1992 Playoffs
24th October 1992
Division Decider:
Prague 7 Athens 2 - Quincy Kilbane pitches a complete game to seal the division title for Prague.
Wildcard Round:
Glasgow 2
Dublin 3 - Neither team scored after the second inning.
Glasgow 1
Dublin 5 - Stuart Seaward pitched a complete game for the winners.
Dublin 1
Glasgow 8
Dublin 4 Glasgow 2 - Malcolm Kennedy had his second quality start of the series to help the Wolfpack to advance.
Paris 4 Lisbon 3 (11) - Lisbon led 3-0, but Paris came back strongly.
Paris 2
Lisbon 6
Lisbon 0
Paris 7 - Russell Gilmartin had 2 homers and Alexander Schimpf held the Renegades to 1 hit over 8 innings.
Lisbon 10 Paris 3
Paris 3 Lisbon 0 - Lisbon outhit the Cyclones 10 to 8, but couldn't get anyone across the plate.
Berlin 10 Prague 5
Berlin 4
Prague 5 - Berlin led 4-0 after 2 innings, but Prague scored 3 in the 4th and 2 in the 6th.
Prague 3
Berlin 7 - Constantino Deodato hit his 2nd homer of the series to lead the Dragons.
Prague 3 Berlin 2
Berlin 7 Prague 5 - Constantino Deodato made it 4 homers in the series and 8 career dingers in 23 post-season games.
Athens 1 Copenhagen 0 - A great pitchers' duel betweem Vuk Sesely and Guy Brady went the way of the Avalanche.
Athens 0
Copenhagen 7 - Jens Fetterlein gave up 3 hits and 3 walks over 8 innings.
Copenhagen 4
Athens 8 - Copenhagen hit 3 homers, but they all came late. once the result was decided.
Copenhagen 4
Athens 11 - Copenhagen scored all their runs in the 1st, but the Armada couldn't hold off a hard charging Athens squad.
League Championship Series:
Paris 2
Dublin 3 - Malcolm Kennedy put in another good performance against his old team.
Paris 2
Dublin 9 - Dublin got 3 runs in the 1st, 5th and 6th innings.
Dublin 2
Paris 3 - Demetrio Morbidelli hit two solo homers for Dublin, but his team-mates didn't help out at all.
Dublin 9 Paris 5
Dublin 3
Paris 4 (10) - Dublin tied the game with 3 runs in the 8th, but Paris got the winning run thanks to back-to-back 2-out doubles by Emil Srnicek and Armando Landrim.
Paris 2
Dublin 6 - Raul Marroquin and Juriaan Lindeman homered for the Wolfpack.
Athens 2
Berlin 4
Athens 3
Berlin 4 - Athens got 3 runs in the 5th to get back to within 1, but they couldn't add to their score in crunch time.
Berlin 1
Athens 2 - Daniel Keurost got both runs for the Avalanche, including the game-winner on Philippe Martin's sacrifice fly in the 9th.
Berlin 7 Athens 1 - Shurik Chanysev pitched a complete games for Berlin and Gunnar Rippner hit 3 doubles.
Berlin 9 Athens 3 - Berlin make it back to the ELS after a one-year break.
European League Series:
Game 1 starters - Berlin: Francis Maze (12-11, 3.60 ERA, 1.20 WHIP), Dublin: Malcolm Kennedy (21-11, 2.16 ERA, 0.98 WHIP)
Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Berlin 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 6 0
Dublin 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 X 4 9 0
Malcolm Kennedy (DUB) - 7.2 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 6 BB, 3 K
Constantino Deodato (BER) - 2/4, 2 RBI
Klement Thunmark (DUB) - 2/4, 2 RBI
Game 2 starters - Berlin: Kaspar Ahlmann (16-13, 3.92 ERA, 1.36 WHIP), Dublin: Stuart Seaward (18-11, 3.25 ERA, 1.15 WHIP)
Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Berlin 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 12 0
Dublin 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 X 6 11 0
Casey Ferrell (BER) - 3/4, HR, 3 RBI
Christian Raab (DUB) - 4/4, RBI
Game 3 starters - Dublin: Michal Slimak (11-9, 4.02 ERA, 1.43 WHIP), Berlin: Herman de Nooyer (13-12, 3.51 ERA, 1.36 WHIP)
Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Dublin 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 11 3
Berlin 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 X 7 7 0
Constantino Deodato (BER) - 2/4, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R
Gunnar Rippner (BER) - 1/4, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R
Game 4 starters - Dublin: Kennedy, Berlin: Shurik Chanysev (9-6, 3.53 ERA, 1.39 WHIP)
Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Dublin 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 11 1
Berlin 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 7 1
Christian Raab (DUB) - 3/4, RBI, R
Demetrio Morbidelli (DUB) - 2/4, 2B, RBI, R
Game 5 starters - Dublin: Seaward, Berlin: Maze
Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Dublin 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 9 3
Berlin 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 X 5 7 3
Dieter Schubert (BER) - 2/4, 2 RBI, R
Gunnar Rippner (BER) - 1/3, GW HR in 7th
Klement Thunmark (DUB) - 3/5, 3 R
Philip Smerdal (DUB) - 3/3, 2B, R, BB
Game 6 starters - Berlin: Ahlmann, Dublin: Slimak
Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Berlin 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 10 2
Dublin 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 7 1
Dieter Schubert (BER) - 2/4, 2B, 2 RBI
Gerald Carnini (BER) - 2/4, RBI, R
Gunnar Rippner (BER) - 2/4, RBI, R, BB
Game 7 starters - Berlin: de Nooyer, Dublin: Kennedy
Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Berlin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 8 0
Dublin 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 11 1
Gerald Carnini (BER) - 1/1, 2-out 3-RBI triple in 9th
Klement Thunmark (DUB) - 2/4, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R
Malcolm Kennedy (DUB) - 8.0 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
Berlin Dragon win the series 4-3
Series MVP - Gunnar Rippner (BER) - 7/27, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 6 R
Two evenly matched teams produced an excellent series. Dublin looked to have game 7 under control until they chose to pinch hit for Malcolm Kennedy in the bottom of the 8th with the bases loaded and two outs and a 3-1 lead. The pinch hitter made an out and relief pitcher Francisco Barriere loaded the bases, walked in a run then gave up a triple to Gerald Carnini.
Berlin won their third title in the last 4 seasons.