Bandits upset reigning champion Metrostars

Jun 09

The BANDITS, which had lost 13 of the first 14 games in the season, upset the reigning Austrian champion VIENNA METROSTARS and swept the doubleheader. LINZ got an 8-6 victory in the first part and celebrated a lopsided 12-3 win in the second.

In a duel between two teams from Tirol in the Austrian Baseball League, each club took one victory home. National team pitcher Paul Astl led the TIGERS to a 7-1 win in game one against Werner Harrasser and the VIKINGS. The leader came back and got a 7:3 in the second match to settle for a split.

The second team from Vienna, the SUPERFUND WANDERERS also struggled on the road, but rallied in game two to move into second place in the standings with the split against the DORNBIRN INDIANS.

The matchup between the MOSQUITO ATHLETICS and the STOCK CITY CUBS in Attnang-Puchheim was postponed due to heavy rain in the week before.

	Time	Home	Visitor	Result
Saturday, June 07 2008
	13:00	Dornbirn Indians	SUPERFUND Wanderers	14:06
	13:00	Linz Bandits	Vienna Metrostars	08:06
	15:30	Dornbirn Indians	SUPERFUND Wanderers	08:09
	15:30	Linz Bandits	Vienna Metrostars	12:03
Sunday, June 08 2008
	13:00	PapaJoe’s Eglo Tigers	Union Kufstein Vikings	07:01
	15:30	PapaJoe’s Eglo Tigers	Union Kufstein Vikings	03:07

Standings

#	Team	W	L	R+	R-	.pct	GB	Streak
1	MOSQUITO Athletics	22	6	274	97	.785	0	W14
2	SUPERFUND Wanderers	18	10	227	131	.642	4	L2
3	Union Kufstein Vikings	18	10	201	143	.642	4	L3
4	PapaJoe’s Eglo Tigers	17	11	197	176	.607	5	W3
5	Vienna Metrostars	13	15	207	196	.464	9	W1
6	Dornbirn Indians	11	17	175	242	.392	11	W1
7	Stock City Cubs	9	19	178	255	.321	13	L3
8	Linz Bandits	4	24	103	322	.142	18	L10