Challengers 23, Truck Stars 4

The NLB-team took care of business as they handed the Dulliken Truck Star a devastating 23-4 defeat in Game 1 of Sunday's doubleheader.

Tobias Siegrist>

Rookie Tobias Siegrist went 5-for-6 with 4 RBI's and raised his batting average to .550.

The Challengers jumped ahead by scoring 14 runs on 14 hits in the first four innings for a huge 14-0 lead.

Rookie Tobias Siegrist went 4-for-4 with three RBI's in these innings and finished with a game-high five hits in six at-bats and raised his batting average to .550 in the process.

After shuting the Truck Stars out over the first three innings, starter Harry Bregy allowed the first three runers to score in the bottom of the fourth. Benny Räber relieved him with one out and the bases loaded.

Räber (2-0) induced Marc Kupferschmid to ground into a fielder's choice to the shortstop for the second out, and after allowing an RBI-single to Thommen, got Sudan to ground out to second for the third out.

The Challengers were able to score in every inning at least twice while limiting the Truck Stars to a single run-scoring inning.

Stefan Eisenring went 4-for-6 to maintain his lead in the batting-average category at .571.