Jánossomorja Win at Home – mister-baseball.com

The final of the Federation Cup Qualifier featured the combination of great pitching and timely hitting that both Utenos Titani and Jánossomorja’s Rascals had shown all week, but the home side overcame two runs by the Lithuanians in the top of the first by posting a five-run fourth and working around a pair of late doubles to win the tournament. The first two games of the day saw Sweden’s Kristiansand Suns take third place and Finland’s Puumat explode for 20 runs in the fifth-place game.

Jánossomorja has boasting superb pitching all week, surrendering only eight runs in its first four games. Neither of its first two pitchers had much success, but with two runners on in the second, Ramón Ulacio came in for the second day in a row, and fired six scoreless innings to ice the game for the Hungarian baseball club. He struck out eight and working around seven baserunners, only a day after throwing 51 pitches to ensure a win for the Rascals in the semis. In total, the right-hander threw 14.2 innings in the Federation Cup Qualifier, whiffing an eye-popping 26 batters while surrendering only six hits and four walks to go 2-0 with a 0.61 ERA, 0.68 WHIP, and .120 batting average against.

As he has done repeatedly this week, young Martin Morua delivered on offence, leading the team with a 3-for-4, two RBI day. The pitcher-catcher-shortstop-centerfielder finished with 11 hits in 18 at bats. Michael Savino gave Utena three shutout innings to start the game, and was 3-for-3 with two doubles at the plate.

See final results and standings below.

Individual Batting Leaders

• Panayot Zhaltov (Lions) led in each of the triple slash categories: .636/.714/1.364 (slugging tied) and was one of five players to hit two home runs. He tied for the lead in runs (8).
• Edward Crasnean (Botoșani) led in home runs (3) and slugging percentage, tying for second in total bases (15). He slashed .455/.500/1.364.
• Morua led in RBI (11) and doubles (4, tied), and was second in average and fourth in OBP, SLG, and OPS, slashing .611/.632/1.000.
• Ben Bové (Puumat) led in steals (8), despite only playing in four games, was second in hits (10), and was third in average (.588).
• Michael Savino (Utenos) tied for the lead in doubles (4), was third in OBP, and hit .500/.650/.786.

Individual Pitching Leaders
Rate leaders are for those with four or more innings pitched. Note that on the statistics page, all ERAs are calculated incorrectly (earned runs are divided by seven, rather than nine). They are rendered correctly here.

• Five players earned two wins. Ulacio, Morua, and Rey Rivera (Puumat) were the ones to go 2-0, while Emiliano Rivera and Richard Cirigliano went 2-1. Rivera and Zhaltov each tossed two complete games.
• Morua led in scoreless innings (0.00 ERA) and was fourth in ERA (0.48) and opponents’ BA (.107). He struck out 14 in 8.2 innings with a 0.73 WHIP.
• Ulacio was second in strikeouts (26) and innings (14.2), fourth in WHIP (0.70), and fifth in opponents BA (.120).
• Rivero (Tampere) was the only pitcher to start three games, also leading in innings (16) and strikeouts (28), in addition to tying for the lead in wins and complete games. He had a 3.94 ERA
• Zhaltov was two-way star, finishing third in strikeouts (20) and innings (14.1), walking only two and finishing with a 4.40 ERA.
• Cirigliano (Utenos) also was a difference-maker on both sides of the ball, striking out 18 in 12 innings, pitching in four-of-five games. He had a 3.75 ERA and a 0.75 WHIIP. A the plate, he slashed .400/.550/.933 and stole three bases.
• Nooa Määtä (Puumat) did not allow an earned run or a hit over four innings, thus leading in opponents’ BA (.000). He struck out eight and walked six.
• Amila Wanniarachchi Kankanmage (Kristiansand) did not allow an earned run over six innings and was second in opponents’ BA (.056).

For more on the European Cup, see our coverage: Day 1 https://www.mister-baseball.com/federation-cup-qualifier-2026-janossomorja-win-at-home/, Day 2 https://www.mister-baseball.com/federation-cup-qualifier-2026-janossomorja-win-at-home/, Day 3 https://www.mister-baseball.com/federation-cup-qualifier-2026-janossomorja-win-at-home/, Day 4 https://www.mister-baseball.com/federation-cup-qualifier-2026-janossomorja-win-at-home/, Day 5 https://www.mister-baseball.com/federation-cup-qualifier-2026-janossomorja-win-at-home/. Box scores can be found here [link]. All games played to seven innings, rather than nine.

Playoff Results
June 5
Seventh: Kyiv 6 – Lions 11
Semi: Tampere 3 – Utenos 8
Semi: Kristiansand 0 – Jánossomorja 3

June 6
Fifth: Puumat 20 – Botoșani 7
Third: Kristiansand 7 – Tampere 1
First: Jánossomorja 5 – Utenos 2

Final Standings