Super 6 Baseball and Softball

The Super 6 Baseball and Softball is a tournament between national baseball teams in Europe, governed by the Confederation of European Baseball (CEB), the European Softball Federation (ESF) and the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). It was held for the first and only time from September 18 to 23, 2018 in Hoofddorp, Netherlands. It was organized by the Royal Dutch Baseball and Softball Association (KNBSB), the City of Hoofddorp and the local baseball club Hoofddorp Pioniers. It was featured by the top 6 nations of the 2016 European Championship and ESF Women's Championship.^[1]

Super 6 Baseball and Softball

Sport	Baseball
Founded	2018
No. of teams	12 (6 in baseball and 6 in softball)
Continent	Europe

Baseball

Super 6 Baseball and Softball

Tournament details
Country	Netherlands
Dates	September 18–23, 2018
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (1st title)
Runner-up	Italy
Third place	Spain
Fourth place	Belgium
Tournament statistics
Games played	16
Awards
MVP	Sicnarf Loopstok

Teams

The top six teams of the 2016 European Championship qualified automatically for the tournament.

Belgium	6th, 2016 European Baseball Championship	Italy	2016 European Baseball Championship
Czech Republic	5th, 2016 European Baseball Championship	Netherlands	2016 European Baseball Championship
Germany	4th, 2016 European Baseball Championship	Spain	2016 European Baseball Championship

Qualification round

Standings

Qualified for the Final

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB	R	RA
Netherlands	4	0	1.000	–	41	25
Italy	4	1	.800	0.5	59	29
Spain	3	2	.600	1.5	49	29
Belgium	1	3	.250	3.0	27	41
Germany	1	4	.200	3.5	14	44
Czech Republic	1	4	.200	3.5	42	54

Day 1

September 18, 11:00 at ETO Ballpark (F/7)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Germany	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	1	4	0
Italy	0	1	2	0	0	5	3	X	X	11	15	0
WP: Luis Lugo (1–0)   LP: Daniel Thieben (0–1) Home runs: GER: None ITA: Chris Colabello (1), Nicola Garbella (1), Alex Liddi (1), Drew Maggi (1), Leonardo Zileri (1) Attendance: 89 Umpires: HP − Efrem Silvania, 1B − Cuachtemoc Suares, 3B − Ken Macri Notes: Completed early due to 10–run mercy rule after 7 innings. Boxscore

September 18, 15.00 at ETO Ballpark (F/7)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	1	6	3
Spain	2	4	2	1	4	0	X	X	X	13	14	0
WP: Lowuin Sacramento (1–0)   LP: Kenny Vandenbranden (0–1) Home runs: BEL: None ESP: Engel Beltré (1), Yancarlo Franco (1), Luis Guillorme (1) Attendance: 173 Umpires: HP − David Kulhanek, 1B − Mojmir Jankovic, 3B − Thorsten Roloff Notes: Completed early due to 10–run mercy rule after 7 innings. Boxscore

September 18, 19.30 at ETO Ballpark

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Czech Republic	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	X	6	7	2
Netherlands	0	0	4	0	1	2	0	0	X	7	13	0
WP: Orlando Yntema (1–0)   LP: Radim Chroust (0–1)   Sv: Kevin Kelly (1) Attendance: 400 Umpires: HP − Jens Waider, 1B − Thorsten Roloff, 3B − Michele De Notta Boxscore

Day 2

September 19, 11:00 at ETO Ballpark

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Italy	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	2	7	13	2
Belgium	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	X	4	6	0
WP: Angelo Palumbo (1–0)   LP: Artuur Driessens (0–1)   Sv: Alex Bassani (1) Home runs: ITA: Robel García (1) BEL: None Attendance: 166 Umpires: HP − Mojmir Jankovic, 1B − Thorsten Roloff, 3B − Jens Waider Boxscore

