BERN GOES TO 13-0 IN SWISS LEAGUE STANDINGS

It’s not hard to find parallels between Puerto Cruz in Spain and the Bern Cardinals of the Swiss League. Like the Marlins, Bern has won four straight pennants. Like the Marlins, Bern is unbeaten this season. And, like the Marlins, Bern had to work to keep the slate clean last weekend.

Bern won twice against the Embrach Rainbows to go to 13-0 with a four-game lead over the second-place Lausanne Cardinals, who are 9-4. In the opener, however, Bern was trailing, 3-1, until Johnny Perigos hit a two-run homer in the sixth to knot the score at 3-3. The score remained the same before Bern notched three runs in the top of the ninth, including a homer form player-manager John Baum on the first pitch he saw. Travis Imboden posted his first save with a 1-2-3 outing in the bottom of the ninth frame.

Imboden started and won the second game, 9-5, to drop Embrach to 5-7.