In the German Baseball-Bundesliga the Cologne Cardinals finally have ended their 16-game losing streak. They stunned the Hanover Regents with 2-1 and 7-4 wins to reach the win column of the 2015 season. With the two losses the Regents suffered a huge setback in their pursuit of the playoffs. They could have made up ground, as the Hamburg Stealers and Dortmund Wanderers lost to the Bonn Capitals and Solingen Alligators.
In the south the Haar Disciples celebrated 12th-inning win over the Buchbinder Legionaere Regensburg on Friday. Michael Stephan decided the outcome with a solo shot in the third extra frame. Haar had blown a 4-0 lead in the process and tied the game in the ninth. On Saturday Regensburg prevailed 11-1.The Mannheim Tornados and Stuttgart Reds also split a two-game set. The Mainz Athletics and the Heidenheim Heidekoepfe swept their opponents. Heidenheim’s Tyler Lockwood threw an eight-inning no-hitter for the Heidekoepfe in Tubingen.
Results:
Friday, June 19, 2015
Buchbinder Legionäre Regensburg – Haar Disciples 5:6
Mainz Athletics – Bad Homburg Hornets 11:4
Saturday, June 20, 2015
Buchbinder Legionäre Regensburg – Haar Disciples 11:1
Dortmund Wanderers – Solingen Alligators 0:4
Dortmund Wanderers – Solingen Alligators 0:12
Hamburg Stealers – Bonn Capitals 3:7
Hamburg Stealers – Bonn Capitals 3:5
Mainz Athletics – Bad Homburg Hornets 4:3
Mannheim Tornados – Stuttgart Reds 4:0
Mannheim Tornados – Stuttgart Reds 1:3
Tübingen Hawks – Heidenheim Heideköpfe 5:19
Tübingen Hawks – Heidenheim Heideköpfe 0:10
Sunday, June 21, 2015:
Hannover Regents – Cologne Cardinals 1:2
Hannover Regents – Cologne Cardinals 4:7
Standings North:
1. Bonn Capitals 17-1
2. Solingen Alligators 15-2
3. Untouchables Paderborn 9-7
4. Hamburg Stealers 6-11
5. Dortmund Wanderers 6-12
5. Hannover Regents 6-12
7. Cologne Cardinals 2-16
Standings South:
1. Buchbinder Legionäre Regensburg 19-3
2. Heidenheim Heideköpfe 14-4
4. Haar Disciples 14-8
3. Mainz Athletics 12-8
5. Stuttgart Reds 11-11
6. Mannheim Tornados 6-14
7. Tübingen Hawks 2-16
8. Bad Homburg Hornets 2-16