﻿{"id":28785,"date":"2025-06-21T23:43:34","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T21:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.challengers.ch\/?p=28785"},"modified":"2025-06-22T00:07:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T22:07:54","slug":"cadets-arrive-in-win-column","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.challengers.ch\/en\/cadets-arrive-in-win-column\/","title":{"rendered":"Cadets arrive in Win column"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The U15-Cadets secured their first two wins of the season after eight consecutive losses. They defeated the Geneva Dragons 2 in two nerve-wracking games in Bulle, 19-17 and 10-9.<\/p>\n<p>The first game was characterized by numerous walks. Accordingly, the game lacked momentum. However, the game began with a bang. As the second batter in the lineup, Ian Z\u00fcrcher immediately sent the ball over the right-field fence to make it 1-0. Although the Challengers set the tone, leading 15-9 after three innings, Geneva fought back to within one run. The visitors gained some breathing room in the fifth with four much needed insurance runs, but ultimately needed a double play to secure their first victory.<\/p>\n<p>Fabrice Cadalbert and Fabrizio Bucher each had two hits, Bucher scored four runs, while Ian Z\u00fcrcher and Elias L\u00fcthi each drove in three runs.<\/p>\n<p>In the second game of the day, the Challengers also had the upper hand throughout the entire encounter. However, things turned dramatic again at the end. The Zurich team led 5-1 and later 10-3 before the Dragons, with their backs against the wall, mounted a comeback in the final inning. Closer Len Blickenstorfer secured a 10-9 victory for his team with a strikeout with the bases loaded.<\/p>\n<p>On offense, Elias L\u00fcthi made a statement with three hits, three RBI, and three runs scored, while Ian Z\u00fcrcher, Fabrizio Bucher, Alexander Maron, and Len Blickenstorfer had two hits apiece.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U15-Cadets secured their first two wins of the season after eight consecutive losses. They defeated the Geneva Dragons 2 in two nerve-wracking games in Bulle, 19-17 and 10-9.<br \/>\nThe first game was characterized by numerous walks. Accordingly, the game lacked momentum. However, the game began with a bang. As the second batter in the lineup, Ian Z\u00fcrcher immediately sent the ball over the right-field fence to make it 1-0. Although the Challengers set the tone, leading 15-9 after three innings, Geneva fought back to within one run. The visitors gained some breathing room in the fifth with four much needed insurance runs, but ultimately needed a double play to secure their first victory.<br \/>\nFabrice Cadalbert and Fabrizio Bucher each had two hits, Bucher scored four runs, while Ian Z\u00fcrcher and Elias L\u00fcthi each drove in three runs.<br \/>\nIn the second game of the day, the Challengers also had the upper hand throughout the entire encounter. However, things turned dramatic again at the end. The Zurich team led 5-1 and later 10-3 before the Dragons, with their backs against the wall, mounted a comeback in the final inning. Closer Len Blickenstorfer secured a 10-9 victory for his team with a strikeout with the bases loaded.<br \/>\nOn offense, Elias L\u00fcthi made a statement with three hits, three RBI, and three runs scored, while Ian Z\u00fcrcher, Fabrizio Bucher, Alexander Maron, and Len Blickenstorfer had two hits apiece.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cadets-en","category-startseite-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cadets arrive in Win column - Zurich Challengers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Challengers Baseball- und Softball-Club Z\u00fcrich\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.challengers.ch\/en\/cadets-arrive-in-win-column\/\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.challengers.ch\/en\/cadets-arrive-in-win-column\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.challengers.ch\/en\/cadets-arrive-in-win-column\/\",\"name\":\"Cadets arrive in Win column - Zurich Challengers\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.challengers.ch\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-21T21:43:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-21T22:07:54+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.challengers.ch\/#\/schema\/person\/a905149e1e05b54c1767991e651a53ce\"},\"description\":\"Challengers Baseball- und Softball-Club Z\u00fcrich\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.challengers.ch\/en\/cadets-arrive-in-win-column\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.challengers.ch\/en\/cadets-arrive-in-win-column\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.challengers.ch\/en\/cadets-arrive-in-win-column\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Startseite\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.challengers.ch\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Cadets arrive in Win column\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.challengers.ch\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.challengers.ch\/\",\"name\":\"Zurich Challengers\",\"description\":\"Baseball &amp; Softball Club\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.challengers.ch\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.challengers.ch\/#\/schema\/person\/a905149e1e05b54c1767991e651a53ce\",\"name\":\"Serge K\u00fcnzler\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.challengers.ch\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a88e7d4ad8c3aa95b68562cca1104feef7da8e83d324780e6fe7d5e970707111?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a88e7d4ad8c3aa95b68562cca1104feef7da8e83d324780e6fe7d5e970707111?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Serge K\u00fcnzler\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.challengers.ch\/en\/author\/serge\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Cadets arrive in Win column - Zurich Challengers","description":"Challengers Baseball- und Softball-Club Z\u00fcrich","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.challengers.ch\/en\/cadets-arrive-in-win-column\/","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.challengers.ch\/en\/cadets-arrive-in-win-column\/","url":"https:\/\/www.challengers.ch\/en\/cadets-arrive-in-win-column\/","name":"Cadets arrive in Win column - Zurich Challengers","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.challengers.ch\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-06-21T21:43:34+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-21T22:07:54+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.challengers.ch\/#\/schema\/person\/a905149e1e05b54c1767991e651a53ce"},"description":"Challengers Baseball- und Softball-Club Z\u00fcrich","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.challengers.ch\/en\/cadets-arrive-in-win-column\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.challengers.ch\/en\/cadets-arrive-in-win-column\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.challengers.ch\/en\/cadets-arrive-in-win-column\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Startseite","item":"https:\/\/www.challengers.ch\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Cadets arrive in Win column"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.challengers.ch\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.challengers.ch\/","name":"Zurich Challengers","description":"Baseball &amp; Softball Club","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.challengers.ch\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.challengers.ch\/#\/schema\/person\/a905149e1e05b54c1767991e651a53ce","name":"Serge K\u00fcnzler","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.challengers.ch\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a88e7d4ad8c3aa95b68562cca1104feef7da8e83d324780e6fe7d5e970707111?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a88e7d4ad8c3aa95b68562cca1104feef7da8e83d324780e6fe7d5e970707111?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Serge K\u00fcnzler"},"url":"https:\/\/www.challengers.ch\/en\/author\/serge\/"}]}},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-16 16:31:28","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category"},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengers.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengers.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengers.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengers.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengers.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28785"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengers.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28790,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengers.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28785\/revisions\/28790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengers.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengers.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengers.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}