The German Baseball-Bundesliga continued this weekend with a full game day. On Saturday the Solingen Alligators improved to 8-0 with a second sweep over the Cologne Cardinals since Wednesday. Nick Renault struck out 12 in a complete game three-hitter in game two. Meanwhile the Bonn Capitals suffered their first loss of the year. Following a 17-4 pounding in game one against the HSV Stealers, Hamburg’s Brent Buffa led his team to a 6-3 victory in the second match. On Sunday the Untouchables Paderborn humiliated the Berlin Sluggers by scoring 46 runs in a doubleheader. Additionally the Dohren Wild Farmers celebrated their first road sweep during regular season play in Baseball-Bundesliga history.
In the south the twin bill between the Mannheim Tornados and Tubingen Hawks got postponed due to rain. The Stuttgart Reds lost twice to the Mainz Athletics, as Christian Decher and Pat Haugen led the A’s with strong starts. The Haar Disciples split against the Heidenheim Heidekoepfe, which saw Michael Stephan going deep three times in two games. Josh Petersen homered twice and drove in seven. Simon Guehring connected twice for Heidenheim. The Buchbinder Legionaere Regensburg swept the Bad Homburg Hornets, but needed a ninth-inning comeback to prevail in game one. Justin Kuehn pitched a gem in game two.
Results:
Saturday, May 4, 2013:
Mannheim – Tubingen ppd
Mannheim – Tubingen ppd
Solingen – Cologne 11-1 (7)
Solingen – Cologne 3-0
Hamburg – Bonn 4-17
Hamburg – Bonn 6-3
Stuttgart – Mainz 7-12
Stuttgart – Mainz 5-7
Haar – Heidenheim 8-16
Haar – Heidenheim 10-6
Regensburg – Bad Homburg 6-5
Sunday, May 5, 2013:
Regensburg – Bad Homburg 6-1
Dortmund – Dohren 4-8
Dortmund – Dohren 5-6
Berlin – Paderborn 7-29 (7)
Berlin – Paderborn 0-17 (7)