Last week the German National Team U18 came back from Barcelona after the MLB tournament. Team has played eight matches against the National teams of Netherlands, Italy, France, and Czech Republic. Also German team competed with the “AllStars” which includes best baseball players from Spain, Britain, Austria, Sweden and Belgium.

The score draw was possible because games were played without an extra innings. Each inning had a limit – 25 pitches. If the team reached the maximum number of pitches, the right to pitch was automatically given to the other team. This restriction is seldom introduced, but it was necessary during this competition to avoid the overwork of pitchers before the game season. In addition, the MLB representatives held numerous testing, the number of trainings and a lot of group and individual meetings.

The German National Team U18 finished the game week with two victories, three failures and three score draws. However, the coaching staff in the name of head coach Tom Gillespie and his assistants Christopher Howard, Stefan Muller and Markus Solbakh were pleased with team’s game and scores.

“It was pleasant all athletes played so wholeheartedly and tried to open something new for them. It was a kind of productive preparation for the upcoming season. We still have a lot of things we need to work through”, Gillespie said.