Die U15-Cadets bestreiten ihre beiden letzten Spiele in der Qualifikationsrunde. Die Challengers/TruckStar treffen dabei auf den Gastgeber Rümlang Kobras sowie die zweite Equipe der Wittenbach Vikings und werden versuchen, ihren Rekord mit einem Sieg und sieben Niederlagen zu verbessern. Spielbeginn ist um 10.00 und 12.30 Uhr in Rümlang Rümelbach.
Die U12-Juveniles treten am Sonntag, 19. Juni zum Spitzenkampf in der Westgruppe bei den Therwil Flyers an. Die Challengers/TruckStar und die Flyers liegen punktgleich mit fünf Siegen und einer Niederlage im ersten Rang. Der Sieger des Direktduells qualifiziert sich für die Playoff-Halbfinals, der Verlierer muss auf einen Punktverlust der Thun Hunters hoffen, um die Playoffs ebenfalls zu schaffen. Die Spiele beginnen um 11.00 und 13.30 Uhr in Therwil auf der Känelmatt I.
Letzte Vorrundenspiele der Cadets und Juveniles
Challengers split with Frogs again
The Zürich Challengers and the Sissach Frogs split again on Saturday, June 4 at the Heerenschürli ballpark. And again the C’s took Game 1, as they held on for a 6-4 victory over the Frogs.
Tobias Siegrist recorded his third win of the season, as he allowed four runs and six hits with four walks and five strikeouts in seven strong innings, while Thomas Burger earned his first save of the year. Carlos Pena reached base four times and scored twice, while Säntis Zeller delivered a triple.
Already one week ago the Frogs fought back in Game 2. This time they broke open a 2-2 tie with a five-run fifth inning for a 7-2 win. The C’s bats weren’t on fire, as the offense combined for only six hits. The C’s remain in fifth place with a 7-8 record.
Cadets verlieren zweimal
Die U15-Cadets der Spielgemeinschaft Challengers/TruckStar bezog am Samstag, 4. Juni in Dulliken erneut zwei Niederlagen. Das erste Spiel gegen die Spielgemeinschaft Rainbows/Lions/Bandits verlief über weite Strecken ausgeglichen, die Gäste behielten jedoch mit 7-5 das bessere Ende für sich. Im zweiten Spiel trafen die Challengers/TruckStar auf die zweite Equipe der Wittenbach Vikings, mussten diesen aber mit 16-9 letztlich den Vortritt lassen. Somit befinden sich die U15-Cadets mit einem Sieg und sieben Niederlagen gemeinsam mit den Vikings 2 am Tabellenende.
Bei den U12-Juveniles liegt die Spielgemeinschaft Challengers/TruckStar gemeinsam mit den Therwil Flyers mit fünf Siegen und erst einer Niederlage an der Tabellenspitze der Westgruppe. Am 19. Juni kommt es in Therwil zum Direktduell mit den Flyers im Kampf um die Halbfinalqualifikation.
Challengers empfangen Sissach Frogs
Die Challengers bestreiten am Samstag, 4. Juni im Baseballstadion Heerenschürli ihren nächsten Heimspieltag. Zu Gast sind die Sissach Frogs, gegen die es vor Wochenfrist in Sissach einen Split gab. Spielbeginn ist 11.00 und 14.00 Uhr.
Die U15 Cadets der Challengers/TruckStar spielen am Samstag, 4. Juni in Dulliken gegen die Spielvereinigung der Lions/Bandits/Rainbows sowie gegen die Wittenbach Vikings. Die Spiele beginnen um 10.00 und 15.00 Uhr auf dem Baseballfeld Untere Ey.
C’s split with Frogs, remain in fifth place
The Challengers split with the Sissach Frogs on Sunday, May 29 at Sissach. After the C’s posted a 14-4 victory in Game 1 over the Frogs, the Frogs answered right away with a 9-2 win in Game 2. The C’s remain in fifth place with a 6-7 record and 1 game behind a playoff spot.
Continue Reading » C’s split with Frogs, remain in fifth placeLadies back in title race, sweep Flyers
The Softball-Team swept the first-placed Therwil Flyers on Sunday, May 29 at Therwil to even its record at 6-6. The Challengers used a late-inning rally to take Game 1, as they posted a 6-2 victory over the Flyers, who saw their perfect 8-0 record ruined, by an almost perfect Challengers defense.
