After three of the semi-finals berths were handed out on Saturday, the TORNADOS clinched the fourth spot on Sunday. PADERBORN had taken early leads of 6-3 and 8-5, but MANNHEIM came back and overcame a 7-8-deficit in the top of the ninth to defeat the UNTOUCHABLES 9-8. Billy Hess delivered the decisive RBI single.
More on this and the other games on Tuesday.
Semi-Finals German Baseball Bundesliga (best-of-five):
Solingen Alligators – Buchbinder Legionaere Regensburg
Heidenheim Heidekoepfe – Mannheim Tornados
Both series start on Saturday, August 16 with doubleheaders in Regensburg and Mannheim.