Evgeny Podyapolskiy

Evgeny Podyapolskiy

• Bats Right, Throws Right

• Born March 1, 1991

Biographical Information

Evgeny Podyapolskiy has played for the Russian national team.

He played for Russia in the 2008 World Junior Championship. In the 2009 European Junior Championship, he hit .214/.450/.214 and went 4-for-5 in steals. He batted .182 in the 2012 European U-21 Championship. In the 2014 European Championship, he was a bench player for Russia. He got into two games. Against the champion Dutch national team, he replaced Makshim Shevchenko in left in the 5th inning. He drew a walk from former minor leaguer Arshwin Asjes in the 7th and fanned against Kevin Kelly in the 9th of a 12-1 loss; he had one putout. In his other game, he pinch-ran for Ivan Kornev in the 6th with a 9-0 deficit and scored on a Victor Samchuk double to break up the shutout. He stayed in at right field and handled one putout. Viacheslav Vasilyev batted for him in the 8th.