The German Baseball-Bundesliga opened the new game day with a night game between defending champion Buchbinder Legionaere Regensburg and the previously undefeated Mainz Athletics at the Armin-Wolf-Arena on Friday. Mike Bolsenbroek struck out 12 in nine three-hit innings to lead his Buchbinder Legionaere to a 5-0 shutout, handing the A’s their first loss of the 2013 season.
Matt Vance reached base four times, hit a home run, scored twice and drove in two to spark the Regensburg offense. Michael Weigl, who returned to the German Baseball-Bundesliga, Eric Harms and Philipp Howard scored the other runs. Max Boldt had two of the three Mainz hits. Christian Decher issued two hits, two runs (1 ER) and six walks in seven innings to take the loss.