{"id":26006,"date":"2024-04-09T06:20:04","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T04:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.challengers.ch\/?p=26006"},"modified":"2024-04-07T23:01:54","modified_gmt":"2024-04-07T21:01:54","slug":"opening-weekend-with-six-home-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.challengers.ch\/en\/opening-weekend-with-six-home-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening Weekend with six home games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new baseball and softball season begins with the Opening Weekend. Challengers fans can enjoy six home games from Friday to Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>It starts with the <strong>NLA-Team<\/strong>, which opens its mission to defend the Swiss championship title against their cross-town rivals Zurich Barracudas with a night game in the <strong>Heerensch\u00fcrli ballpark<\/strong> on <strong>Friday, April 12th at 6:30 p.m<\/strong>. Game 2 of this two-game series will take place on Saturday, April 13th from 5:30 p.m. also in the Heerensch\u00fcrli with the official Challengers Season Opening Party.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Challengers Softball-Team<\/strong> will also start the new season on <strong>Saturday, April 13th<\/strong>. In a reprise of the last three final series in Swiss softball, the blue and red welcome the reigning Swiss Champions Wittenbach Panthers on the <strong>Klopstockwiese in Zurich-Enge<\/strong>. The games start at <strong>11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>NLB-Team<\/strong> opens its season on <strong>Sunday, April 14th<\/strong> in the <strong>Heerensch\u00fcrli ballpark<\/strong>. The greatly rejuvenated second team will face the Zurich Barracudas second team in the small city derby. The games start at <strong>11 a.m. and 2 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new baseball and softball season begins with the Opening Weekend. Challengers fans can enjoy six home games from Friday to Sunday.<br \/>\nIt starts with the NLA-Team, which opens its mission to defend the Swiss championship title against their cross-town rivals Zurich Barracudas with a night game in the Heerensch\u00fcrli ballpark on Friday, April 12th at 6:30 p.m. Game 2 of this two-game series will take place on Saturday, April 13th from 5:30 p.m. also in the Heerensch\u00fcrli with the official Challengers Season Opening Party.<br \/>\nThe Challengers Softball-Team will also start the new season on Saturday, April 13th. In a reprise of the last three final series in Swiss softball, the blue and red welcome the reigning Swiss Champions Wittenbach Panthers on the Klopstockwiese in Zurich-Enge. The games start at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.<br \/>\nThe NLB-Team opens its season on Sunday, April 14th in the Heerensch\u00fcrli ballpark. The greatly rejuvenated second team will face the Zurich Barracudas second team in the small city derby. 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