The German Baseball-Bundesliga played its third game day of the year this past weekend. Only one team is still undefeated. The Bonn Capitals are 4-0, but had a bye in week three. The Solingen Alligators suffered their first loss of the year. In game one they overcame a 1-9 deficit to beat the Hamburg Stealers 11-10 on a grand slam by Jadd Schmeltzer. In game two however Schmeltzer lost the pitcher’s duel against Louis Cohen, as the Stealers prevailed 4-0. Solingen improved to 5-1. For Hamburg it was the first doubleheader of the season.
In the south the Buchbinder Legionaere Regensburg and the Mainz Athletics split a two-game set. The Buchbinder Legionaere won 2-0 on Friday night, as Mike Bolsenbroek beat Jan-Niclas Stoecklin. On Saturday Eric Massingham led Mainz to a 6-0 win with Peter Johannessen and Max Boldt going deep. Additionally the Heidenheim Heidekoepfe and Munich-Haar Disciples celebrated sweeps.
Results:
| Friday, 15. April 2016 ‑ 19:00 | |||
| Regensburg | Mainz | 2:0 |   |
| Saturday, 16. April 2016 ‑ 12:00 | |||
| Solingen | Hamburg | 11:10 | |
| Köln | Paderborn | 2:10 | |
| Haar | Tübingen | 10:0 | |
| Saturday, 16. April 2016 ‑ 14:00 | |||
| Regensburg | Mainz | 0:6 | |
| Saturday, 16. April 2016 ‑ 14:30 | |||
| Solingen | Hamburg | 0:4 | |
| Köln | Paderborn | 4:2 | |
| Haar | Tübingen | 10:0 | |
| Sunday, 17. April 2016 ‑ 12:00 | |||
| Hannover | Dortmund | 11:3 | |
| Mannheim | Stuttgart | ppd. | |
| Bad Homburg | Heidenheim | 1:11 | |
| Sunday, 17. April 2016 ‑ 14:30 | |||
| Hannover | Dortmund | 7:5 | |
| Mannheim | Stuttgart | ppd. | |
| Bad Homburg | Heidenheim | 1:14 | |
Photo by Gregor Eisenhuth, www.eisenhuth-photographie.de