The Zurich Challengers extended their winning streak to three games, as they beat the Zurich Lions on Thursday, May 24 at the Heerenschürli ballpark. After an early rain delay the C’s worked the switches, as they scored three runs in the third and added another two runs in the fourth frame to make it 6-0. And the C’s selt the deal, scoring ten times in the fifth inning to eventually win 17-0.
Andrea Girasole (2-2) and Tobias Siegrist combined for a shutout victory, while Robert Sedin drove in three runs with two doubles and every Challengers starter scored a run. The Challengers are now in fifth place with a 3-4 record. They will face the Zurich Barracudas on June 2 and June 6 in night games at the Heerenschürli ballpark.
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Drei Challengers im Nati-Kader
Die Challengers Spieler Andrea Girasole, Tobias Siegrist und Säntis Zeller wurden von Headcoach Andy Fleischacker ins 21-köpfige Kader des Schweizer Nationalteams für das Finkstonball Turnier im österreichischen Attnang-Puchheim berufen, welches vom 26. bis 28. Mai stattfindet.
Continue Reading » Drei Challengers im Nati-KaderLadies with two tough losses
The Softball-Team lost twice against their cross-town rivals Barracudas on Sunday, May 20 in two hard fought battles that lasted more than two hours each. In Game 1 the Challengers’ rally came too late, as the Barracudas recorded the last two outs with the bases loaded to hold on to a 9-7 victory. In Game 2 the Challengers were one strike away from the victory twice, but the Barracudas erased a 3-6 deficit in the seventh inning before erupting for seven runs in the extra inning for a dramatic 13-7 win. With this two tough losses the C’s drop to a 4-4 record.
Continue Reading » Ladies with two tough lossesU12-Juveniles open season with two wins
The U12-Juveniles finally opened their season as well, after their first gameday of the year has been rained out. The SG TruckStar/Challengers swept the Therwil Flyers on Sunday, May 20. The SG TruckStar/Challengers posted a 7-0 shutout victory in Game 1 and added a 9-7 win in Game 2.
Continue Reading » U12-Juveniles open season with two winsU15-Cadets with loss and win
The U15-Cadets played their second gameday of the year on Saturday, May 19 at Wittenbach. In Game 1 the Challengers faced the Wittenbach Vikings, who handed the C’s their first loss of the season, as the Vikings edged the Challengers 9-7. The C’s answered with a confident win in Game 2, as the team of Todd Tuckner and Eric Haynor posted a 16-3 victory over the Black Hawks.
Continue Reading » U15-Cadets with loss and winNLB-Team sweeps Swiss U18 Nationalteam
The NLB-Team won twice against the Swiss U18 Nationalteam on Saturday, May 19 at the Heerenschürli ballpark. The Challengers posted a 10-7 win in Game 1 and added an easy 25-5 victory in Game 2. The C’s move into second place with a 3-1 record.
Continue Reading » NLB-Team sweeps Swiss U18 NationalteamSoftball-Team wins twice against SG EAG/CHA
The Softball-Team faced the SG Eagles/Challengers on Saturday, May 19 at the Klopstockwiese, in what was a matchup in familiar atmosphere, as in both teams players from the Challengers lined up. The SG Eagles/Challengers opened the score in both games, but the Challengers managed to accelerate after starting slow twice to eventually win 15-1 and 21-6.
The SG EAG/CHA scored first in Game 1, as Irene Späni drove in Cindy Sullivan to make it 1-0 in the first inning. The Challengers answered in the second frame. After a pair of walks and hit-by-pitches Valentina Verdesca, Taylor Mc Cants and Ziegylou Wehrli delivered run-scoring singles to make it 7-1. After Jennifer Probst drove in Sandrine Montandon, Leandra Simitovic had a base-clearing hit to make it 11-1 in the third.
Probst, Mc Cants, Wehrli and Verdesca had a pair of hits each, while Simitovic allowed one run, two hits and four walks while striking out five in four innings of work.
The SG EAG/CHA started even better in Game 2, as Valentina Verdesca belted a three-run double and Fabienne Baumgartner added a two-run triple to make it 6-0 in the top of the second inning. But again the Challengers turned it around, scoring 21 unanswered runs on eight hits and 15 walks.
Leandra Simitovic, Taylor Mc Cants and Andrea Wirth had two hits each, while Jennifer Probst, Izumi Nitta, Mc Cants and Wirth scored three runs each.
Taylor Mc Cants gave up six runs and five hits with two walks and three strikeouts for her first win of the season.
Softball-Team mit vier Spielen auf der Klopstockwiese
Das Softball-Team hat ein arbeitsreiches Wochenende mit vier Spielen auf der Klopstockwiese vor sich. Am Samstag, 19. Mai kommt es zum zweiten Versuch gegen die SG Eagles/Challengers, nachdem am letzten Wochenende das erste Duell dem Regen zum Opfer fiel. Tags darauf empfangen die Challengers dann den Stadtrivalen Zürich Barracudas. Die Spiele beginnen an beiden Tagen jeweils um 11.00 und 13.30 Uhr.
Das NLB-Team läuft erstmals in dieser Saison im heimischen Baseballstadion Heerenschürli auf, wo es am Samstag, 19. Mai zum Aufeinandertreffen mit der U18-Nationalmannschaft kommt, welche als Vorbereitung auf das Qualifier European Championship Juniors Turnier im französischen Toulouse vom 10. bis 14. Juli an der NLB-Meisterschaft teilnimmt. Die Spiele beginnen um 12.00 und 15.00 Uhr.
Die U15-Cadets reisen nach Wittenbach, wo sie am Samstag, 19. Mai auf die Wittenbach Vikings und die Black Hawks treffen. Die Spiele beginnen um 10.00 und 12.30 Uhr auf der OZ Wiese.
Die U12-Juveniles versuchen nach einem Rainout verspätet ihre Saison zu eröffnen. Die Spielgemeinschaft TruckStar/Challengers trifft dabei am Sonntag, 20. Mai auswärts auf die Therwil Flyers. Spielbeginn ist um 11.00 und 13.30 Uhr in Therwil Känelmatt II.
Baseball and Softball games washed out
The home opener between the Challengers and the Bern Cardinals at the Heerenschürli ballpark, the softball game between the SG Eagles/Challengers and the Challengers and the season opener for the U12-Juveniles team all scheduled for Saturday, May 12 have been canceled by the groundkeepers due to heavy rain. No make-up dates have been announced so far.
Continue Reading » Baseball and Softball games washed outU18 Spieltag an Auffahrt
Die Swiss Baseball & Softball Federation organisiert an Auffahrt, 17. Mai einen nationalen U18 Spieltag in Dulliken. Am Tagesturnier werden die drei Teams aus Genf, das SBSF Team 1 mit Spielern der Truck Star, der Frogs und der Unicorns sowie das SBSF Team 2 mit Spielern der Bandits, Rainbows und Challengers aufeinandertreffen. Von den Challengers werden Laurens Bohlen, Ryan Ciemny, Tim Disler, Michael Iacono, Gabe Staub und Matt Tsukroff für das SBSF Team 2 im Einsatz stehen. Gecoacht wird das Team von den Challengers NLB-Coaches Andrea Girasole und Robert Sedin. Das erste Spiel beginnt um 10.00 Uhr auf dem Sportplatz Untere Ey in Dulliken.
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