September 19, 15:00 at ETO Ballpark

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Spain	5	0	3	0	1	2	1	0	0	12	14	0
Czech Republic	0	1	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	7	12	3
WP: Ricardo Hernández (1–0)   LP: Jan Novak (0–1) Home runs: ESP: Richard Montiel (1), Blake Ochoa (1), Jesús Ustariz (1) CZE: Tomas Junec (1), Jakub Malik (1) Attendance: 163 Umpires: HP − Michele Di Notta, 1B − Efrem Silvania, 3B − Ken Macri Boxscore

September 19, 19:30 at ETO Ballpark (F/7)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Netherlands	2	0	5	0	1	0	5	X	X	13	X	X
Germany	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	1	X	X
WP: Diegomar Markwell (1–0)   LP: Enorbel Márquez (0–1) Home runs: NED: Dwayne Kemp (1), Dudley Leonora (1), Sicnarf Loopstok (1) GER: None Attendance: 650 Umpires: HP − Cuauhtemoc Suares, 1B − Ken Macri, 3B − David Kulhanek Notes: Completed early due to 10–run mercy rule after 7 innings. Boxscore

Day 3

September 20, 11:00 at ETO Ballpark

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Belgium	0	4	0	3	0	1	2	0	0	10	18	2
Czech Republic	5	0	1	1	0	0	3	5	X	15	12	1
WP: Martin Schneider (1–0)   LP: Yannick Gontier (0–1) Home runs: BEL: Steven de Lannoy (1), Dennis De Quindt (1), Thomas De Wolf (1) CZE: Martin Cervinka (1), Premek Chroust (1), Matej Hejma (1), Martin Muzik (1) Attendance: 113 Umpires: HP − Thorsten Roloff, 1B − Michele De Notta, 3B − Efrem Silvania Boxscore

September 20, 15:00 at ETO Ballpark

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Spain	2	0	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	9	14	0
Germany	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1
WP: Daniel Álvarez (1–0)   LP: Markus Solbach (0–1) Home runs: ESP: Luis Guillorme (2), Richard Montiel (2) GER: None Attendance: 142 Umpires: HP − Ken Macri, 1B − David Kulhanek, 3B − Mojmir Jankovic Boxscore

September 20, 19:30 at ETO Ballpark (F/10)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Italy	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	8	13	0
Netherlands	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	9	11	2
WP: Loek van Mil (1–0)   LP: Alex Bassani (0–1) Home runs: ITA: Chris Colabello (2) NED: Sicnarf Loopstok (2,3), Kalian Sams (1,2), Curt Smith (2) Attendance: 850 Umpires: HP − Jens Waider, 1B − Mojmir Jankovic, 3B − Cuauhtemoc Suares Boxscore

Day 4

September 21, 11:00 at ETO Ballpark

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Germany	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	6	7	1
Belgium	0	2	1	0	2	0	2	0	X	7	12	1
WP: Cedric De Smedt (1–0)   LP: Sascha Koch (0–1)   Sv: Kevin De Smedt (1) Home runs: GER: Maik Ehmcke (1) BEL: Dennis De Quindt (2), Thomas De Wolf (2) Attendance: 73 Umpires: HP − Mojmir Jankovic, 1B − Efrem Silvania, 3B − David Kulhanek Boxscore

September 21, 15:00 at ETO Ballpark (F/5)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Czech Republic	1	0	2	4	3	X	X	X	X	10	8	1
Italy	5	8	1	8	3	X	X	X	X	25	24	1
WP: Carlos Terán (1–0)   LP: Boris Bokaj (0–1) Home runs: CZE: Matej Hejma (2), Jakub Malik (2) ITA: Chris Colabello (3,4,5), Nicola Garbella (2), Robel García (2), Alex Liddi (2,3), Giuseppe Mazzanti (1), Alberto Mineo (1) Attendance: 125 Umpires: HP − Cuauhtemoc Suares, 1B − Ken Macri, 3B − Efrem Silvania Notes: Completed early due to 15–run mercy rule after 5 innings. Boxscore