The Flyers opened the score with two runs in the first inning. Then the two teams exchanged zeros on the scoreboard for the next four innings, before the C’s started their rally. Leandra Simitovic led off the sixth inning with a double, followed by an RBI-single from Nancy Plamondon, an RBI-single by Simone Zurschmitten and a two-run double from Simona Cellar to make it 4-2. And the C’s added two insurance runs in the seventh frame to eventually win 6-2.
Brittany Howell and Simone Zurschmitten had three hits apiece, while Leandra Simitovic allowed two runs – none earned – and seven hits with three walks while also striking out two for her third win of the season.
And the C’s added another win, as Brittany Howell tossed a two-hitter with ten strikeouts and the C’s outhit the Flyers 11-2 in the second game for a 5-1 victory. Brigit Zuber and Taylor Mc Cants scored one run in the first and second inning for a 2-0 Challengers lead. The Flyers cut the deficit to one run in the bottom of the second, but the C’s answered with three runs of their own in the fourth frame. And that was all Howell and her strong defense needed. Simone Zurschmitten drove in Brittany Howell with an RBI-triple before scoring on an error by the Flyers defense and Leandra Simitovic drove in Ziegylou Wehrli to make it 5-1.
Brigit Zuber led the offense with three hits, while Brittany Howell delivered two doubles and Taylor Mc Cants had a double and a single.
The Ladies are now tied for fourth place with the Zürich Barracudas and will face next the Wil Devils on June 18.
NLB-Team splits with Devils
The NLB-Team added another victory to its record, as the Chalengers beat the Wil Devils 13-7 in Game 1 of their double-header on Saturday, May 28 at Wil. And the C’s came close to their fifth win of the season, as Orlando Balbuena drove in Alex Gordon to tie the game at 7-7 and send it into extra innings. An RBI-single by Kurt Kovac and a two-run single by Adrian Kämpfer made it 10-7, but the Devils answered with an RBI-single by Gianluca Trüb, before Manuel Keller belted a three-run sayonara homerun for a dramatic 11-10 win for the Devils. The Challengers have now a 4-2 record.
Continue Reading » NLB-Team splits with DevilsCadets mit zwei Niederlagen in Wittenbach
Die U15-Cadets der Spielgemeinschaft Zürich Challengers und Dullliken Truckstar bezog am Sonntag, 22. Mai zwei Niederlagen im sanktgallischen Wittenbach. Im ersten Spiel des Tages unterlagen die Challengers/Truckstar dem Gastgeber Wittenbach Vikings mit 18-5, die zweite Partie ging mit 10-5 an die Rümlang Kobras.
Continue Reading » Cadets mit zwei Niederlagen in WittenbachLadies bring home two wins
The Softball-Team swept the Luzern Eagles 2 on Saturday, May 21 at Reussbühl. The Challengers scored 11 runs in the first inning, as they cruised to a 21-3 victory in Game 1. Taylor Mc Cants went 3-for-4 and Leandra Simitovic had two hits, four runs and drove in four, while Brittany Howell added a base-clearing 3-run triple in her debut in a Challengers uniform.
Game 2 was much closer, as the Eagles cut the deficit to two runs in the bottom of the third inning, but the C’s scored eight unanswered runs to eventually win 13-3. Brittany Howell belted an inside-the-park-homer to start the sixth frame, while Andrea Wirth went 2-for-3 with a double and three RBI’s. Taylor Mc Cants recorded her first career win, as she allowed two runs – one earned – and three hits with three strikeouts in five innings.
Howell arrived in Zurich
Newly acquired softball pitcher Brittany Howell arrived in Zurich on Friday to join the Challengers Softball-Team. The 22-year old left-handed pitcher, who was born in Mt. Vernon, Washington, played with the Blue Hose Presbyterian College Softball Team in the NCAA Division I in 2011. Howell, who was majoring in economics, pitched in 24 games, with 19 starts, and had a 10-6 record and a 2.75 ERA in 119.2 innings pitched in her senior year.
In high school Howell won the State 2B championship with the Concrete Lions High School Softball Team in 2007. She garnered state Player of the Year honors as a senior and was a three-time league MVP. She ended her high school career with a state record 1’128 strikeouts.
Howell will make her debut for the Challengers on Saturday against the Luzern Eagles 2 at Reussbühl.