The Gammertingen Royals offered the spectators pure excitement in the last league game of the baseball association league season. The starting position was clear: they could only maintain their lead in the table with a win against the Schriesheim Raubritter. However, it didn’t look like that for a long time.
The robber barons get off to a better start
The guests from North Baden initially got off to a much better start. By the end of the second period they were clearly ahead 8-3. The ex-Bundesliga pitcher for the Mannheim Tornados posed big problems for the Gammertingen attackers. He was supported by the guests’ solid defensive line. Row after row, she caught the Royals’ long-hit balls safely out of the air and hardly allowed the Royals any points.
However, the robber barons from Schriesheim didn’t manage to do much offensively in the following sections of the game. To be more precise: They shouldn’t score a single point by the end of the game. The Royals, on the other hand, shortened the lead to 6:8 by the middle of the last inning thanks to successful base running.
The last point is a brotherly co-production
So it was clear: Gammertingen needed three more points to win and thus secure the championship. First, the Royals equalized for an 8-8 draw. It was then left to Gammertingen’s pitcher Christoph Dieminger to score the decisive point that brought victory. He benefited from a skillful strike from his twin brother Sebastian Dieminger.
The team and spectators celebrate the title
Then all the dams broke: players and spectators celebrated the narrow 9:8 victory and the associated association league championship, which entitles them to promotion to the 2nd baseball league,
Scored for the Royals: Daniel Bravo (3), Javier Capote (2), Christoph Dieminger, Christoph Fauler, Daniel Haule and Arthur Müller.
