The first round of the Baseball-Bundesliga playoffs brought some interesting results. The two southern powerhouses HEIDENHEIM and REGENSBURG had no problems with their opponents. The HEIDEKOEPFE celebrated two lopsided wins in DORTMUND. The BUCHBINDER LEGIONAERE shut out the CARDINALS in both ends of the doubleheader to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-series as well.
The two frontrunners in the north, PADERBORN and SOLINGEN didn’t have so much success in their quarterfinals. The UNTOUCHABLES had to settle for a split in MANNHEIM, after winning game one 4-3. The ALLIGATORS scored six runs in the ninth of their first match in MAINZ to win 6-0. Chris Beck had a three-run homerun. But they lost the second one through a walk off three-run double by Max Boldt in the ninth 3-4.
Short Recaps to follow on Monday.
Playoffs Quarterfinals
(best-of-five series)
(1-1) Mainz Athletics – Solingen Alligators 0-6, 4-3
(0-2) Dortmund Wanderers – Heidenheim Heidekoepfe 2-12, 2-12
(0-2) Cologne Cardinals – Buchbinder Legionaere Regensburg 0-6, 0-17
(1-1) Mannheim Tornados – Paderborn Untouchables 3-4, 10-5
Playdowns
North
Neunkirchen Nightmares – HSV Stealers 6-12, 1-31
Bonn Capitals - Hanover Regents 14-4, 5-1
- Bonn 16-14
- HSV 10-20
- Hanover 6-24
- Neunkirchen 4-26
South
Neuenburg Atomics – Haar Disciples 4-5, 6-8
Saarlouis Hornets – Gauting Indians 9-14, 8-18
- Haar 12-18
- Saarlouis 11-19
- Gauting 10-20
- Neuenburg 4-26
(bold indicates sweep)
