Game 2 of the best-of-five semi-final series between the Challengers and the Bern Cardinals has been rained out on Saturday, September 29. So far only one of the three scheduled games has been played.
The Challengers and the Cardinals will now play a double header on Sunday. The Swiss Baseball and Softball Federation rescheduled the game for Sunday, September 30 at noon at Bern Allmend. Game 3 will be played right after Game 2.
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Games 2 and 3 in Bern
The Challengers will travel to Bern twice this weekend to play the games 2 and 3 of their best-of-five semi-final series against the reigning champions Bern Cardinals. The Challengers lost the opener 1-6 one week ago and need to win at least one of the two away games to bring the series back to Zurich. Game 2 will take place on Saturday, September 29, game 3 on Sunday, September 30. Both games will start at 2pm at Bern Allmend.
Continue Reading » Games 2 and 3 in BernCards take opener, win 6-1
The Challengers dropped Game 1 of their best-of-five semi-final series to the Bern Cardinals, as the Cards posted a 6-1 win. The game took place at the Heerenschürli ballpark on Sunday, September 29 after the game on Saturday at Bern has been rained out. After the defending Swiss champion Bern Cardinals opened the score in the first inning, the Challengers tied the game in the bottom of the fourth inning, as Tobias Siegrist crossed the plate with the help of the Cardinals defense. The C’s loaded the bases in the bottom of the fifth but weren’t able to cash in. Better did it the Cardinals in the top of the sixth frame, as they scored five runs on four hits, two sacrifice flies, two walks, one error and a wild pitch to make it 6-1. And the Cards didn’t look back, as Ryan Byrne retired 11 of the last 13 batters he faced.
Byrne went the distance, as he allowed one unearned run and four hits with no walks and eight strikeouts, while Andrea Girasole tossed 5.1 innings allowing five runs – three earned – and six hits with two walks and one strikeout. Jesus Martinez was the only Challenger with two hits, while Säntis Zeller and Thomas Blank had one hit apiece.
Game 2 of the best-of-five series will take place on Saturday, September 29 at 2pm at Bern Allmend.
Game 1 rained out
Game 1 of the best-of-five semi-final series between the Challengers and the Bern Cardinals has been canceled due to rain. The opener of the series will now take place on Sunday, September 23 at 5pm at the Heerenschürli ballpark.
The Swiss Baseball and Softball Federation announced that Game 2 will take place on Saturday, September 29 in Bern and Game 3 on Sunday, September 30 in Bern as well. Game 4 if necessary would be played on Saturday, October 6 at the Heerenschürli ballpark again.
C’s face Cards in semi-final series
The best-of-five semi-final series between the Zurich Challengers and the reigning champion Bern Cardinals begins on the upcoming weekend with Game 1 at Bern on Saturday, September 22 and Game 2 at the Heerenschürli ballpark on Sunday, September 23.
It will be the eighth Postseason meeting between the two teams, the sixth in a Semi-Final series. The last time the Challengers and the Cardinals faced each other in the Playoffs was in the 2007 Finals Series, with the Cardinals sweeping the Challengers 3-0. The two Challengers’ Series wins date back to 1999 and 2000. Since 1995, the two teams met 94 times with the Challengers leading 55-39.
This year, the seven-time Swiss Champions Bern Cardinals finished the Qualification Round in first place with a 23-5 record, while the eight-time Swiss Champions Zürich Challengers were in fourth place with an 18-10 record.
In the 2012 Qualification Round, the Challengers won the Season Series against the Cardinals 3-1. After the Cards edged the C’s 5-4 in Game 1 on September 2, the C’s answered with an 8-0 win in the second game. On September 9, the Challengers swept the Cards at the Heerenschürli ballpark, as they posted an 11-8 win in Game 1 before adding a 5-3 victory in Game 2.
Game 1 of the Best-of-Five Series starts at Bern Allmend on Sunday, September 22 at 2pm, Game 2 will take place at the Heerenschürli ballpark on Sunday, September 23 at 5pm.
The Therwil Flyers will face the Embrach Mustangs in the other Semi-Final Series.
