Die Zürich Challengers verlieren auch das zweite Nachtspiel gegen die Zürich Barracudas mit 6-4. Die Barracudas vermochten zu Beginn des Spiels drei Runs zu erzielen und skorten noch einmal drei im achten Inning um den Sieg zu sichern.
Continue Reading » Night Game am MittwochDie Challengers konnten im Kampf um den letzten Playoff-Platz nicht den erhofften Abstand herstellen. Am Samstag, 14. August kamen die Zürcher bei den Sissach Frogs nicht über eine Punkteteilung hinaus. Im ersten Spiel sicherten sich die Challengers mit einem 13-9 zwar den ersten Saisonerfolg gegen die Baselbieter, konnten aber im zweiten Spiel die Leistung nicht wiederholen und unterlagen den Frogs mit 9-15.
Somit kommt es zu einem innerstädtischen Duell um den vierten Rang zwischen den Zürich Barracudas (14-11) und den Challengers (14-9). Die beiden Stadtclubs werden sich am Mittwoch, 18. August um 19.00 Uhr in einem Night Game im Stadion Heerenschürli direkt gegenüberstehen.
The Challengers again managed just a split against the Luzern Eagles on Saturday. While they won Game 1 10-4 thanks to a 13-hit output, Brian Hipps (1-1) and his offense lost it in the final inning in Game 2 in a 4-3 loss.
Continue Reading » Challengers split again
Die Challengers verlieren das allererste Abendspiel in der Geschichte des Schweizerischen Baseballverbandes mit 4-3 in Extra Innings gegen die Barracudas. Eine anständige Zuschauerkulisse sah eine spannende Auseinandersetzung, die nach neun regulären Innings 3-3 stand. Dabei duellierten sich Tobias Siegrist und Andi Rüesch auf dem Mound über sieben Innings. Die Challengers begingen zu viele Errors in der Anfangsphase und mussten den Barracudas bereits im ersten Inning mit 2-0 davonziehen lassen. Die Challengers glichen das Spiel aber im fünften Inning aus, aber die Barracudas antworteten postwendend mit einem weiteren unearned Run in der zweiten Hälfte des fünften Innings zu einer 3-2 Führung. Brian Hipps glich aber das Spiel im achten Inning mit einem RBI-Single wieder aus, und Siegrist hielt die Barracudas in Schach. Aber im 10. Durchgang gab er zwei Walks und schliesslich Chris Bissig’s Game-Winning RBI-Single ab.
Continue Reading » Night Game am DienstagThe Challengers won their seventh game in a row, as they cruised to a 13-2 victory in Game 1 against the Luzern Eagles on Sunday, July 18 at Reussbühl. But the Challengers saw their winning-streak halted, as the Eagles posted a 9-5 win in Game 2.
With the split the Challengers (11-7) remain one game ahead of the Zürich Barracudas and the Bern Cardinals, who are tied for fourth place with a 12-10 record.
The Challengers swept the red-hot Embrach Mustangs by taking both games of Saturday’s doubleheader.
In Game 1, Tobias Siegrist went the distance for his fourth win of the season, limiting the Mustangs to only seven hits in a 5-2 victory. He also went 4-for-4 at the plate with a game-high two runs scored.
In the second contest, Siegrist started again and lasted 5 1-3 innings, giving up four runs on five hits. The win came in the Challengers’ final at-bat as Jesus Martinez lifted a high fly ball to center field, which Harry Wischnewski lost in the sun, enabling Siegrist to score the winning run for a 5-4 win. Carlos Peña went 4-for-4 with two singles, a double and a triple, and Brian Hipps was credited with his first win of the season.
The Challengers won twice against the Bern Cardinals to extend their winning streak to four on Saturday, June 26 at the Heerenschürli ballpark. The Challengers (8-6) posted a 12-10 win against the Cardinals (9-9) in Game 1 and added a 3-0 shutout victory in Game 2. With the two wins the C’s climed over .500 for the first time since opening day and moved into third place.
Continue Reading » Challengers sweep CardinalsThe Challengers evened their record at 6-6 with two wins over the Lausanne Indians on Saturday, June 12 at the Heerenschürli ballpark. Tobias Siegrist tossed a three-hitter with ten strikeouts and no walks and delivered a triple and a double with three RBI’s, as the Challengers cruised to an 11-1 victory over the Indians in Game 1. Playing coach Brian Hipps and Yanik Probst delivered two hits each, while Hipps and Chris Palatinus drove in two runs apiece.
Game 2 was all Challengers, as the C’s erupted for five hits and scored six runs in the bottom of the first inning. James Sanders and Chris Palatinus combined for a two-hitter, while Brian Hipps and Yonimiler Martinez had two hits and drove in two runs apiece and Thomas Blank added two RBI’s, as the Challengers posted a 9-1 win.
The Challengers stay at .500 after a split with the second placed Embrach Mustangs on Saturday, May 29. The Mustangs posted a 9-4 win over the C’s in Game 1, while the blue and red answered with a 7-3 victory in Game 2.
Continue Reading » Challengers remain at .500Challengers shortstop Ueli von Burg officially announced his retirement with immediate effect on Thursday due to personal and job-related reasons.
Von Burg, 33, appeared in 6 games with the C’s this season batting .421 with 8 hits, 6 RBI’s and 8 runs scored. Von Burg scored also the new Heerenschürli ballpark’s very first run on April 17 on Tobias Siegrist’s RBI-single in the first inning.
Von Burg started his career with the Challengers. After a short stint with the Richterswil Athletics he played more than ten seasons for the Zurich Barracudas before returning to the C’s for the 2009 season. The Challengers wish him all the best for his future.