1990 All-Star Break
June 22nd 1990
Code:
WL North Sea EL Baltic
W L GB W L GB
Dublin 43 32 - Hamburg 44 31 -
Glasgow 42 33 1 Berlin 41 34 3
Paris 40 35 3 Helsinki 41 34 3
Amsterdam 31 44 12 Oslo 39 36 5
London 31 44 12 Copenhagen 36 39 8
Brussels 29 46 14 Stockholm 32 43 12
WL Meditteranean EL Black Sea
W L GB W L GB
Lisbon 50 25 - Prague 45 30 -
Madrid 45 30 5 Athens 40 35 5
Barcelona 40 35 10 Warsaw 39 36 6
Zurich 35 40 15 Sofia 33 42 12
Milan 34 41 16 Moscow 32 43 13
Vienna 30 45 20 Budapest 28 47 17
Notes -
Reigning champs Berlin started 3-11, but they have recovered quite nicely. Copenhagen started 12-2, but they have fallen away quite badly.
Lisbon started 2-3, but then won 26 out of 29 games.
On April 17th five of the twelve games went to exactly 11 innings.
Milan had 4 consecutive two-out hits as they scored 5 runs in the bottom of the 9th to beat Vienna 6-5 on April 20th.
Barcelona scored 12 runs in the 1st inning on their way to beating London 14-3 on April 25th.
Dublin won 12 games straight in May.
Athens had back-to-back two-out home runs in the bottom of the 9th to beat Sofia 6-5.
Sofia and Prague played a game that the Eliminators won 8-7 in 18 innings. Both teams scored twice in the 14th and 3 times in the 16th.
Player Notes -
Brussels pitcher
Max Schlotterbeck pitched a one-hitter in the first week of the season against Zurich.
1989's batting champ,
Nino Batistuta (Helsinki), was 4/4 with 2 HR, 5 RBI and 6 runs scored as his team beat Sofia 24-3.
The Hitters of the Month for April were
Nicodemus Theothanou (Brussels) and
Thomas Meinert (Copenhagen). The Pitchers were rookie
Placido Gamboa (Madrid) and
Vladimir Karakash (Sofia).
Lage Sahlstein (London) had 7 RBI in the Crocs 12-4 win over Brussels on May 1st. The next day
Michael Rodier (Sofia) had 6 RBI thanks to a 3 HR game against Budapest.
Eldwin Richter (Brussels) had a 7 RBI day also. He was 3/5 with a double and triple against Vienna as the Hitmen won 14-7.
In the 18 inning game, Sofia's
Hans Eldjar hit for the cycle.
Tomislaw Eudzerski (Dublin) hit for the cycle in a 9 inning game against London on June 1st.
The Hitters of the Month for May were
Stefan Kowelski (Glasgow) and
Aki Lavinen (Helsinki). The Pitchers were
Sippo Lahti (Paris) and
Jesus Ruiz (Warsaw). It was the 6th PoM award for Ruiz in his storied career.
Kaspar Ahlmann (Berlin) and
Nate Laverty (Stockholm) had a great pitchers duel on June 13th, but neither was able to win.
Ahlmann gave up just 2 hits in 9 innings and
Laverty just 1 over the same distance. Berlin won the game 2-0 in extras.
Significant Injuries -
Salmund Jaerbyn (Vienna) missed 8 weeks with an arm injury. He hit a combined 53 HR in the last two seasons.
Dane Meling (Madrid), who won 18 games in both 88 and 89, missed 6 weeks with a shoulder problem.
Sofia's
Rich Scherer was injured on April 27th and will not be back until August. He had 73 HR over the last two years.