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Spoils shared in tense baseball clash

Douglas Sutton

Sun 19 May 17:42

In an outcome which helped only one club - the league-leading Munich Caribes - the Gauting Indians and Ellwangen Elks played to a split on Saturday. In two tense contests, the hosts Gauting won the first one 2-0, but fell short as the visiting Elk narrowly held on to a 6-5 win in the second game.

The results - on a weekend when there was no other baseball in the Munich area - left Ellwangen with a won-lost record in the Regionalliga South-East of 7-5 and Gauting with 6-4. So the outcome did...

Rain postpones "battle of the 'burbs"

Caribes batter Johannes Knuth starts his swing at a pitch from Stuttgart. Photo: Douglas Sutton

Thanks - or rather, no thanks - to the local area's inclement weather at the weekend, three of Munich's suburban baseball teams had their games postponed, including a much-anticipated 2....

Haar Disciples in split, undefeated Caribes roll to 2 more wins

Caribes' pitcher Jakob Lipke displays his power in delivering a pitch against Ellwangen. In four innings of relief, Lipke gave up no runs and only 2 hits, while striking out five batters. Photo: Douglas Sutton

The Haar Disciples suffered their first defeat in the new Bundesliga-South season with a split against the Heidenheim Heideköpfe over the weekend. The word "split" seems to have vanished from...

Haar Disciples off to winning start, Baldham gets first wins

Caribes batter Jimi Roura awaits a pitch from Ingolstadt in a Regionalliga game on Sunday. The Caribes won both games in Ingolstadt, 13-0 and 14-2, to remain undefeated in the new season. Photo: Douglas Sutton

The Haar Disciples finally got their 1. Bundesliga-South season underway on Saturday, winning a pair of extremely tight games at home against the Bad Homburg Hornets and in the process, showcased two...

Rain cuts down the action, Caribes take league lead

Munich Caribes player-coach Steve Walker delivers a pitch in Sunday's game at the Füssen Royal Bavarians. Walker is throwing from a pitcher's mound of gravel, on a baseball field that almost entirely consists of hard-packed gravel. Photo: Douglas Sutton

Heavy rains forced the cancellation of games by two local Munich area teams last weekend; the Haar Disciples' 1. Bundesliga South season, home opener against Regensburg and the Baldham Boars home...

Brilliant Alonso wins home grand prix

Fernando Alonso was all smiles in front of his home sunshine. Photo: AP

Of late, Spain have been struggling to rediscover that "winning feeling" over Germany but Fernando Alonso provided that coveted feeling as he sped past Nico Rosberg and Sebastian Vettel to secure...

Baseball Germany: A fan of the Cincinnati Reds

Donald Lutz works on his bunt technique in batting practice before a game for the German national team in Regensburg in September 2012. Lutz, 24, made history by becoming the first German to be called up to the Major Leagues in the US when he joined the Cincinnati Reds club and appeared at the end of April and early May in games against the St. Louis Cardinals. Photo: Doug Sutton

It's been a week of some remarkable sport. First, Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund marched triumphantly to the Champions League final. Then NBA player Jason Collins became the first active...

Andrews helps Cowboys edge Wish Bowl

The Eagles (red) lined up against the Cowboys (yellow). Photo: Jonathan Harding

Pre-season is about running the routes, making the blocks and completing the plays. Effectively, it's oiling the machine ahead of the regular season and in the admirable name of the Make A Wish...

Déjà-vu in the desert

It was Vettel-time all over again but fear not, the season is far from over. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) ahead of Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean (both Lotus) is an exact repeat of last year's podium at the Bahrain GP. While the race lacked excitement at the front, there...