NLA Game 3, Apr. 28, 12
CHA
3| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Challengers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| Flyers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | x | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| W: Koller, S. L: Girasole, A. | ||||||||||||
FLY
6Flyers win season opener 6-3
The Challengers suffered another close defeat this season as they went down 6-3 against the Therwil Flyers.
Stefan Koller went the distance and gave up only one earned run.
Adrian Kaufmann and Michel LaTorre both had two hits, while the Challengers again failed to capitalize with runners in scoring position, going 2-for-13.
Andrea Girasole had a shaky start, walking three batters in the first inning, of which all three eventually scored.
The Challengers got one run back in the top of the second inning as newly acquired Robert Sedin led off with a bunt single, stole second base and scored on Kurt Kovac's RBI-single.
The two teams exchanged zeros on the board over the next four innings, before the Flyers struck again in the bottom of the seventh.
Two doubles, two walks and an error pushed across three more runs for a 6-1 Flyers lead, making the day for Girasole.
The Challenges managed to make it interesting in the top of the ninth after Thomas Blank led off with a double, and later scored on two errors by the Flyers defense.
Kovac also scored on yet another error, before Saentis Zeller flied out to right for the final out.
Game notes
Blank scored his 100th run in the NLA as he came around in the top of the ninth inning. It was his first run scored since May 7, 2011, a span of 20 games. ...Tobias SIegrist made his season debut on the mound, throwing a perfect 1-2-3 inning against the top of the Flyers' lineup.