The Challengers will face the defending champion Bern Cardinals in their best-of-five semi-final series, after the Carinals clinched first place after the qualification round with a 12-1 victory in Game 1 against the Embrach Mustangs on Saturday, September 15. The C’s are leading the season series against the Cardinals 3-1. Game 1 will take place on Saturday, September 22 at Bern, Game 2 will be played on Sunday, September 23 at the Heerenschürli ballpark. The Therwil Flyers will face the Embrach Mustangs in the other semi-final series.
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Landis gets his 100th career win
Challengers pitcher Thomas Landis reached a milestone, as the right hander got his 100th career win on Thursday night, September 13 at the Heerenschürli ballpark against the Zürich Lions. Landis worked two scoreless innings of relief, as the Challengers cruised to an easy 15-2 victory over the Lions. He is the first pitcher in the history of Swiss baseball to win 100 games. Landis recorded his 99th career win on July 18, 2010 against the Luzern Eagles.
The Challengers finish the qualification round in fourth place with an 18-10 record and will face either the reigning champion Bern Cardinals or the Therwil Flyers in the best-of-five semi-final series. Game 1 will take place on Saturday, September 22. The C’s won ten of their last eleven games to clinch the playoff berth after being 0.5 games below .500 on July 22. The last time the Challengers recorded 18 wins in a season was in 2002, as they finished the qualification round with a 18-2 record. The C’s beat the Flyers 3-1 in the 2002 best-of-five final series to celebrate their seventh out of eight Swiss championship titles.
Read the interview with Thomas Landis on swiss-baseball.ch
Rainout games will not be made up
The games between the Challengers and the SG Eagles/Challengers and the double header between the Luzern Eagles and the SG Eagles/Challengers that all have been rained out on Saturday, September 1 will not be made up, as all the games will not have any impact on the standings. The games between the Zürich Barracudas and the SG Eagles/Challengers scheduled for June 2 will not be rescheduled too.
The Challengers finish the season with a 9-13 record in fifth place. The C’s missed the playoffs for the first time in team history. The SG Eagles/Challengers finish the season in seventh place with a 0-18 record.
Night Game am Donnerstag
Die Challengers treffen am Donnerstag, 13. September in ihrem letzten Night Game der Saison 2012 auf den Stadtrivalen Zürich Lions. Die Challengers haben alle drei bisherigen Stadtderbys in dieser Saison gegen die Lions gewonnen. Spielbeginn ist um 19.00 Uhr.
Weiterlesen » Night Game am DonnerstagC’s sweep Cardinals, clinch playoff berth
The Challengers (17-10) won twice against the first-placed Bern Cardinals (22-4) on Sunday, September 9 at the Heerenschürli ballpark. The C’s clinched the playoff berth for the 14th time since 1997 by posting an 11-8 victory over the Cardinals in Game 1. Tobias Siegrist tossed a complete game for the win, while the offense put together 14 hits. Robert Sedin went 3-for-4 and Jesus Martinez drove in three runs. With this victory the Challengers extended their lead over the fifth-placed Zürich Barracudas to two games.
But the Challengers weren’t done yet. They added another win, as they edged the Cardinals 5-3 in Game 2. Harry Bregy scored the go-ahead run in the bottom of the seventh, while Andrea Girasole (8-4) got the win with two innings of work and Robert Sedin notched his second save with two scoreless innings to shut the door.
The Challengers will play the Zürich Lions in their last game of the qualification round on Thursday, September 13 at 7pm.
NLB-Team swept by Cardinals
The NLB-Team lost twice to the still perfect Bern Cardinals on Saturday, September 8 at Bern. After losing 2-17 in Game 1 the Challengers came up short in Game 2 as well, as the first-placed Cardinals posted a 14-5 victory. The Challengers remain in fifth place with a 6-10 record. The C’s will host the Therwil Flyers on Sunday, September 23 at the Heerenschürli ballpark.
