2023 European Champions Cup

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The 2023 European Champions Cup was held in Amsterdam and Bussum in the Netherlands from June 6 to 10, 2023. Competing were the Amsterdam Pirates, HCAW Bussum, Draci Brno, Arrows Ostrava, Bonn Capitals, Untouchables Paderborn, Rouen Huskies and Parma Baseball Club. Former major leaguers to appear were Carlos Contreras and Juan Jaime, fewer than the usual Cup (Italian teams tended to have the most and only one participated this year) - there had been six the year prior, for instance.

Competing Teams[edit]

(country represented in parentheses, followed by manager)

Results[edit]

June 6[edit]

June 7[edit]

June 8[edit]

June 9[edit]

  • Brno 6, Rouen 1. The Czechs win to avoid relegation. 1B Filip Moštěk has his second three-hit game and David Mergans allows one hit in five shutout innings for the win, beating Alex MacKinnon. LF Joris Bert has half of France's four hits.
  • Ostrava 7, Paderborn 5. The other Czech entry also avoids relegation. Matyáš Pjontek gets the win and [[Ondřej Satoria] the save, while 3B Jakub Kubica has three hits. For Paderborn, 2B Chris Beyers has 3 hits (including a homer) and 3 RBI. The decision goes to Matt Kemp.
  • HCAW 4, Amsterdam 3. The co-hosts met with a spot in the finals at stake. The Pirates jumped out for three runs in two innings off Dennis Burgersdijk on homers by RF Denzel Richardson and C Luca Pastor (a two-run shot). HCAW's Lars Huijer provided superb relief, allowing one hit over eight shutout innings to cool them off the rest of the way. HCAW pecked away at the lead, tying it in the 8th then winning it in the 10th when Pim Vijfvinkel hit LF Kevin Dirksen with the bases loaded to force in SS Bob van der Meer.
  • Parma 13, Bonn 3. The other semifinal is more lopsided as the defending champs pull off a romp. Matteo Bocchi gets the win against Jordan Lucas. LF Stefano De Simoni has four hits and three runs, his outfield mate Manuel Joseph also doing his share (3-for-3, 2 BB, 3 R, 3 RBI).

June 10[edit]

Final Standings[edit]

Leaders and Awards[edit]

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