History:
First meeting: 1988 Last meeting: September 9, 2012 Number of meetings (since 1995): 94 Regular season series: 48-25 Zurich Challengers (.657) Current streak: Challengers (3)
Post season history:
Post season meetings: 7-14 Bern Cardinals (.667) Post season series: 2-5 Bern Cardinals 1999 semi-finals: Challengers defeat Cardinals, 2-1 2000 semi-finals: Challengers defeat Cardinals, 2-0 2001 semi-finals: Cardinals defeat Challengers, 2-1 2003 semi-finals: Cardinals defeat Challengers, 3-2 2005 finals: Cardinals defeat Challengers, 3-0 2006 semi-finals: Cardinals defeat Challengers, 2-0 2007 finals: Cardinals defeat Challengers, 3-0
C’s face Cardinals in semi-final series
The Challengers will face the defending champion Bern Cardinals in their best-of-five semi-final series, after the Carinals clinched first place after the qualification round with a 12-1 victory in Game 1 against the Embrach Mustangs on Saturday, September 15. The C’s are leading the season series against the Cardinals 3-1. Game 1 will take place on Saturday, September 22 at Bern, Game 2 will be played on Sunday, September 23 at the Heerenschürli ballpark. The Therwil Flyers will face the Embrach Mustangs in the other semi-final series.
Continue Reading » C’s face Cardinals in semi-final seriesLandis gets his 100th career win
Challengers pitcher Thomas Landis reached a milestone, as the right hander got his 100th career win on Thursday night, September 13 at the Heerenschürli ballpark against the Zürich Lions. Landis worked two scoreless innings of relief, as the Challengers cruised to an easy 15-2 victory over the Lions. He is the first pitcher in the history of Swiss baseball to win 100 games. Landis recorded his 99th career win on July 18, 2010 against the Luzern Eagles.
The Challengers finish the qualification round in fourth place with an 18-10 record and will face either the reigning champion Bern Cardinals or the Therwil Flyers in the best-of-five semi-final series. Game 1 will take place on Saturday, September 22. The C’s won ten of their last eleven games to clinch the playoff berth after being 0.5 games below .500 on July 22. The last time the Challengers recorded 18 wins in a season was in 2002, as they finished the qualification round with a 18-2 record. The C’s beat the Flyers 3-1 in the 2002 best-of-five final series to celebrate their seventh out of eight Swiss championship titles.
Read the interview with Thomas Landis on swiss-baseball.ch
Night Game am Donnerstag
Die Challengers treffen am Donnerstag, 13. September in ihrem letzten Night Game der Saison 2012 auf den Stadtrivalen Zürich Lions. Die Challengers haben alle drei bisherigen Stadtderbys in dieser Saison gegen die Lions gewonnen. Spielbeginn ist um 19.00 Uhr.
Continue Reading » Night Game am DonnerstagC’s sweep Cardinals, clinch playoff berth
The Challengers (17-10) won twice against the first-placed Bern Cardinals (22-4) on Sunday, September 9 at the Heerenschürli ballpark. The C’s clinched the playoff berth for the 14th time since 1997 by posting an 11-8 victory over the Cardinals in Game 1. Tobias Siegrist tossed a complete game for the win, while the offense put together 14 hits. Robert Sedin went 3-for-4 and Jesus Martinez drove in three runs. With this victory the Challengers extended their lead over the fifth-placed Zürich Barracudas to two games.
But the Challengers weren’t done yet. They added another win, as they edged the Cardinals 5-3 in Game 2. Harry Bregy scored the go-ahead run in the bottom of the seventh, while Andrea Girasole (8-4) got the win with two innings of work and Robert Sedin notched his second save with two scoreless innings to shut the door.
The Challengers will play the Zürich Lions in their last game of the qualification round on Thursday, September 13 at 7pm.
Challengers holen Sieg in Bern
Die Challengers erzielten am Sonntag, 2. September einen äusserst wichtigen Sieg gegen den amtierenden Schweizer Meister Bern Cardinals. Nachdem der Titelhalter aus der Hauptstadt im ersten Spiel einen knappen 5-4 Sieg einfuhr, sicherten sich die Challengers den Sieg in der zweiten Partie mit einem 8-0 Shutout. Die Challengers benötigen aus den drei verbleibenden Spielen noch einen Sieg, um die Qualifikation für die Playoffs definitiv zu machen. Am Sonntag, 9. September kommt es im Baseballstadion Heerenschürli erneut zum Aufeinandertreffen mit den Cardinals.
Continue Reading » Challengers holen Sieg in Bern