2000 Playoffs
October 23rd 2000
Play In:
Vienna 1
Dublin 3 - Pauli Loehr hit two homers to drive in all of Dublin's runs.
Wildcards:
London 7 Paris 3 - 13 hits for the Crocs to win on the road.
London 2
Paris 5 - Only 4 hits for Paris, but they get the win.
Paris 4 London 3 - Edward Burchard's two-out three run homer in the 9th put Paris in front and Thomas Espeland did the rest.
Paris 2
London 6 - Paris couldn't hold on to an early 2-0 lead.
London 5 Paris 1 - Arnold Schiff held Paris in check to allow the Crocs to advance.
Dublin 6 Zurich 2 - Hendrikan de Ruijter allowed only 4 hits and 1 run through 8 for the winners.
Dublin 2
Zurich 3 - Teodor Zahradnicek tied the game in the 9th with a solo homer, then the next 4 batters went single, reached on error, walk, walk to win the game.
Zurich 4
Dublin 8 - Cy Kerry went 3/4 with 3 RBI for the winners.
Zurich 0
Dublin 3 - de Ruijter was good again. Allowing only 3 hits over 7 innings. The Wolfpack won despite only getting 2 hits.
Prague 3
Copenhagen 4 - Vilheim Grimlot led off the 9th with a triple and won the game on Albrecht Fassbinder's single.
Prague 6 Copenhagen 5 (11) - The Prague bullpen did a good job in a come from behind win.
Copenhagen 10 Prague 6 - Five runs off reliever Strom Lang put the Armada in a strong position.
Copenhagen 3
Prague 5 - Five different players picked up RBIs for Prague, with three of them coming with 2 outs.
Prague 4 Copenhagen 0 - Athan Mavrogordatos pitched 7 and a third shutout innings and the Prague bullpen was unhittable.
Berlin 2
Athens 8 - A dominating performance despite three errors by the Avalanche.
Berlin 1
Athens 3 - Two solo homers in the 7th put Athens up for good.
Athens 2
Berlin 3 - Joseph Sykora pitched a complete game to extend the series.
Athens 2
Berlin 4 - Jamie Corsie's three-run homer in the 4th proved to be decisive.
Berlin 3
Athens 4 - Artemis Vlakhou's three-run homer in the 8th made it interesting, but the favourites advance.
League Championship Series:
Dublin 4
London 7 - London got 5 runs in the bottom of the 8th.
Dublin 2
London 3 (10) - Carlos Bustamante won the game with a double in the 10th to go along with his earlier home run.
London 7 Dublin 6 - Brian Slipper had a 2 RBI triple in the 9th that won it.
London 2
Dublin 9 - Jason Dyer had 5 RBI for Dublin.
London 4
Dublin 5 - This time Dublin got the late win with Jakob Kiraly's walk-off two-run homer.
Dublin 2
London 3 - Jenda Chesla pitched 8 innings to pick up the win.
Prague 3
Athens 9 - Seven runs in the bottom of the 6th made this a no contest.
Prague 4
Athens 8 - Reliver Hugh Moles got himself the win with a bases-clearing two-out double in the bottom of the 8th.
Athens 5 Prague 1 - Rafael Ferrugento pitched 8 innings, giving up only 3 hits and 2 walks.
Athens 6
Prague 8 - Jean Botinho went 4/4 with 3 runs scored for Prague.
Athens 2
Prague 6 - Konstantin Zamrzla shut out Athens through 7.
Prague 3
Athens 7 - Ahtens scored 1 in the 6th, 2 in the 7th and 3 in the 8th to move on.
European League Series:
Game 1 starters - London: Arnold Schiff (17-7, 2.75 ERA, 1.12 WHIP), Athens: Guignard Aldobrandini (18-6, 2.49 ERA, 1.05 WHIP)
Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
London 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 0
Athens 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0
Arnold Schiff (LON) - 9 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 6 K
Guignard Aldobrandini (ATH) - 9 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 6 K
Only runs came on Home Runs by Calros Bustamante (LON) and Finn Tosh
(ATH)
A real pitcher's duel to start off the series. Look forward to future
match-ups between these two in the series.
Game 2 starters - London: Alexander Schimpf (19-14, 2.33 ERA, 1.13 WHIP), Athens: Rafael Ferrugento (16-10, 3.34 ERA, 1.21 WHIP)
Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
London 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 8 14 1
Athens 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 7 0
David Walraven (LON) - 3/5, 2B, 3 RBI
Alexander Schimpf (LON) - 7 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
Three singles and a double in the 4th inning loomed large for London.
Game 3 starters - Athens: Dietmar Kolowrat (16-7, 3.30 ERA, 1.22 WHIP), London: Jenda Chesla (19-11, 3.75 ERA, 1.12 WHIP)
Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Athens 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 6 9 0
London 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Dietmar Kolowrat (ATH) - 9 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
Toni Deak (ATH) - 3/3, 2B, HR
It was the 7th inning before London got a man past second and even that
ended badly.
Game 4 starters - Athens: Aldobrandini, London: Bernhard Grondgrens (6-13, 5.03 ERA, 1.53 WHIP)
Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Athens 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 4 1
London 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Guignard Aldobrandini (ATH) - 8 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 10 K
Bernhard Grondgrens (LON) - 9 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 6 K
Carlos Bustamante led off the 2nd with a single, but he was the only
London baserunner all day.
Game 5 starters - Athens: Phoenix Pappou (15-9, 3.65 ERA, 1.35 WHIP), London: Schiff
Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Athens 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 11 0
London 1 2 2 0 3 3 0 0 X 11 15 1
Max Waldheim (LON) - 2/5, HR, 2 RBI, 3 R
Gotthold Stuhrepenberg (LON) - 1/2, R, 3 RBI, 2 R, 3 BB
The offenses finally break out and the home team finally wins. Three
Londoners (Ludwig Bloch, Carlos Bustamante and Baptiste Girault) had
three hits apiece.
Game 6 starters - London: Schimpf, Athens: Ferrugento
Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
London 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 7 12 4
Athens 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 6 9 1
Max Waldheim (LON) - 3/4, RBI, 2 R
Carlos Bustamante (LON) - 3/5, 3 R
A 9th inning that will live on in London Crocs fokelore. Johansen - strike
out, Walraven - single, Bloch - single, Waldheim - RBI single, Bustamante -
single, Stuhrepenberg - RBI BB, Girault - strike out, pinch hitter Mick Rising
(in only his second AB of the series) - 2 RBI double. Then Sean Ross went
3 up, 3 down to give them their first ever EBL title.
London Crocs win the series 4-2
Series MVP -
Max Waldheim (LON) - 9/23, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 5 R, 2 BB, 3 K, 1 SB