Regular season winner SUPERFUND WANDERERS and the SCHWAZ TIGERS will play for the Austrian Baseball championship, starting next week. The WANDERES completed the three-game sweep in the semi-final series against the UNION KUFSTEIN VIKINGS on Saturday at home in Vienna with a 14-4 victory.
The TIGERS had to go the distance, edging out defending champion MOSQUITO ATHLETICS ATTNANG-PUCHHEIM. After the A’s won game three on Saturday 5-1, SCHWAZ prevailed 5-2 and 5-4 in matches four and five to reach the championship series. In the decisive fifth game they even overcame a 1-4 deficit.
Results:
Saturday, September 19:
Union Kufstein Vikings – SUPERFUND Wanderers 1-3
Union Kufstein Vikings – SUPERFUND Wanderers 2-11
Tigers Schwaz – MOSQUITO Athletics Attnang-Puchheim 4-7
Tigers Schwaz – MOSQUITO Athletics Attnang-Puchheim 9-1
Saturday, September 26:
MOSQUITO Athletics Attnang-Puchheim – Schwaz Tigers 5-1
MOSQUITO Athletics Attnang-Puchheim – Schwaz Tigers 2-5
SUPERFUND Wanderers – Union Kufstein Vikings 14-4 (Wanderers win series 3-0)
Sunday, September 27:
MOSQUITO Athletics Attnang-Puchheim – Schwaz Tigers 4-5 (Tigers win series 3-2)