North:
HSV Stealers – Dortmund Wanderers 7-11, 8-3
The HSV Stealers and the Dortmund Wanderers split their first of two doubleheaders, which will decide the race for fourth place in the northern division. Dortmund now needs to win both games next Saturday to pass Hamburg in the standings. In game one last Saturday Dortmund prevailed 11-7, handing out 16 hits against Brent Buffa and using a homerun by Elliot Biddle to blow up the score. In the second match Antonio Peraza struck out 17 and surviving an early no-out, bases-loaded situation en route to an 8-3 HSV victory.
Solingen Alligators – Untouchables Paderborn 8-5, 0-2
A split between the Solingen Alligators and the Untouchables Paderborn most likely decided the northern championship. In game one Patrick Kanthak hit a pair of three-run homeruns to lead Solingen to an 8-5 win. Andre Hughes went the distance for his 11th win of the season. In game two Brian Fields pitched a complete game six-hit shutout in a 2-0 win of the Untouchables. He struck out 14. Julius Uelschen scored a run and drove in the other.
Remaining Results in North:
Bonn Capitals – Berlin Sluggers 12-3, 11-2
Cologne Cardinals – Dohren Wild Farmers 8-7, 11-6
South:
Stuttgart Reds – Buchbinder Legionaere Regensburg 0-18, 2-13
The Buchbinder Legionaere Regensburg clinched first place in the southern division of the German Baseball-Bundesliga with a sweep over the Stuttgart Reds. In game one on Friday they shut out the Reds 18-0 in seven innings. Evan LeBlanc homered. Mike Bolsenbroek struck out nine in five two-hit scoreless innings. In the Saturday afternoon affair Rodney Gessmann scored four times in a 13-2 victory. Four pitchers combined to hold Stuttgart to two runs. Germain Brunswick homered for the Reds.
Bad Homburg Hornets – Mannheim Tornados 2-19, 2-8
The Mannheim Tornados swept a doubleheader against the Bad Homburg Hornets to reduce the deficit in the southern standings towards the Haar Disciples to a single game. Mannheim will host Bad Homburg next weekend, while the Disciples take on the Heidenheim Heidekoepfe. On Sunday the Tornados took advantage of a whopping 24 walks of Hornets pitching en route to a 19-2 victory. Jordan Dyer homered and drove in four. Marvin Appiah scored four times. Matti Emery hit a solo homerun for Bad Homburg. In the second game Mannheim was led by Lukas Egetmeyer who went 4-for-5 with two runs and three RBI in an 8-2 win. Matt Kemp struck out seven in six solid innings for the win.
Remaining Results in South:
Mainz Athletics – Heidenheim Heidekoepfe 4-8, 11-1