The winter practice for the Zurich Challengers Softball Team will take place every TUESDAY from 6pm till 8pm at the Turnhalle Lavater at the Schulhausstrasse 1 in Zurich-Enge (tram 7 to Museum Rietberg). Practice starts on Tuesday, October 21.
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Winter Training 2014/2015
Das Wintertraining für das Zürich Challengers Softball Team findet jeden DIENSTAG von 18.00-20.00 Uhr in der Turnhalle Lavater an der Schulhausstr. 1 in Zürich-Enge statt (Tram 7 bis Museum Rietberg). Trainingsbeginn ist am Dienstag, 21. Oktober.
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Das Wintertraining für die Zürich Challengers Baseball Teams beginnt am 21. Oktober und findet jeden DIENSTAG von 20.00-22.00 Uhr in der Turnhalle Probstei an der Stettbachstr. 88 in Zuerich-Schwamendingen statt (Tram 7 bis Roswiesen).
Weiterlesen » Winter Training 2014/2015Challengers lose Game 5, Flyers move into Finals
The Challengers lost the winner-takes-it-all Game 5 on Sunday, September 28, as the Flyers edged the C’s 6-5. The team of head coach Chris Palatinus opened the score with two runs in the top of the first inning but couldn’t hold on. Trailing 3-6 in the top of the ninth, the C’s came within one run, but the Flyers recorded the third out with the tying run on second base to eventually move into the Finals.
With the defeat the Challengers’ season ends in the semi-finals for the third consecutive year. The Flyers will play the Zürich Barracudas in the Finals with Game 1 taking place at the Heerenschürli ballpark on Saturday, October 4.
1st League-Team finishes with split
The 1st League-Team is the only one within the Challenges organization to end the season with a win. The SG TruckStar/Challengers played its last game day of the 2014 campaign on Sunday, September 28 at the Heerenschürli ballpark. After losing to the Zürich Eighters Ost by a score of 11-13, the SG posted a 20-14 victory over the SG Rainbows/Lions in the last game of the year. With this win the SG finishes the 1st League championship in 12th place.
Weiterlesen » 1st League-Team finishes with splitChallengers force Game 5
The Challengers evened their best-of-five Semifinal Series with the Therwil Flyers at 2, after winning Game 4 at the Heerenschürli ballpark on Saturday, September 27. Lowuin Sacramento tossed another masterpiece and Ryan Byrne drove in all three runs en route to a 3-0 shutout victory for the C’s.
The two teams exchanged zeros on the scoreboard through five frames, before the C’s put the first run on the board. Säntis Zeller doubled with one out in the sixth and was driven in two batters later by Ryan Byrne’s RBI-single. And Byrne added two insurance runs in the eight. After fouling off eight pitches he hit a line drive into right field enabling Harry Bregy and James Sanders to score with two outs. Lowuin Sacramento outdueled Flyers starter Gavin Guarrera, as he threw nine innings of two-hit ball while striking out 14, in what was the second best start in Challengers history with a game score of 95. He allowed only two earned runs in 35.1 innings pitched and lowered his ERA to 0.53.
The decisive Game 5 will take place at Therwil Känelmatt on Sunday, September 28 at 3 pm. The winner will face the Zürich Barracudas in the finals, that will begin at the Heerenschürli ballpark on Saturday, October 4.
Spiel 4 am Samstag Abend
Das NLA-Team liegt in der Best-of-5 Halbfinalserie gegen die Therwil Flyers mit 1-2 Siegen zurück und benötigt einen Sieg in Spiel 4, um seine Saison zu verlängern. Nach einem Sieg zum Start der Serie unterlagen die Challengers in Spiel 2 nach Extra-Innings, Spiel 3 ging dann mit 5-1 an die Flyers. Spiel 4 findet am Samstag, 27. September um 19.00 Uhr im Baseballstadion Heerenschürli statt. Gelingt es den Challengers ein Entscheidungsspiel zu erzwingen, reisen sie am Sonntag, 28. September zu Spiel 5 nach Therwil.
Das 1.Liga-Team beendet seine Saison am Sonntag, 28. September mit zwei Partien im Baseballstadion Heerenschürli. Die SG TruckStar/Challengers trifft dabei auf die Zürich Eighters und die SG Lions/Rainbows. Spielbeginn ist um 14.00 und 16.30 Uhr.
C’s lose Game 3, face elimination
The Challengers lost Game 3 of the best-of-five Semi-final Series against the Therwil Flyers on Saturday, September 20, as the home team posted a 5-1 victory. With the win the Flyers take a 2-1 Series lead. The C’s are now with their backs against the wall, as they need to win the remaining two games to advance to the Finals agaginst the Zürich Barracudas. Game 4 will take place on Saturday, September 27 at the Heerenschürli ballpark.
Weiterlesen » C’s lose Game 3, face eliminationNLB-Team’s season ends in disappointment
The NLB-Team cruised through the qualification round and swept the Jona Bandits in the quarter-final series and won 16 out of 17 games so far. But the Challengers’ season ended cold turkey on Saturday, September 20. The Sissach Frogs proved to be too strong for the C’s, as they were swept in the best-of-three semi-final series by the Frogs. The Frogs perfectly played small ball and added the big hit, as they hit a grand-slam en route to a 7-0 win in Game 1.
And the Frogs kept the Challengers’ bats quiet in the second game too. The Frogs took a no-hitter into the fifth inning and held on for an 8-5 victory to clinch the final berth. The Challengers battled hard and had the tying run at the plate in the seventh, but couldn’t avoid the loss, that ended the Challengers’ season.
1st League-Team loses twice at the Heerenschürli
The 1st League-Team played at the Heerenschürli ballpark for the first time in 2014. But a victory was out of reach for the SG TruckStar/Challengers. The SG lost Game 1 to the Zürich Barracudas by a score of 2-18, as the Barracudas scored eleven runs in the second inning. The SG improved in Game 2, but still ended up losing against the Yverdon Golgoths, as they posted a 18-7 win.
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