Challengers on the Road

The 1.Liga-Team (4-4) will open the weekend with asingle game against the Romanshorn Submarines (5-3) on Saturday, June 21 at 10am at Romanshorn.
The Softball-Team (7-1) will face the Rümlang Kobras (6-2) on Sunday, June 22 at Rümlang Rümelbach. The games start at 11am and 1.30pm.
The Zürich Pilots , the U12-Juveniles-Team with players from the Embrach Rainbows, Zurich Lions and the Challengers travels to Therwil on Sunday, June 22 where they will play against the Berner Bears and the Rümlang Kobras. The games start at noon and 2pm.

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C’s downed by KNTU Kirovograd

The Challengers lost Game 3 at the Qualifier European Cup Tournament at Brest, Belarus droping their record to 1-2. The Ukrainian champion KNTU Kirovograd held the Challengers offense to two hits, as the Ukainians rolled to a 11-1 victory over the Swiss Cup winner. Starter Jerome Müller went 4 innings for the C’s, while Tobias Siegrist pitched the final 2 frames. The Challengers will face Stockholm, currently first-ranked in the Swedish Elitserien, on Thursday, June 19 at 9.30am. Further informations: Schedule 

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Challengers defeated by Brest Zubrs

The Challengers lost Game 2 at the Qualifier European Cup Tournament at Brest, Belarus. The C’s were defeated 1-10 by the Belorussian champion Brest Zubrs, as the Belorussian pitchers held the Challengers to two hits. Starter Andy Fleischacker went 4 1/3 innings for the C’s, while James Sanders pitched the final 3 2/3 frames. The Challengers have now a 1-1 record after beating Uks Deby Osielsko from Poland on opening day and will face the Ukrainian champion KNTU Kirovograd (1-1) on Wednesday, June 18 at 9.30am. Further informations: Schedule 

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Challengers win Opening Game at European Cup

The Challengers won their opening game at the Qualifier European Cup Tournament at Brest, Belarus. The C’s posted a 7-4 victory over Uks Deby Osielsko from Poland. And it was not the only success for Swiss Baseball, as the Bern Cardinals won their opening game against the Trnava Angels from Slovakia 6-4 at the Qualifier Tournament at Brno, Czech Republic as well. The Challengers will face the host Brest Zubrs from Belarus in Game 2 on Tuesday, June 17 at 5pm. Further informations: Schedule 

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C’s at the European Cup at Belarus

The Challengers travel to Brest, Belarus where they will play at the Baseball Qualifier European Cup against Uks Deby Osielsko (POL), Brest Zubrs (BLR), KNTU Kirovograd (UKR), Stockholm (SWE) and BK Vilnius (LTU) from June 16 till 21. The first game is scheduled for Monday, June 16 at 1pm against Uks Deby Osielsko. The C’s beat the Polish team at the European Cup at Belgrad two years ago 8-7 in the opening game as well, but lost 11-15 in the game for third place. Further informations:Schedule 

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Ladies split with Devils, stay in First Place

The Softball-Team stays in first place after splitting with the second placed Wil Devils on Sunday, June 15 at the Klopstockwiese. The C’s played their first game since May 4 and the break became noticeable, as their bats remained silent and the defense committed six errors. The Challengers never came into the game, as they had only three hits, while the Devils scored six runs in the first frame and never looked back, as they posted a 11-4 victory in Game 1, their eight win in a row. Sandrine Montandon had the only RBI for the Challengers, as she delivered a single in the fourth inning to make it 3-7. Game 2 was all Challengers then. Simona Cellar and Ziegylou Wehrli had two hits apiece and Cellar, Wehrli and Flavia Von Meiss combined for seven runs, while Simone Zurschmitten belted a RBI-triple, as the Challengers cruised to a 12-0 win over the Devils. Karen Heimgartner tossed a one-hitter with ten strikeouts and one walk, as she recorded her first win of the season. The Challengers have now a 7-1 record and will face next the Rümlang Kobras on Sunday, June 22 at Rümlang.

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Battle for First Place at the Klopstockwiese

The Softball-Team (6-0) will face the Wil Devils (7-1) on Sunday, June 15 at the Klopstockwiese in what will be a battle for first place. While the C’s try to stay unbeaten, the Devils look to keep their seven-game winning streak alive, the longest in team’s history. The games start at 11am and 1.30pm.
The 1.Liga-Team (3-3) travels to Embrach on Saturday, June 14 where they will play against the Embrach Rainbows and the Zürich Barracudas. The games start at 10am and 12.30pm.

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Cadets wahren Ungeschlagenheit

Die U15-Cadets beenden die Vorrunde mit zehn Siegen aus zehn Spielen ungeschlagen. Am Sonntag, 8. Juni besiegten die Challengers zunächst die Spielgemeinschaft der Eagles/Unicorns/Truck Star mit 8-0. Carl Varnauskas und Gabe Staub pitchen ein Shutout, während Alex Merlini mit seinem ersten Homerun der Saison für das offensive Highlight sorgte. Im zweiten Spiel des Tages trafen die Blauen auf die bislang noch sieglosen Lausanne Indians. Die Offense war nun sichtlich warm gelaufen. Nach einem 3-run Homerun durch Danilo Schneider im ersten Inning hämmerte Brent Jozwiak den Ball im dritten Inning weit über den Center Field Zaun. Die Challengers gewannen schliesslich die Partie mit 15-0.
Derweil spielten die Zürich Pilots, das U12-Juveniles Team der Embrach Rainbows, Zürich Lions und der Challengers am Samstag, 7. Juni ihr erstes Heimspiel in Zürich auf der Klopstockwiese. Während die Pilots dem Tabellenführer Therwil Flyers mit 1-4 unterlagen, bezwangen sie die Spielgemeinschaft Truck Star/Eagles/Unicorns mit 14-0.

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C’s edged twice by Cudas

One week after a historic last clash on the old Heerenschürli field the Zürich Barracudas and the Zürich Challengers made history again. The two cross-town rivals met on Saturday, June 7 at Embrach in what was the first ever Swiss baseball game that will be broadcasted by the Swiss Sports Television, aired on Star TV on Monday, June 9 from 8pm till 9.30pm. And the viewers will see a thrilling game. Thomas Burger tossed a complete game with a season-high 14 strikeouts and allowed four runs and eight hits, but ended up with a loss, as the Barracudas built up an early 4-0 lead and held on for a 4-3 victory in Game 1. But things got even worse for the Challengers in Game 2. The C’s led 3-2 with two outs and two strikes in the last frame, but Andy Rüesch plated the tying run for the Barracudas with an RBI-single on the last strike before scoring the game-winning run a few seconds later to send the Cudas to a dramatic 5-3 win. The C’s dropped their record to 5-7 and need to win at least six of their next eight games to clinch a playoff spot.

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