In the German Baseball-Bundesliga the Buchbinder Legionaere Regensburg completed a sweep over the Heidenheim Heidekoepfe on Saturday and moved back into first place in the southern division standings. Two runs in the sixth decided the 4-2 victory. The other two matchups in the south ended in splits. The Mannheim Tornados stumbled in the race for fourth place in Stuttgart, the Haar Disciples in Bad Homburg.
In the northern division the HSV Stealers moved into fourth place after picking up two more shutouts over the Berlin Sluggers, extending their scoreless streak to four games. Brent Buffa and Antonio Peraza got the wins with the latter missing a seven-inning perfect game by a walk. The Dortmund Wanderers lost twice in Paderborn and dropped to fifth. The Solingen Alligators and Bonn Capitals swept their opposition to stay in the top three.
Results:
Saturday, June 16:
Paderborn – Dortmund 8-3, 13-3
Hamburg – Berlin 10-0, 20-0
Stuttgart – Mannheim 5-8, 5-1
Regensburg – Heidenheim 4-2
Sunday, June 17:
Cologne – Bonn 2-3, 2-3
Solingen – Dohren 14-2, 10-0
Bad Homburg – Haar 5-9, 14-9
Standings:
North:
- Paderborn 19-3
- Solingen 18-4
- Bonn 16-8
- Hamburg 12-10
- Dortmund 11-11
- Cologne 6-16
- Dohren 6-18
- Berlin 2-20
South:
- Regensburg 16-4
- Heidenheim 13-5
- Mainz 12-8
- Haar 11-9
- Mannheim 8-10
- Stuttgart 5-15
- Bad Homburg 3-17