The NLB-Team swept the Jona Bandits on Saturday, October 6 at the Heerenschürli ballpark. In both games the Challengers trailed after 5 1/2 innings but turned them around with late rallies. In game 1 the C’s batted through the order in the bottom of the sixth to eventually win it 13-10. Game 2 provided two defensively solid teams that kept the errors low. The Challengers got in front 3-0 but missed a lot of chances to increase the score as they loaded the bases in three innings without harvesting a single run. Meanwhile, the Bandits scored five times and it wasn’t until the seventh inning that the Challengers were able to answer with a two-out, two-RBI, game-tying single by Adderly Sarmiento that sent the game to extras. After a 1-2-3 inning in defense, Adrian Kämpfer ended the game with a walk-off-double to the center field wall that plated Carlos Nepomuceno for a 6-5 win. Wascar de Leon recorded both wins with a fine performance of relief pitching, notable hits provided Dean Scherbaum with a triple and Nicolas Motte with an RBI-single in in game 2 while Daiki Sato had a pair of RBI-singles and Ryan Koley collected both his fist career hit and RBI in game 1.
The C’s remain in fifth place with a 9-11 record and will host the Sissach Frogs on Sunday, October 21 at the Heerenschürli ballpark for the last Challengers games of the 2012 season.
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NLB-Team spielt gegen Bandits
Das NLB-Team ist als letzte Equipe der Challengers noch im Einsatz. An ihrem vorletzten Spieltag empfangen die Challengers am Samstag, 6. Oktober im Baseballstadion Heerenschürli die Jona Bandits. Im ersten Duell der Saison blieben die Challengers mit 17-12 und 8-1 zweimal siegreich. Spielbeginn ist um 11.00 und 14.00 Uhr.
Weiterlesen » NLB-Team spielt gegen BanditsChallengers season ends in Semis
The Challengers lost twice on Sunday, September 30 at Bern, as the reigning Swiss Champion Bern Cardinals swept the C’s in their best-of-five Semifinal Series. The two losses bring the Challengers season to an end after reaching the Playoffs for the 14th time in the last 16 years.
The Cardinals edged the Challengers 5-3 in Game 2 and added a 10-5 victory in Game 3 of the series. The Cardinals won a Playoff Series against the C’s for the sixth time in a row. The last time the Challengeres eliminated the Cardinals was in the Semifinal Series in 2000.
Rainout. What else?
Game 2 of the best-of-five semi-final series between the Challengers and the Bern Cardinals has been rained out on Saturday, September 29. So far only one of the three scheduled games has been played.
The Challengers and the Cardinals will now play a double header on Sunday. The Swiss Baseball and Softball Federation rescheduled the game for Sunday, September 30 at noon at Bern Allmend. Game 3 will be played right after Game 2.
Games 2 and 3 in Bern
The Challengers will travel to Bern twice this weekend to play the games 2 and 3 of their best-of-five semi-final series against the reigning champions Bern Cardinals. The Challengers lost the opener 1-6 one week ago and need to win at least one of the two away games to bring the series back to Zurich. Game 2 will take place on Saturday, September 29, game 3 on Sunday, September 30. Both games will start at 2pm at Bern Allmend.
Weiterlesen » Games 2 and 3 in BernCards take opener, win 6-1
The Challengers dropped Game 1 of their best-of-five semi-final series to the Bern Cardinals, as the Cards posted a 6-1 win. The game took place at the Heerenschürli ballpark on Sunday, September 29 after the game on Saturday at Bern has been rained out. After the defending Swiss champion Bern Cardinals opened the score in the first inning, the Challengers tied the game in the bottom of the fourth inning, as Tobias Siegrist crossed the plate with the help of the Cardinals defense. The C’s loaded the bases in the bottom of the fifth but weren’t able to cash in. Better did it the Cardinals in the top of the sixth frame, as they scored five runs on four hits, two sacrifice flies, two walks, one error and a wild pitch to make it 6-1. And the Cards didn’t look back, as Ryan Byrne retired 11 of the last 13 batters he faced.
Byrne went the distance, as he allowed one unearned run and four hits with no walks and eight strikeouts, while Andrea Girasole tossed 5.1 innings allowing five runs – three earned – and six hits with two walks and one strikeout. Jesus Martinez was the only Challenger with two hits, while Säntis Zeller and Thomas Blank had one hit apiece.
Game 2 of the best-of-five series will take place on Saturday, September 29 at 2pm at Bern Allmend.
NLB-Team loses to Flyers, still adds one win
The NLB-Team lost their home game against the Therwil Flyers on Sunday, September 29 at the Heerenschürli ballpark, as the Flyers posted a 9-3 victory over the C’s. Nonetheless the Challengers added one to their win column, as the Flyers weren’t able to field nine players for Game 1. According to the rules the C’s are credited with a 7-0 win. The Challengers remain in fifth place with a 7-11 record.
Weiterlesen » NLB-Team loses to Flyers, still adds one winGame 1 rained out
Game 1 of the best-of-five semi-final series between the Challengers and the Bern Cardinals has been canceled due to rain. The opener of the series will now take place on Sunday, September 23 at 5pm at the Heerenschürli ballpark.
The Swiss Baseball and Softball Federation announced that Game 2 will take place on Saturday, September 29 in Bern and Game 3 on Sunday, September 30 in Bern as well. Game 4 if necessary would be played on Saturday, October 6 at the Heerenschürli ballpark again.
C’s face Cards in semi-final series
The best-of-five semi-final series between the Zurich Challengers and the reigning champion Bern Cardinals begins on the upcoming weekend with Game 1 at Bern on Saturday, September 22 and Game 2 at the Heerenschürli ballpark on Sunday, September 23.
It will be the eighth Postseason meeting between the two teams, the sixth in a Semi-Final series. The last time the Challengers and the Cardinals faced each other in the Playoffs was in the 2007 Finals Series, with the Cardinals sweeping the Challengers 3-0. The two Challengers’ Series wins date back to 1999 and 2000. Since 1995, the two teams met 94 times with the Challengers leading 55-39.
This year, the seven-time Swiss Champions Bern Cardinals finished the Qualification Round in first place with a 23-5 record, while the eight-time Swiss Champions Zürich Challengers were in fourth place with an 18-10 record.
In the 2012 Qualification Round, the Challengers won the Season Series against the Cardinals 3-1. After the Cards edged the C’s 5-4 in Game 1 on September 2, the C’s answered with an 8-0 win in the second game. On September 9, the Challengers swept the Cards at the Heerenschürli ballpark, as they posted an 11-8 win in Game 1 before adding a 5-3 victory in Game 2.
Game 1 of the Best-of-Five Series starts at Bern Allmend on Sunday, September 22 at 2pm, Game 2 will take place at the Heerenschürli ballpark on Sunday, September 23 at 5pm.
The Therwil Flyers will face the Embrach Mustangs in the other Semi-Final Series.
History:
First meeting: 1988 Last meeting: September 9, 2012 Number of meetings (since 1995): 94 Regular season series: 48-25 Zurich Challengers (.657) Current streak: Challengers (3)
Post season history:
Post season meetings: 7-14 Bern Cardinals (.667) Post season series: 2-5 Bern Cardinals 1999 semi-finals: Challengers defeat Cardinals, 2-1 2000 semi-finals: Challengers defeat Cardinals, 2-0 2001 semi-finals: Cardinals defeat Challengers, 2-1 2003 semi-finals: Cardinals defeat Challengers, 3-2 2005 finals: Cardinals defeat Challengers, 3-0 2006 semi-finals: Cardinals defeat Challengers, 2-0 2007 finals: Cardinals defeat Challengers, 3-0
Cadets Win Double Header Against Strong Geneva Team
On Saturday 15 September, the U15-Cadets travelled to Geneva for a double header against the Geneva Baseball team that has lost only one game the entire season. On the back of two outstanding pitching performances the Cadets came away with two wins taking the first game 5-1 and winning the nightcap 7-2.
Under clear skies and with a beautiful mountain backdrop, the clear story of the game was the dominating pitching performances of Michael Iacono and Ryan Ciemny. Both Michael and Ryan pitched very strong complete games. In the opener, Michael struck out 12 batters in 5 innings and had his curve ball working very well. In the second game Ryan had 14 strikeouts from a total of 15 outs required and was throwing with very impressive velocity.
The big bats on the day were swung by Tobias Haynor and Ryan Ciemny. Toby was 3 for 6 with one double, 2 runs scored, and 2 RBI’s. Ryan was 4 for 6 with a double, 4 runs scored, and 2 RBI’s. Michael Iacono also supported the offensive effort with 3 runs scored.
Both games were tough and could have easily gone either way. It was a great weekend with a very good and well run Geneva program.
This was the final weekend for the cadets who finished with a season record of 14-2.
Congratulations to all of the cadets for a great season!!