The Challengers lost also the fourth derby against their cross-town rivals Zurich Barracudas this season. The game was very even for a long time before the Barracudas pulled away in the eighth inning, ultimately winning 11-4.<\/p>\n
After their decisive defeat in last Friday’s local derby, the Challengers started way better this time. Pitcher Tate Stone-Frisina had a good night and the offense was up to speed right from the start. James Sanders delivered an RBI single in the first inning to make it 1-0. Although the Barracudas were able to score two runs themselves following a Challengers error, the home team answered in the third. After a leadoff single by Carsten Zuber, S\u00e4ntis Zeller, James Sanders, and Noam Blickenstorfer had RBI-singles to make it 4-2. But the Barracudas found the antidote to the Challengers’ bats in Nicholas Miceli. The former German champion, with the Bonn Capitals, didn’t allow a single hit in six innings as a reliever and recorded twelve strikeouts. Meanwhile, the Challengers defense gave away the lead with numerous errors. These initially tied the game at 4-4 in the sixth inning, before the Barracudas retook the lead 5-4 in the seventh. In the eighth inning the visitors then sealed the victory with six runs, making it 11-4.<\/p>\n
It wasn’t pitcher Stone-Frisina’s fault. He gave up eleven hits and eleven runs, but only one of those was earned. He also recorded eleven strikeouts. The Challengers defense ultimately totaled no fewer than nine errors \u2013 the most in 16 years. At least one Challenger had reason to celebrate, though. Mike Siemers got his first hit in the NLA in the second inning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Challengers lost also the fourth derby against their cross-town rivals Zurich Barracudas this season. The game was very even for a long time before the Barracudas pulled away in the eighth inning, ultimately winning 11-4.
\nAfter their decisive defeat in last Friday’s local derby, the Challengers started way better this time. Pitcher Tate Stone-Frisina had a good night and the offense was up to speed right from the start. James Sanders delivered an RBI single in the first inning to make it 1-0. Although the Barracudas were able to score two runs themselves following a Challengers error, the home team answered in the third. After a leadoff single by Carsten Zuber, S\u00e4ntis Zeller, James Sanders, and Noam Blickenstorfer had RBI-singles to make it 4-2. But the Barracudas found the antidote to the Challengers’ bats in Nicholas Miceli. The former German champion, with the Bonn Capitals, didn’t allow a single hit in six innings as a reliever and recorded twelve strikeouts. Meanwhile, the Challengers defense gave away the lead with numerous errors. These initially tied the game at 4-4 in the sixth inning, before the Barracudas retook the lead 5-4 in the seventh. In the eighth inning the visitors then sealed the victory with six runs, making it 11-4.
\nIt wasn’t pitcher Stone-Frisina’s fault. He gave up eleven hits and eleven runs, but only one of those was earned. He also recorded eleven strikeouts. The Challengers defense ultimately totaled no fewer than nine errors \u2013 the most in 16 years. At least one Challenger had reason to celebrate, though. Mike Siemers got his first hit in the NLA in the second inning.<\/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":[28,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-startseite-en","category-nla-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n