(2) Scotland 5 (10) Greece 4 (13 innings)

VWBC
BERLIN - After their triumphant trouncing of rival France, a confident and powerful Scotland were stiffly tested in a long battle against a surprisingly resistant Greek squad. The early innings of the match quickly became a defensive battle, with both pitchers settling in to a 0-0 deadlock, one that persisted until the sixth inning, where both sides got on the board, with the Scottish offense producing 3 runs, and the Greek producing 2. Later in the 8th a solo home run by Oliver Zavias of Greece propelled them to a 3-3 tie, which was still the score at the conclusion of 9 innings. In extra innings, an additional three scoreless innings passed as both sides replaced their starters with their number 2 starter, knowing that without a win here, it would not matter how well-rested their rotation was as they would be going home. The normally explosive Scottish offense, the same one that had produced 16 runs against France, was held in check by the Greek pitching, helped by some extraodinary defensive plays by the Greeks. In the 13th inning Greece was a able to add a run after their leadoff hitter was walked. He advanced to 2nd on a sacrifice bunt, and to third on an error. A double by the Greek 3rd baseman knocked him in, but trying to stretch that double into a triple, he was thrown out. He squandered the Greek chance at a few more runs, going from a possible man on 2nd with one out situation to a two outs no one on situation. A pop out disposed of the last Greek out for that inning, and now the Scots had 3 outs to score at least one run, or they would be out of the tourney. The portion of the crowd that were Scottish supporters were noticably tense as the bottom of the 13th commenced, but their fears were soon dismissed as Scottish centerfielder Roger Campbell's double was followed by a walk-off home run from Scottish star first baseman John Harfield. The Scots survived a close one, but win they did, and their relieved team will move on to face giant slayers Liechtenstein, the cinderella story of the tournament so far, in what will surely be an exciting round 3 match.