The NLB-Team swept the Hünenberg Unicorns on Saturday, September 7 to finish the preeliminary round in third place. The Challengers posted a 13-3 win in Game 1, followed by a 13-5 victory in Game 2 to move over .500 for the first time since opening day. The C's have now a 12-11 record and will face either the Bern Cardinals or the Therwil Flyers in the best-of-three semi-final series. The playoffs will begin on September 27.

The NLB-Team won for the third time in 2013 against the Sissach Frogs on Saturday, August 24 at the Heerenschürli ballpark. The Challengers posted a 16-11 victory in Game 1, as the C's held the Frogs and the rain off. Thanks to the win the C's passed the Frogs and moved into third place with a 10-11 record.
 
Game 2 of the double header had to be postponed due to rain. No make-up date has been announced so far. The C's will face the Hünenberg Unicorns on September 7 for their last game day of the season.

The Jona Bandits seem to be the most feared opponent for the Challengers NLB-Team in 2013. After two huge losses in July at Rapperswil-Jona the C's also lost Game 1 on Saturday, August 17 at the Heerenschürli ballpark. The Bandits built a 13-4 lead in the third inning, but the C's didn't give up and came within three runs, but eventually lost 17-20.
 
The C's showed in the second game of the day, what their game plan originally looked like, as Game 2 was all Challengers. Starter Yusuke Azuma allowed just two baserunners en route to an 11-0 shutout victory. The C's remain in fourth place with a 9-11 record. They will face next the third placed Sissach Frogs on August 24.

The NLB-Team split with the so far first placed Flyers on Sunday, August 11 at the Heerenschürli ballpark. The Challengers ended the Flyers 13-game winning streak, as the C's posted a 17-13 win in Game 1. The Flyers, who lost for the first time since opening day, bounced back in Game 2, as they walked away with a 6-1 victory. The C's remain in fourth place with a 8-10 record.

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.

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.

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.

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.