The Vienna Wanderers are one win away from winning the championship in the Austrian Baseball League. This weekend they won games one and two of the best-of-five final series against the Diving Ducks Vienna Neustadt. In game one on Saturday the Wanderers scored five runs in the eighth to take a commanding lead en route to an 8-4 win. Felix Zimmerle struck out Jason Wall in the ninth with the bases loaded to end the game. Max Scholdan hit a homerun earlier in the game.
On Sunday there was no drama, as the Wanderers cruised to a 9-2 victory. Three runs in the third got them in front; five more combined in the fifth and sixth blew the game open. The Diving Ducks defense helped with six errors. Hiro Sakanashi went 4-for-5 with three runs and two RBI. Joseph Wilson pitched a complete game and drove in three at the plate. Ryan Kroko struck out ten and didn’t walk a batter in nine innings, but still ended up with the loss, having issued nine runs (4 ER) on nine hits.
Results:
Saturday, September 29:
Diving Ducks – Vienna Wanderers 4-8
Sunday, September 30:
Diving Ducks – Vienna Wanderers 2-9
(Vienna Wanderers lead series 2-0)
Photo: Joe Yun