The Athletics Attnang-Puchheim have taken a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven Austrian Baseball League finals. They defeated the Diving Ducks Wiener Neustadt 14-0 and 7-4 in games one and two on Saturday in Attnang-Puchheim.
Ten runs in the fifth and the sixth combined had blown up the score in game one. Andre Gruber went 3-for-3, while Steven Johnson hit one of his two home runs of the afternoon. In game two Attnang-Puchheim took a quick 2-0 lead in the first and built up the score to 7-0 after six innings. The Diving Ducks then finally got on the board in the eighth and tried to rally in the ninth. But after a two-run triple by Jan Alteneder a groundout ended the contest.
Game three to five will be played in Wiener Neustadt next weekend.
Results and Schedule Austrian Finals:
| Sat, 27.08. 13h – Athletics Ballpark, Attnang-Puchheim | |||
| Athletics Attnang-Puchheim – Diving Ducks Wr. Neustadt | 14 – 0 | ||
| Sat, 27.08. 15h30 – Athletics Ballpark, Attnang-Puchheim | |||
| Athletics Attnang-Puchheim – Diving Ducks Wr. Neustadt | 7 – 4 | ||
| Sat, 03.09. 13h – Ducksfield, Wiener Neustadt | |||
| Diving Ducks Wr. Neustadt – Athletics Attnang-Puchheim | |||
| Sat, 03.09. 15h30 – Ducksfield, Wiener Neustadt | |||
| Diving Ducks Wr. Neustadt – Athletics Attnang-Puchheim | |||
| Sun, 04.09. 14h – Ducksfield, Wiener Neustadt | |||
| Diving Ducks Wr. Neustadt – Athletics Attnang-Puchheim | |||
| Sat, 10.09. 13h – Athletics Ballpark, Attnang-Puchheim | |||
| Athletics Attnang-Puchheim – Diving Ducks Wr. Neustadt | |||
| Sat, 10.09. 15h30 – Athletics Ballpark, Attnang-Puchheim | |||
| Athletics Attnang-Puchheim – Diving Ducks Wr. Neustadt | |||