NLB-Team shut down by Barracudas

The NLB-Team dropped to fourth place with a 6-6 record after losing twice to the Zürich Barracudas on Saturday, June 23. Game 1 was all Barracudas, as they jumped off to an early lead and held on for a 16-0 shutout victory. And the Barracudas almost repeated their effort, as they posted an 18-5 win in Game 2.
The Challengers will play the Therwil Flyers next on July 21 at the Heerenschürli ballpark.

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NLB-Team moves into 2nd place

The NLB-Team swept the Jona Bandits on Saturday, June 16 at Rapperswil-Jona to move into second place. The Challengers posted a 17-12 victory in Game 1 and kept the Bandits’ bats silent in Game 2, as the C’s added an 8-1 win to improve their record to 6-4. The C’s will face their local rivals Zürich Barracudas on Saturday, June 23 for the second derby day of the season at the Heerenschürli.

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U18 Spieltag an Auffahrt

Die Swiss Baseball & Softball Federation organisiert an Auffahrt, 17. Mai einen nationalen U18 Spieltag in Dulliken. Am Tagesturnier werden die drei Teams aus Genf, das SBSF Team 1 mit Spielern der Truck Star, der Frogs und der Unicorns sowie das SBSF Team 2 mit Spielern der Bandits, Rainbows und Challengers aufeinandertreffen. Von den Challengers werden Laurens Bohlen, Ryan Ciemny, Tim Disler, Michael Iacono, Gabe Staub und Matt Tsukroff für das SBSF Team 2 im Einsatz stehen. Gecoacht wird das Team von den Challengers NLB-Coaches Andrea Girasole und Robert Sedin. Das erste Spiel beginnt um 10.00 Uhr auf dem Sportplatz Untere Ey in Dulliken.

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Rob Sedin joined the Challengers

The Challengers Baseball and Softball Club is proud to introduce the newly acquired outfielder, shortstop and pitcher Robert Sedin. The 24-year old San Jose native arrived in Zurich end of April to join the Challengers organization for the 2012 season. In college Sedin played two years for the UCSD Tritons at University of California in San Diego, where he was batting .309 with 127 hits, 7 homeruns, 73 RBI’s and 79 runs scored in 118 games. He also played one season for the Derby Twins in the Jayhawk league and at DeAzna JC where he was all-conference twice in a row.
Sedin, who majored in communications at UCSD, will look to be a major contributor to the Challengers club this season. He enforces the Challengers NLA-Team and will run the NLB-Team together with Andrea Girasole. Sedin made his debut for the Challengers on April 28 against the Therwil Flyers. In his first four games as a Challenger he is batting .533 with 8 hits, 2 doubles, 7 RBI’s and 3 runs scored and tossed five innings of relief, allowing one run and two hits with two walks and six strikeouts and picked up his first save against the Wil Devils. (photo: Johnny Müller)

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Challengers with full workload

The Baseball-Teams will both travel to Therwil the upcoming weekend. The NLA-Team will face last year’s finalist Therwil Flyers on Saturday, April 28. The games start at 11am and 2pm at Therwil Känelmatt.
A day later the NLB-Team will open its season also against the Flyers, with the games starting at 11am and 2pm at Therwil Känelmatt as well.
The Softball-Team will play its home opener on Saturday, April 28 at the Klopstockwiese. The C’s will face the reigning Swiss champion Luzern Eagles to start their campaign. The games start at 11am and 1.30pm.
The SG Eagles/Challengers, the organization’s second Softball-Team, will host the Zurich Barracudas on Sunday, April 29 at the Klopstockwiese. The games start at 11am and 1.30pm.

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