Bad Homburg Hornets – Mainz Athletics 6-18 (8), 3-6
The Mainz Athletics swept a doubleheader on the road against the Bad Homburg Hornets. They improved to 12-8 for the season and solidified third place in the southern division of the German Baseball-Bundesliga. In game one Dennis Kelly went 5-for-5 with a homerun, a double, four runs scored and four RBI. All nine players of the A’s scored at least once, seven twice or more. Fabian Fermin-Hernandez had three RBI for the Hornets.
In game two Bad Homburg held a 2-0 advantage after six innings, when the Mainz bats woke up to plate four runs en route to a 6-3 victory. Andrea Lastinger had the go-ahead two-run infield single. Mike Larson went 3-for-3 with two walks, a homerun in the ninth and the game-tying double. Christian Decher impressed with eight strikeouts in seven-plus innings. Usual starter Pat Haugen pitched in relief. Matt Leonard took the loss, issuing eight hits, four runs (1 ER) and four bb in seven frames.
The German Baseball-Bundesliga continues on Friday evening with game one between the Mannheim Tornados and the Buchbinder Legionaere Regensburg. Also on the schedule are duels between the Bonn Capitals and the Dortmund Wanderers in the north and the Heidenheim Heidekoepfe and Haar Disciples in the south.
Schedule:
Friday, June 8:
19:00 Mannheim – Regensburg
Saturday, June 9:
13:00 Berlin – Solingen (DH)
13:00 Dohren – Paderborn (DH)
13:00 Haar – Heidenheim (DH)
14:00 Mannheim – Regensburg
Sunday, June 10:
13:00 Cologne – Hamburg (DH)
13:00 Bonn – Dortmund (DH)