Weiterlesen » NLB-Team swept by CardinalsCadets win double header against Eagles
The Challengers U15-Cadets visited Luzern this weekend and came away with victories in both games. The first game was won by a score of 13-3 and the nightcap was 11-6.
The story of the day was pitching as Jake Namovich pitched a complete game gem in the first game giving up only 3 runs and striking out 10. In the second game Sebastian Bonger pitched an almost complete game giving up 5 runs and striking out 9. Seb would have had a complete game but he reached the pitch count limit and we had to substitute for the last out in the final inning. Both guys were awesome on the mound and deserve recognition for throwing great games.
It was not a big hitting day as there were only 9 hits but the team showed a keen eye and had 18 walks and 4 HBP as the Luzern hurlers struggled to find the strike zone.
The big bats on the day were Tobias Haynor who was 3 for 6 with 2 runs scored and 2 RBI’s. Seb Bonger was 2 for 4 with 4 runs and 1 RBI. Cedric Thommen went 2 for 4 with 5 runs scored and 1 RBI and Andreas Rüdisühli was 2 for 4 with 3 Runs and 1 RBI. Adding to the offense was Marcel Zuberbuehler who scored 4 runs and added an RBI. Congratulations to the Cadets on winning big in the Platzierungsrunde. We have closed out the official season with a 12-2 record.
Next weekend is a big game with the Cadets closing out their season by travelling to Geneva to play the undefeated Geneva Baseball team in an exhibition game. It should be an exciting weekend and we are looking forward to some great baseball.
Challengers erneut gegen die Cardinals
Eine Woche nach dem Duell in Bern treffen die NLA-Teams der Challengers und der Bern Cardinals erneut aufeinander, diesmal am Sonntag, 9. September im Baseballstadion Heerenschürli. Die Challengers benötigen noch einen Sieg aus den drei verbleibenden Partien, um sich für die Playoffs zu qualifizieren. Die Spiele beginnen um 11.00 und 14.00 Uhr.
Das NLB-Team trifft ebenfalls auf die Bern Cardinals, muss aber am Samstag, 8. September auswärts in Bern antreten. Tabellenführer Bern ist noch immer ungeschlagen, während die Challengers mit sechs Siegen und acht Niederlagen auf Rang fünf liegen. Spielbeginn ist um 11.00 und 14.00 Uhr.
Die U12-Juveniles bestreiten ihre ersten Spiele der Masterrunde am Samstag, 8. September. Die Spielgemeinschaft der Challengers/TruckStar trifft dabei auf die Rümlang Kobras. Die Spiele beginnen um 11.00 und 13.30 Uhr in Rümlang Rümelbach.
Die U15-Cadets spielen ebenfalls am Samstag, 8. September in Luzern gegen die Luzern Eagles. Die Spiele beginnen um 11.00 und 13.30 Uhr in Reussbühl Hinteruopigen.
Challengers holen Sieg in Bern
Die Challengers erzielten am Sonntag, 2. September einen äusserst wichtigen Sieg gegen den amtierenden Schweizer Meister Bern Cardinals. Nachdem der Titelhalter aus der Hauptstadt im ersten Spiel einen knappen 5-4 Sieg einfuhr, sicherten sich die Challengers den Sieg in der zweiten Partie mit einem 8-0 Shutout. Die Challengers benötigen aus den drei verbleibenden Spielen noch einen Sieg, um die Qualifikation für die Playoffs definitiv zu machen. Am Sonntag, 9. September kommt es im Baseballstadion Heerenschürli erneut zum Aufeinandertreffen mit den Cardinals.
Weiterlesen » Challengers holen Sieg in BernAlle Samstagspiele abgesagt
Alle für Samstag, 1. September angesetzten Spiele der Baseball- und der Softballmeisterschaft mit Beteiligung der Challengers mussten wegen Regens und unbespiellbaren Terrains abgesagt werden. Wann die Spiele neu angesetzt werden, wurde noch nicht bekannt gegeben.
Das NLA-TEam spielt am Sonntag, 2. September auf der Berner Allmend gegen die Bern Cardinals.