THREE TEAM STILL UNDEFEATED IN BUNDESLIGA

Three teams were a perfect 8-0 as the German League headed into the month of May. The defending champion Regensburg Buchbinder Legionaere swept their two-game series with the Manheim Tornados to hold onto their two-game lead over the 6-2 Heidenheim Heidekoepfe in the Bundesliga’s South Division.

Regensburg needed a walk-off RBI single from Matt Vance in the tenth inning to win the series opener, 6-5. One day later, the Legionaere rolled out to an 8-0 lead by the third inning and went on to defeat Manheim, 10-3. The Tornados are in a virtual tie for third place in the German League South with a 4-4 record, sharing third with the 5-5 Saarlouis Hornets.

In the North, the Paderborn Untouchables swept a doubleheader from the Bonn Capitals to pull into a first-place tie with the Solingen Alligators, who had the weekend off. Paderborn rocked Bonn, 14-0, in the opener before trashing the Capitals again, 12-1, in the nightcap as both games were shortened by the ten-run mercy rule.

GERMAN LEAGUE SEASON BEGINS, DIVISION TITLEHOLDERS RECORD SWEEPS

The German Baseball League got its 2009 season started earlier this month, and both regular season divisional champions recorded two-game sweeps in their respective inaugural series.

Defending North Division winners Solingen Alligators won a pair of games from the HSV Stealers. Solingen won the April 4 opener, 14-7, despite being outhit 16-11 by the Stealers. Dominik Wolf cracked a homer for the Alligators as Jens Cornelsen pitched five scoreless innings for the win. Solingen dominated the second game, registering an 8-0 shutout. Starter Enorbel Marquez-Ramirez and two relievers combined on a one-hitter for the Gators.

Last year’s South Division champion Heidenheim Heidekoepfe won two against the Haar Disciples. Heidenheim won the opener, 11-5, as starter Markus Winkler let in three runs over six innings. Ryan Lilly homered, scored twice and drove in two runs as Heidenheim won, 6-3, on April 5.