Nur mit einem Spiel Rückstand auf den Tabellenführer Tübingen traten die Stuttgart Reds am Samstag 3.7. in München bei den Caribes an. Doch aus den erhofften zwei Siegen wurde nichts – nach einem Sieg in Spiel 1 mussten die Reds im zweiten Spiel des Tages eine knappe Niederlage hinnehmen.
In Spiel 1 lief zunächst alles nach Plan. Wie in der Vorwoche konnten die Baseballer des TV Cannstatt gegen die Münchner Pitcher einige gute Hits landen und das Spiel mit 13:7 für sich entscheiden. Extra base hits für die Reds schlugen Ryan Myers und Moritz Löns, weitere Hits steuerten Naohisa Matsuda, Duhamel Gonzalez, Gonzalo Rivera und Adrian Fischer bei. Bret Helenius pitchte ein weiteres Complete Game für die Reds.
Statistiken: | Game 1 | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | | Reds | | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 1 | | Caribes | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 6 | | Reds | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | SB | | | Matsuda, N | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | Lons, M | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | Myers, R | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | Gonzales, D | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | Medrano, P | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | Rivera, G | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | | | Kratky, R | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | Helenius, B | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | | Fischer, A | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Batting | 2B - Lons, Myers (2) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Reds | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | | Helenius, B (W, 5-3) | 7 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7,71 | | | | | | | | | | | | Opponent | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | SB | | | Komori, D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | | | Walker, S | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | Grunaia, K | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | - Miguez, E | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | Figarella, E | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | Gibbons, M | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | Roura, J | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | Gonell, J | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | - Hernandez, R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | Ramos, P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | - Lipke, J | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | Despaigne, A | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Batting | 2B - Walker, Grunaia 3B - Gibbons | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Opponent Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | | Miguez (L) | 5 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10,80 | | Walker | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18,00 | In Spiel 2 kontrollierten die Starting Pitcher beider Teams das Spiel. Michael Antczak ließ in sechs Innings nur zwei Runs zu, Jason Lipke pitchte ebenfalls ein sehr gutes Spiel für die Münchner und ließ bis zum siebten Inning ebenfalls nur zwei Runs zu. Aus einigen Bases-Loaded-Situationen konnten die Stuttgarter jedoch kein Kapital schlagen, Zwar gingen die Reds zum Schluss noch einmal 4:2 in Führung, doch den Caribes gelang im Schlussspurt noch drei Runs zum Endstand von 5:4 für die Gastgeber. Mit einem Sieg hätten die TVC-Baseballer zum Tabellenführer Tübingen aufschließen können – diese kamen ebenfalls nicht über einen Split gegen Ingolstadt hinaus. Doch die Reds bleiben in Lauerstellung und haben nach dem nächsten Auswärtsspiel in Baldham (10.7.) und der anschließenden EM-Pause noch einige Heimspiele auf dem Plan.
| Game 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | | Reds | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | | Caribes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Reds | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | SB | | | | | Matsuda, N | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | | | Lons, M | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | | | | | Myers, R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | | | | | Gonzalez, D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | | | Medrano, P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | Rivera, G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | | | | | Kratky, R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | Fischer, A | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | | | | | Woditch, N | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Batting | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Reds | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | | | | Antczak, M (L, 3-4) | 6 2/3 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6,81 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Opponent | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | SB | | | | | Komori, D | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | | | | Walker, S | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | | | Gibbons, M | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | Figarilla, E | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | | | | | Roura, J | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | Ramos, D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | Gonnel, J | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | Despaigne, A | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | | | Miguez, E | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Batting | 2B - Gonnel | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Opponent Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | | | | Lipke (ND) | 6 2/3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 4,09 | | | | Gonnel | 1/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0,00 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |