The Challengers’ 1st League-Team had the worst weather luck of all the teams this spring. Up until today they had only been able to play one game, all other scheduled games were canceled due to rain. Today they played games number 2 and 3 of the season in their home ballpark, Heerenschürli. However, these ended in two losses.

The Challengers got off to a good start against the Wittenbach-Pirates team. After a double from Ben Dickow and a single from Fabrizio Bucher, Jasper Freigang scored the first run with a sac bunt before Bastian Kämpfer delivered a 2-run single to give his team the lead, which Alexander Friedli was able to increase to 4-2. The Eastern Swiss team turned the game around with three runs in the third inning, but the Challengers immediately managed to equalize at 5-5 thanks to Fabrizio Bucher. After the two opponents exchanged zeros on the scoreboard, it was the Wittenbach Pirates who scored two runs in the fifth inning. The Challengers offense could no longer respond and so the first championship game since May was ultimately lost 5-9.

In the second game of the day the Challengers faced the fourth team of the Zurich Barracudas. And again the Challengers got off to a good start. Jordi Bucher started the game with a lead-off double and scored on an RBI triple by Ben Dickow to make it 1-0. Jasper Freigang increased the lead with a sac bunt, Fabrizio Bucher scored on a wild pitch and Alexander Friedli and Daniel Smith each followed with an RBI single to make it 5-0. In the second inning, however, the Challengers maneuvered themselves into bigger problems. With seven walks, a hit-by-pitch and two errors, they allowed the Barracudas to score ten runs with only two hits. At least Jasper Freigang with a 2-run double, Fabrizio Bucher with an RBI single and Bastian Kämpfer with an RBI double then brought their team back to 9-10 . But just like in the first game, the offense stopped producing too early. So the Barracudas walked away with a 13-9 victory.