1989 Playoffs
October 20th 1989
Wildcard Round:
Glasgow 2
Dublin 8
Glasgow 4
Dublin 11 - Jordan Barnstaple had a triple and a homer for the winners.
Dublin 3
Glasgow 6
Dublin 5 Glasgow 2 - Dublin scored 4 times in the 5th and advanced.
Paris 15 Lisbon 4 - Paris scored 6 in the 1st and didn't look back. Fabien Lefebvre and Fernao Espinhel both had 4 RBI.
Paris 3
Lisbon 4
Lisbon 8 Paris 3
Lisbon 2
Paris 13 - Fabien Lefebvre was 3/5 with a double and 2 homers and 3 runs scored.
Paris 0
Lisbon 1 - Roque Vilardeb gave up 2 hits and 2 walks over 8 innings and Paulus Penning hit a homer in the 9th.
Warsaw 2 Prague 1 - Prague scored in the 1st, Warsaw scored in the 9th.
Warsaw 4 Prague 1 - Starter Francisco Romero injured himself in the first inning, but the Eliminators only managed 1 hit off of 6 relievers.
Prague 0
Warsaw 6 - Jesus Ruiz threw a two-hitter, striking out 11. Augusto Rith hit 2 homers.
Berlin 3
Copenhagen 5
Berlin 1
Copenhagen 8 - Guy Brady allowed only 3 hits in 7 innings.
Copenhagen 4
Berlin 8
Copenhagen 3
Berlin 7
Berlin 5 Copenhagen 0 - The Dragons completed their comeback from a 2-0 hole thanks to 7 strong innings from Kaspar Ahlmann.
League Championship Series:
Dublin 4
Lisbon 5 - Vladimir Pantelic and Danny Day homered for the Renegades.
Dublin 5 Lisbon 3
Lisbon 9 Dublin 8 - Vladimir Pantelic had a double and a home run. Patrick Lacroix and Paulo Cascalho also homered.
Lisbon 8 Dublin 2 - Conrad Eikelenboom homered and had 5 RBI.
Lisbon 0
Dublin 2 - Dragoljub Boskovic gave up just 4 hits over 8 innings.
Dublin 4 Lisbon 3 (14) - Lisbon made 5 errors including a key one to allow the winning run to score.
Dublin 1
Lisbon 5 - Lisbon won comfortably to give themselves an opportunity to defend their title.
Berlin 4
Warsaw 5 - Warsaw got the key run in the bottom of the 8th.
Berlin 7 Warsaw 1
Warsaw 4
Berlin 6 - Warsaw hit 3 home runs, but didn't get enough men on base.
Warsaw 0
Berlin 3 - Kaspar Ahlmann gave up 5 hits and a walk in 8 innings.
Warsaw 14 Berlin 2 - Vilfred Krak had 2 home runs and Jesus Ruiz was strong through 7 innings.
Berlin 2
Warsaw 6
Berlin 2 Warsaw 1 - Aetos Zikos pitched 8 strong innings to give Berlin a chance to be the first EL team to win multiple titles.
European League Series:
Game 1 starters - Berlin: Kaspar Ahlmann (18-2, 2.36 ERA, 1.02 WHIP), Lisbon: Bohdan Leibovic (18-8, 3.60 ERA, 1.25 WHIP)
Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Berlin 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 10 1
Lisbon 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 6 0
Jay Kerr (BER) - 4/4, 2B, 2 RBI
Dale Conway (BER) - 2/3, 2B, HR
Game 2 starters - Berlin: Francis Maze (14-9, 3.19 ERA, 1.32 WHIP), Lisbon: Pasqualino Terragni (14-12, 4.12 ERA, 1.32 WHIP)
Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Berlin 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 7 11 0
Lisbon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
Francis Maze (BER) - 6.2 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 6 BB, 5 K
Dale Conway (BER) - 1/3, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R
Game 3 starters - Lisbon: Roque Vilardeb (15-10, 3.74 ERA, 1.16 WHIP), Berlin: Vladimir Karakash (9-15, 4.54 ERA, 1.56 WHIP)
Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Lisbon 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 6 0
Berlin 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 X 6 8 1
Eric Wagner (BER) - 2/3, 2 HR
Waggoner Rosler (BER) - 2/4, 2B, HR, 3 RBI
Game 4 starters - Lisbon: Archie MacClements (12-5, 3.89 ERA, 1.10 WHIP), Berlin: Egbert Kapitan (5-4, 3.52 ERA, 1.18 WHIP)
Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Lisbon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Berlin 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 X 3 5 1
Egbert Kapitan (BER) - 8 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 4 BB, 9 K
Dale Conway (BER) - 1/3, HR
Berlin Dragons win the series 4-0
Series MVP - Dale Conway (BER) - 5/13, 2B, 3 HR, 4 RBI, 4 R, 2 K, 1 SB
Lisbon couldn't repeat and Berlin got their second title in 4 seasons.