by JB Tucker, Therwil Flyers
Game one of the Sunday double header between the Therwil Flyers and the Lucerne Eagles was a one sided affair. Flyers starting pitcher, Lukas Croton, over matched the Eagles hitters giving up two runs (all unearned) in four innings of work, while striking out five. The Flyers offense started producing runs from the first inning. In the top of the first, Reto Siegel hit a two run home run that put the Flyers in front, and they never looked back. The Flyers offense scored in each of the first four innings increasing their total to seven runs. Reliever Stefan Koller came in the game and pitched a solid four innings of relief. Unfortunately the Flyers defense had a several miscues to allow three more runs across the board. The Flyers then turned it up a notch and scored three runs in the seventh, one in the eighth and ninth. Adrian Kaufmann entered the game as the Flyers final reliever, and gave up on run but managed to hang on to the six run lead. Hitting standouts for the Flyers were Reto Siegel who was 3-4 with a home run and Adrian Kaufmann who was 2-5. Final score of the game was 12-6 in favor of the Flyers.
Game two was a lopsided game from the very beginning. The Flyers offense scored four runs in the first inning on four hits and three walks. Then, after starting pitcher Hide Oshima shut down the Eagles offense in the first inning, the Flyers continued their offensive onslaught scoring five runs in the second, two in the third, and five more in the fifth. Hide Oshima threw the ball very well and did not allow any runs in his three innings of work. On the offensive side, the Flyers scored two of their second inning runs on a Ianis Boutaloup home run to right center field. To add to the barrage of runs, in the fifth inning Emanuel Raouzeos tagged the Eagles for three more runs with a home run to right center field, making it the third home run on the day for the Flyers. Hitting standouts for the game were Sebastian Zwyer, who was 3-4 with a double, Ianis Boutaloup who was 3-4 with a home run and Stefan Koller who was 3-4. Final score of the game was 16-1 in favor of the Flyers.
{mrb-result:2011-08-27|2011-08-28|CH}
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