EASTERN BLOC BASEBALL
SOFIA FROGS AT KHARKIV DUCKS
08/06/1953
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EASTERN BLOC BASEBALL
SOFIA FROGS AT KHARKIV DUCKS
GAME ID: 3568 - THURSDAY, AUGUST 6TH , 1953 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Sofia Frogs 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1
Kharkiv Ducks 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 X 7 12 0
Kharkiv Tops Sofia
The Kharkiv Ducks earned their 1st Chairman's Cup title and now have all winter to spend basking in the glory, while the beaten Sofia Frogs will have plenty of time to wonder what went wrong.

Kharkiv became the Eastern Bloc Baseball champion for 1953 with a 7-1 triumph to capture the series 4-1.

"Both clubs are talented. We just made fewer mistakes than they did," winning manager said to the press corps at the postgame press conference. "We made the crucial plays and got the timely hits."

Sofia skipper agreed with that assessment, saying his club turned out to be "a little weak on fundamentals" at crucial times.

"I have a sneaking suspicion we will be working on fundamentals a lot next spring," he said.

On the way to the Chairman's Cup championship, the Ducks ended up in first place in the Eastern Division and compiled a 46-35 record during the regular season.
SOFIA BATTING LINESCORE KHARKIV BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
D. Hrubaru 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .348 0 2
T. Thé DH 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .158 0 0
B. Pevnev CF 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .409 1 6
H. Kabisha RF 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 .273 0 0
Y. Jeon 1B 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .190 0 0
J. Jung LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .176 0 0
W. Kim 3B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .222 0 2
G. Banasik SS 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .250 1 5
R. Maatiala C 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 .190 0 0
Totals 31 1 4 0 2 6 9      
BATTING
Doubles: W. Kim (2, 3rd Inning off D. Chau, 0 on, 0 outs)
Triples: B. Pevnev (1, 4th Inning off D. Chau, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: B. Pevnev 3 , H. Kabisha , Y. Jeon , W. Kim 2
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: D. Hrubaru
Team LOB: 5

FIELDING
Errors: W. Kim
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
J. Kang 2B 5 2 2 2 0 0 1 .320 1 3
L. Kaftal 3B 5 3 3 0 0 0 1 .217 0 2
E. Monreal DH 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 .500 1 3
N. Luong 1B 3 1 1 1 1 0 2 .294 1 6
S. Berezinsky SS 4 0 1 2 0 0 4 .182 0 3
T. Zavala CF 4 0 1 2 0 1 4 .263 0 2
Y. Seow RF 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .133 0 0
M. Gusarsky LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 0 1
L. Afanasievsky C 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .200 0 2
Totals 37 7 12 7 1 1 19      
BATTING
Doubles: L. Kaftal 2 (2, 1st Inning off T. Piko, 1 on, 0 outs; 7th Inning off T. Piko, 0 on, 1 out) , T. Zavala (1, 1st Inning off T. Piko, 2 on, 2 outs) , L. Afanasievsky (1, 2nd Inning off T. Piko, 0 on, 1 out) , Y. Seow (1, 4th Inning off T. Piko, 0 on, 1 out) , N. Luong (1, 7th Inning off T. Piko, 2 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: J. Kang (1, 8th Inning off H. Ka, 1 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: J. Kang 5 , L. Kaftal 5 , E. Monreal 2 , N. Luong 2 , S. Berezinsky , T. Zavala 2 , Y. Seow 2 , L. Afanasievsky 2
2-out RBI: J. Kang , S. Berezinsky , T. Zavala
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: L. Kaftal , T. Zavala 2 , Y. Seow , L. Afanasievsky
Team LOB: 7

BASERUNNING
SB: Y. Seow (1)
SOFIA PITCHING LINESCORE KHARKIV PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR BF PI ERA   
T. Piko L (0-1) 6.1 11 5 5 1 0 0 31 100 3.68   
H. Ka 1.2 1 2 0 0 1 1 7 22 0.00   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Piko 30
Batters Faced: T. Piko 31, H. Ka 7
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Piko 11-8, H. Ka 0-4
Pitches - Strikes: T. Piko 100-71, H. Ka 22-14
Inherited Runners - Scored: H. Ka 2-0
Player IP H R ER BB K HR BF PI ERA   
D. Chau W (1-0) 8.1 3 1 1 2 6 0 30 121 1.15   
A. Herrmann 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 12 0.00   
PITCHING
Game Score: D. Chau 77
Batters Faced: D. Chau 30, A. Herrmann 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: D. Chau 10-9, A. Herrmann 0-2
Pitches - Strikes: D. Chau 121-78, A. Herrmann 12-8
WP: D. Chau
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Dai Nam Chau
Ballpark: Ballpark of Nizhny Novgorod
Weather: Clear skies (79 degrees), wind blowing out to center at 12 mph
Start Time: 1:05 PM EET
Time: 2:45
Attendance: 15649
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