Denmark in Trouble, but Defeat Poland

Danish opened the score in the top of the first inning, after two walks, a single and a sacrifice fly. In the second, they scored one more run. But Polish bats woke up just in time. In the bottom of the second inning, Polish players scored four runs on a double and four errors by the Danish defense.

In the third, the Danes tied the game with two hits and in the fourth they turned the game around thanks to a few hits and walks. A 7:4 game after fourth.

One more run for Denmark, after the top of sixth, but the Poles scored two thanks to a two-RBI two-out single by Tymoteusz Orszulik. But it was Anton Brown who had the last word with his solo shot over the center field fence. Final result - Denmark 9, Poland 6.

“It was a horrible game for us, but it’s a game. Players don’t get to play a lot of slowpitch in Denmark, so we had a bit of a problem with timing in the batter’s box. But we scored some runs. Our pitching and fielding weren’t not good in this one. Everything was wrong in this game, but I knew something like that was bound to happen,” said Gilles Fournier, leader of team Denmark.

“Probably our best game at the tournament so far. It was a fun game to watch, but we lost. But it was still a good result. We aren’t really expected to make a play-off spot, everyone thinks we’ll play GB for the fifth spot on Saturday. But if we play like this tomorrow, we can get higher,” said Mateusz Macniak, the Polish coach.