Games of the Ukrainian baseball championship 2018, Division “B”, North – Eastern group, were held in Sumy city recently.

Players from “Poltava Wild Hogs” team (Poltava city) faced with heavy favorite “Vorony” team from Sumy city. There was a real duel between pitchers — Yevhen Vasylets (“Vorony”) and Ruslan Shkurynskyi (“Poltava Wild Hogs”). The “Vorony” team gained the upper hand at the start of a baseball match. After the fourth inning, the score was in favor of the host team – 5:1. During the middle of the fifth inning, the “Poltava Wild Hogs” team managed to tie the game – 5:5. Thus the team from Poltava didn`t stand their ground – 8:5.

The second game day was started by other pitchers – Roman Karavai played for the host team while Vladyslav Ladur was the pitcher of the “Poltava Wild Hogs” team. Due to a number of pitcher`s mistakes of “Poltava Wild Hogs” the first inning was ended in favor of the “Vorony” team – 0:9. The second game between “Poltava Wild Hogs” and “Vorony” lasted for 7 innings. The Ukrainian baseball team “Vorony” has won the second game with the score 14:2.

The “Poltava Wild Hogs” team will meet on the field with “East Vikings” during games that will take place in Kharkiv on 7 and 8 June 2018.