6/14, 2B, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 6 R, 4 BB