Day 5

September 22, 11:00 at Sportpark Pioneer

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Spain	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	5	10	1
Italy	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	X	8	14	0
WP: Luis Lugo (2–0)   LP: Richard Castillo (0–1)   Sv: Andrea Pizziconi (1) Home runs: ESP: Engel Beltré (2), Blake Ochoa (2) ITA: Robel García (3), Drew Maggi (2, 3), Giuseppe Mazzanti (2) Attendance: 151 Umpires: HP – Efrem Silvania, 1B – David Kulhanek, 3B – Jens Waider Boxscore

September 22, 11:00 at ETO Ballpark

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Czech Republic	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	4	5	2
Germany	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	5	5	0
WP: Niklas Rimmel (1–0)   LP: Jan Novak (0–2) Home runs: CZE: None GER: Vincent Ahrens (1), Simon Gühring (1) Attendance: 221 Umpires: HP – Ken Macri, 1B – Cuauhtemoc Suares, 3B – Mojmir Jankovic Boxscore

September 22, 15:00 at ETO Ballpark (F/8)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Netherlands	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	6	0	12	11	1
Spain	0	1	0	4	0	2	0	3	X	10	12	2
WP: Tom Stuifbergen (1–0)   LP: Andrés Pérez (0–1) Home runs: NED: Yurendell DeCaster (1), Kirvin Moesquit (1) ESP: Lesther Galván (1), Luis Guillorme (3) Attendance: 850 Umpires: HP – Michele De Notta, 1B – Jens Waider, 3B – Thorsten Roloff Notes: Stopped in the 8th inning due to rain. The game started the day after and was postponed after 1 inning. Boxscore

September 22, 19:00 at ETO Ballpark

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Netherlands	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Belgium	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Notes: Cancelled due to rain

Final

September 23, 13:30 at ETO Ballpark

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Italy	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Netherlands	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Notes: Was cancelled due to rain. Netherlands, which finished 1st the Round Robin, was awarded with the championship.

Statistics leaders

Batting Statistic Name Total/Avg Batting average* Chris Colabello .700 Hits Chris Colabello 14 Runs Alex Liddi 13 Home runs Chris Colabello 5 RBI Chris Colabello 14 Walks Peter Cech 8 Strikeouts Alex Liddi 0 Stolen bases 6 players 1 On-base percentage* Chris Colabello .750 Slugging percentage* Chris Colabello 1.450 OPS* Chris Colabello 2.300 * Minimum 2.7 plate appearances per game

Pitching Statistic Name Total/Avg Wins Luis Lugo 2 Losses Jan Novak 2 Saves 4 players 1 Innings pitched Luis Lugo 12.0 Hits allowed* Drew Janssens Angelo Palumbo 3 Runs allowed* 4 players 1 Earned runs allowed* Daniel Álvarez 0 ERA* Daniel Álvarez 0.00 Walks* Alessandro Maestri Diegomar Markwell 0 Strikeouts Luis Lugo 13 * Minimum 1.0 inning pitched per game

Baseball results

Year	Final Host		Final			Semifinalists
			Champions	Runners-up		3rd place	4th place
2018 details	Hoofddorp		Netherlands	Italy		Spain	Belgium

Softball results

Year	Final Host		Final			Semifinalists
			Champions	Runners-up		3rd place	4th place
2018 details	Hoofddorp		Czech Republic	Italy		Great Britain	Netherlands

Medal table

Baseball

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands	1	0	0	1
2	Italy	0	1	0	1
3	Spain	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 entries)		1	1	1	3

Softball

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Czech Republic	1	0	0	1
2	Italy	0	1	0	1
3	Great Britain	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 entries)		1	1	1	3

See also

• European Baseball Championship
• ESF Women's Championship
• European Cup (baseball)
• European Champion Cup Final Four
• Baseball awards § Europe