Zurich Barracudas – Therwil Flyers 7-13, 4-7
Recap by JB Tucker, Therwil Flyers
Game one of the Saturday double header between the Therwil Flyers and the Zurich Barracudas was a close game all the way to the end. The Flyers came out in the first inning swinging the bats with authority. The Flyers were able to score 3 runs on 3 hits. After a strong first inning, the Flyers relaxed a bit, and it came back to haunt them. Only scoring one run in the 3rd, 4th, and 5th innings respectively. They Flyers also got too relaxed on defense and let the Barracudas fight their way back.
Starting pitcher Stefan Koller pitched a good game, up until the 4th inning when his defense fell apart and allowed 4 unearned runs to score. This put the score at 5-4. In the 5th inning, the Flyers had a sloppy combination of pitching and defense that allowed the Barracudas to take the lead. The Barracudas score 3 in the 5th to take a one run lead. The Flyers were able to battle back and tie the game in the 7th inning with a rbi single by Hide Oshima. With the game tied in the top of the 9th inning, the Flyers came alive scoring 6 runs to bury the Barracudas 13-7. Winning pitcher was Adrian Kaufmann who pitched the 8th and 9th surrendering zero runs. Hitting standouts for the game were Chris Blackbee who was 3-6 with a double and a towering HR to left and Adrian Kaufmann who was 2-4 with a double.
The second game between the two Swiss NLA teams was also a tight game. The Flyers again were able to score a run in the first inning, but again the Barracudas fought their way back and tied the game in the bottom of the first. Unlike the first game, the Flyers did not get too relaxed, they kept the pressure on all game.
After scoring a run in the first, the Flyers scored two in the second and one in the 3rd,4th,5th, and 7th innings. This was too much for the Zurich offense. Flyers starting pitcher, Hide Oshima, kept them off balance mixing up his pitches very well and throwing a lot of strikes. He was able to keep the Zurich offense to only 3 runs after 5 innings. Final score was 7-4 in favor of the Flyers. Hitting standouts for the game were Michel La Torre who went 3-4 with 3 singles and Ianis Boutaloup who was 2-3 with a double and a BB.
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