In the German Baseball-Bundesliga it was the weekend of great pitching performances. After Luke Sommer’s gem for the Heidekoepfe against the Mainz Athletics on Friday, Nick Renault and Brian Fields dominated the headlines on Saturday. Renault was perfect in a 21-0 victory in seven innings of his Solingen Alligators over the Berlin Sluggers. He struck out 13. Fields pitched a no-hitter in the 2-0 shutout of his Haar Disciples against the Mannheim Tornados. He issued only a walk in the second inning. Three more base runners reached due to dropped third strikes. He collected 18 strikeouts in the win. On Sunday Charley Olson, Maurice Wilhelm and Nils Hartkopf combined for a one-hitter in a Bonn Capitals shutout over the Cologne Cardinals.
Results:
Friday, June 7, 2013:
Heidenheim – Mainz 7-0
Saturday, June 8, 2013:
Solingen – Berlin 14-4
Solingen – Berlin 21-0
Haar – Mannheim 8-2
Haar – Mannheim 2-0
Heidenheim – Mainz 3-6
Dortmund – Hamburg 6-5
Dortmund – Hamburg 1-6
Sunday, June 9, 2013:
Cologne – Bonn 2-15
Cologne – Bonn 0-8
Stuttgart – Bad Homburg 3-7
Stuttgart – Bad Homburg 4-3