Clap for Crime

Mannheim. Die Mannheim Tornados suffered two more losses over the weekend. The Bundesliga baseball club remains at the bottom of the southern group after losing at home against the Mainz Athletics (8:9 and 0:11). Coach Milton Croes, who took over the German record champions’ team at the beginning of May, is still waiting for the first win. The Tornados have only won one of 19 games so far, but they are far from giving up.

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“Everything is still possible, we just have to reward ourselves,” said Christian Schuler, the sporting director of the Wirbelwinde. In Saturday’s first game against the Athletics, the Tornados were on the verge of their second win of the season. They turned a 0:3 deficit (3rd) into a 7:3 lead (6th). Merlin Bendlin had three RBIs, while Anderson Zambrano, Jonas Wernert, Max Lehnert and Luis Díaz each contributed a point with hits at plate.

Mainz crowns catching up

But Mainz came back. Thomas Joyce shortened the lead to 4:7 with a home run (7th minute). In the ninth section, the Athletics turned the game around with four points. The Mannheimers had the chance to hit back. Matias Robles managed a single to make it 8:9, but the Tornados couldn’t do more.

The second duel in the Roberto-Clemente-Field on Sunday turned out to be a disaster from Mannheim’s point of view. In the first six innings, Mainzer scored seven points against Tornados pitcher Bernini Engelhardt. In contrast, the Mannheimers only managed two shots against Brady Tedesco. In the seventh period, Mainz scored another four points to make it 11-0 against Tornados reliever Bart De Jong. he was