NLA Game 9, May 26, 18
CHA
12| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Challengers | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 0 |
| Indians | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| W: Haltmeier, S. L: Pasquier, D. | ||||||||||
IND
1Challengers dominate Indians in 12-1 win
Rookie Tatsuhiko Watanabe led his Challengers to a 12-1 win over the newly-promoted Lausanne Indians, collecting seven RBIs on two homers and two RBI-singles, while Stefan Haltmeier pitched six innings for the win.The Challengers built up a 9-1 lead after three innings and tacked on three more runs in the seventh. The Indians' lone run came on Julien Schekter's RBI-single in the second that scored Yves Rihs who hit the only extra-base hit for his team off Haltmeier.
Saentis Zeller also had a perfect game with a 3-for-3 performance, including two RBIs and the only stolen base of the game, and Luigi Cinardi added another three hits, raising his batting average to .556 on the season.
Game notes
Watanabe's 7 RBIs are the most since Thomas Landis' 7 on Apr. 28, 2007. ...Tobias Siegrist reached on an infield error in his 1'800th at-bat in the NLA.