NLB
The next step for ambitious players aged 16+.
Our NLB squad is where ambitious players aged 16 and up take the next step after cadets or junior baseball. It's a proving ground for competitive senior baseball, and several NLB players move up to the NLA roster each season.
We welcome experienced players looking for a new club, as well as promoted cadets ready for a bigger challenge.
Summer · Outdoor
Monday · 18:00–20:00
Sportanlage Buchlern
Buchlernweg 20, 8046 Zürich
Thursday · 18:00–20:00
Sportanlage Buchlern
Buchlernweg 20, 8046 Zürich
Winter · Indoor
Tuesday · 19:00–21:00
Sporthalle Sihlhölzli
Zwinglistrasse 8, 8004 Zürich
Come along for a free trial practice – no experience or gear required.
The Challengers' second team ended the interim round in the NLB with a 14-2 win against Therwil Flyers' second team. This sees the Zurich side finish the interim round in second place. As clear as the result looks, the action on the field was far from one-sided. The Flyers actually opened the scoring. After the Challengers put up four runs in the second inning — including an RBI double from Patrick Zöllig and an RBI single from Yoshihiro Miura — the home team made it 2-4 and kept the game open. It wasn't until the fifth inning that the Challengers cracked the opposing defense. Following hits from Zöllig and Miura again, as well as Shaen Bernhardt and Bastian Kämpfer, plus walks by the Siemers brothers Mike and Jack to make it 7-2, Florin Kämpfer provided the highlight of the day with a grand slam. The RBI singles from Enrique Suárez Baños, Shaen Bernhardt and Jack Siemers to make it 14-2 were just the icing on the cake. Florin Kämpfer also picked up his third win. Over five innings he gave up six hits and two runs, with four walks and ten strikeouts.
Fri Aug 21st
A tough week against the Barracudas continued for the club, as the NLB side fell 4-18 in their own derby matchup after the NLA team had already dropped their night games to the same opponent days earlier. The Challengers actually struck first, with Shadir Mora and Jason Wüger scoring to make it 2-0, but the Barracudas responded with six runs — four of them extra-base hits — in the third inning alone and never looked back, closing the game out early at 18-4.
Wed Aug 12th
It's derby week at the Baseballstadion Heerenschürli, with the Challengers hosting Zürich Barracudas across three night games in the last week of the Zurich school holidays. The NLA side kicks things off on Monday at 7:00 pm and continues the derby on Tuesday at 6:30 pm, with fourth-placed Zürich looking to leapfrog the third-placed Barracudas. The NLB team follows on Wednesday at 6:30 pm against an unbeaten Barracudas Academy squad, fresh off their own win over the Wil Pirates. Three nights, two rosters, one rival — plenty on the line at Heerenschürli this week.
Sat Aug 8th
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| No. | Name | Pos. |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Jonas Baumann | 3B |
| 5 | Pascal Widmer | RF |
| 7 | Leon Roth | P |
| 12 | Noah Moser | SS |
| 13 | Kevin Brunner | DH |
| 18 | Jonas Meier | SS |
| 19 | Sven Moser | 3B |
| 21 | Elias Huber | 2B |
| 25 | Pascal Keller | UTIL |
| 30 | Jonas Brunner | C |
| 36 | Pascal Keller | 2B |
| 38 | Livio Fischer | P |
| 52 | Nico Graf | UTIL |
| 55 | Simon Graf | 2B |
Sample roster — placeholder data. EasyScore does not currently expose public player names.
