The NLB-Team again walked away with a win under floodlights, as the Challengers posted a 12-6 victory over their local rivals Zürich Barracudas on Tuesday night, August 6 at the Heerenschürli ballpark. The C's also won the season series 3-1 against the Barracudas.
The team of headcoach Robert Sedin remains in fourth place with a 7-9 record. The C's will host the Therwil Flyers on Sunday, August 11.
NLB-Team wins again at night
C’s swept by Cards again
The Challengers traveled to Bern on Sunday, August 4 with high hopes. But the Cardinals showed why they are in first place. The Cardinals cruised to a 15-1 win in Game 1, before adding a 5-2 victory over the C's in Game 2. With the two wins the Cardinals swept the season series against the Challengers 4-0.
The Challengers will face their cross-town rivals Zürich Barracudas on Saturday, August 10 in what will be an important matchup in the battle for the playoff spots.
NLB Night Game am Dienstag
Die Challengers NLB-Mannschaft trifft am Dienstag, 6. August erneut auf den Stadtrivalen Zürich Barracudas. Das Night Game im Baseballstadion Heerenschürli beginnt wie gewohnt um 19.00 Uhr.
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The 1st League-Team played its last gameday of the preeliminary round on Saturday, August 3 at Dulliken. The SG TruckStar/Challengers lost to the Yverdon Golgoths 5-15 in Game 1. In the second game of the day the Thun Hunters proved to be too strong once more, as the Hunters posted a 13-4 victory over the SG TruckStar/Challengers.
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Das NLA-Team der Challengers reist am Sonntag, 4. August in die Hauptstadt, wo es auf den Tabellenführer Bern Cardinals treffen wird. Vor drei Wochen entführten die Cardinals alle Punkte aus dem Heerenschürli, sodass sich die Challengers in Bern einen erfolgreicheren Auftritt erhoffen. Die Zürcher sind in der Tabelle zwei Spiele vor den fünftplatzierten Zürich Barracudas, die am Sonntag auf die viertplatzierten Embrach Mustangs treffen werden. Spielbeginn auf der Berner Allmend ist um 11.00 und 14.00 Uhr.
Das 1.Liga-Team spielt am Samstag, 3. August in Dulliken erneut gegen die Yverdon Golgoths und die Thun Hunters. Die drei Teams bestritten bereits vor zwei Wochen ein Tagesturnier in Thun. Die SG TruckStar/Challengers wartet noch immer auf den ersten Sieg in dieser Spielzeit, wird aber sicher bis zum Schluss darum kämpfen, dieses Ziel zu erreichen. Spielbeginn ist um 10.00 und 15.00 Uhr in Dulliken Untere Ey.
NLB-Team wins Night Game
The NLB-Team bounced back from two tough losses against the Jona Bandits two weeks ago, as the Challengers celebrated a 9-8 victory against Zürich Barracudas. The two local rivals battled for 3 hours and 47 minutes on Tuesday night, before reliever Oliver Christen selt the deal with a strikeout with the tying run on third.
The C's took the lead in the third inning, as they scored three runs for a 3-2 lead, which they didn't give away till the end. Dean Scherbaum drove in Gregory Zingg with a RBI-double to extend the lead to two runs and after the Barracudas cut the deficit to one run again, Carlos Nepomuceno had a triple and scored in the fifth, before delivering a two-run single in the sixth to make it 8-4. The Barracudas fought strong and answered with two runs of their own, while the C's scored an insurance run in the seventh, as Yusuke Azuma drove in Francesco Falcone. The Barracudas managed to get another run in the bottom of the ninth, but Christen ended the threat for a much needed Challengers victory.
Dean Scherbaum was credited with the win, as he gave up six runs in 5.1 innings of work, while Oliver Christen tossed 3.2 innings for the save.
The two teams will face each other again on Tuesday, August 6 for another night game at the Heerenschürli ballpark.
NLB Derby am Dienstag
Nach der einwöchigen ersten Baseball Europameisterschaft in Zürich geht das Baseballstadion Heerenschürli wieder in den Meisterschaftsbetrieb über. Am Dienstag Abend, 30. Juli kommt es zu einem Night Game zwischen den NLB-Teams der Zürich Barracudas und der Zürich Challengers. Im ersten Aufeinandertreffen in dieser Saison teilten sich die Stadtrivalen die Punkte. Die Barracudas geewannen Spiel 1 mit 10-6, die Challengers holten sich Spiel 2 mit 13-3. Spielbeginn ist um 19.00 Uhr.
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The Swiss Baseball National Team won its last game at the European Championship in Zürich on Friday, July 26, as the Swiss posted a 11-1 victory over Slovenia. Switzerland took an early 7-0 lead. Angelo Rodriguez, who played its last game for the National Team, and Sebastian Zwyer delivered three hits each, while Andrea Girasole walked away with the win, as he allowed one run, three hits and one walk with one strikeout in five innings, before Harry Bregy and Roger Savoldelli combined for three scoreless innings of relief.
Switzerland finished the European Championship on fifth place with a 2-3 record. Great Britain won the tournament after posting a 2-0 victory against the Ukraine in Saturday's final. The British took the lead in the second inning, as Ian Young drove in Sam Wiley followed by a RBI-single from Ryan Trask to make it 2-0 and they never looked back. Pitcher Greg Hendrix tossed a complete game allowing just five hits and one walk while also striking out 13.
Switzerland misses final berth
The Swiss National Team missed its last chance to remain in the race for a spot in the final game of the European Championship on Thursday, July 25, as they were edged by Bulgaria 2-3. Switzerland outhit Bulgaria 9-6 and managed to tie the game twice, but failed to do so for a third time, as the only error of the game led to the third Bulgarian run in the top of the eight inning.
Stefan Koller and Sebastian Zwyer delivered two hits apiece and Säntis Zeller drove in both runs, while Tobias Siegrist ended up with the loss despite tossing five innings of two-hit ball with one walk and four strikeouts.
Switzerland dropped to fifth place with a 1-3 record and will face Slovenia on Friday, July 26 at 6.30 pm for its last game of the tournament.
Poland upsets Switzerland
The Swiss National Team had a setback on Wednesday, July 24 at the European Championship B in Zurich. Poland surprised the Swiss after losing its first two games with a solid performance and strong pitching, as the polish edged Switzerland 3-2 in front of again more than 800 Swiss fans at the Heerenschürli ballpark.
Angelo Rodriguez drove in Hide Oshima to open the score in the top of the second inning, but Poland answered with three runs of their own in the third and fourth frames to turn the game around. The Swiss capitalised just once more to cut the deficit to one run, but Tobias Siegrist, who went 3-for-4, and Ryan Byrne, who had two hits, were the only Swiss players to deliver a hit against Poland starter Marek Deska.
Switzerland will play Bulgaria on Thursday, July 25 at 6.30 pm at the Heerenschürli ballpark in what will already be a must-win game.