In a nail-biter under the lights, the Vienna Wanderers battled the Vienna Metrostars in front of a large crowd, narrowly beating their rivals.
Tuesday:
Vienna Wanderers @ Vienna Metrostars
In the first chapter of the 2011 Vienna derby, Wanderers coach Sakanashi sent Christian Tomsich to make the start for the green and black. Tomsich and opposite for the Metrostars, Hubert Weiser, both had kept the opposing bats in check, with their teams riding them deep into the game.
Both defenses did their best to help out their pitcher, making just one error combined. Despite both teams getting the occasional base runner, the pitchers were able to close the door and keep the shutouts going into the 6th. The Metrostars jumped on a Wanderers mistake, taking a crucial lead late in the game, but the Wanderers bats fought right back, as Max Scholdan brought in Sakanashi with a single. Stefan Ludescher came in for the Metrostars to relieve Weiser, but in the top of the ninth it was Scholdan again who drove in the go-ahead run and made it 2-1 going in to the Metrostars last at bat. Clemens Cichocki was sent out to close the game for the Wanderers, and he picked up the save with a solid ninth. The Wanderers keep their grip on second place with the win under the lights.
Results:
Vienna Wanderers @ Vienna Metrostars
Game 1: 2-1 – WP: C. Tomsich; LP: S. Ludescher; S: C. Cichocki;
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