It was a busy weekend in VSBL Division 3 with double-digit scores in every game and wins for Chelsea, North Coburg, Springvale and Bonbeach.
View full season fixtures, results, and ladders HERE and read recaps from the latest games below.
Division 3 Firsts
Footscray Bulldogs 3 v Chelsea Dolphins 11
The Dolphins had the advantage in this matchup, scoring a flurry of late runs to take back the lead and record win number five.
Chelsea had a 1-0 lead going into the third before Footscray scored two in the fifth. The Bulldogs went on to score one in the sixth while Chelsea scattered 10 runs across the last few innings for a solid win.
The Dolphins had 15 hits total against Footscray pitchers Abbey McLellan and Thomas Medland, with Jarryd Tippett, Trevor Johansen, and Shannon Groenendyk recording three hits apiece. Tippett and Johansen singled three times while Groenendyk singled and doubled twice.
Matthew Hannan had a single and a double for three RBIs, Evan Nisbet had two base hits, and Glenn Sanders doubled and singled. Ryoji Shinoda knocked in two runs with a homer and a single while Rhys Tippett had a pair of base hits, too.
Chelsea was strong pitching-wise as well, with Groenendyk throwing eight solid innings with three unearned runs, two hits, one walk, and eight strikeouts. Shinoda pitched one in relief, striking out two out of three batters.
Footscray had one singles from Shane Kinlough and Abbey McLellan, while Medland tripled twice. Adam White and Kinlough had RBIs on the day.
Now 5-7, Chelsea hosts Bonbeach next while 3-9 Footscray heads to Pakenham.
Geelong Baycats 13 v North Coburg Rebels 17
The Rebels worked their way to a big win in this high-scoring game, despite Geelong outhitting them 19-9.
North Coburg led 4-1 after the first inning with both sides scoring two in the second. By the end of the third, North Coburg was in front 8-4, and that led grew to 11-5 in the fourth.
Geelong added two in the fifth, one in the eighth, and five in the ninth, but North Coburg stayed in front with three runs in both the seventh and eighth.
Holding off Geelong's rally in the final frame, the Rebels secured their second victory of the season with Andy Karp getting the win on the mound. Justin Lake, Addison Kaye, Kade Eicke, and Karp all had two RBIs while Gavin Alki, Dionysios Papadatos, and Jack Pinches knocked in a run each.
Jesse Buzza, Jordan Ellis, and Riley Peoples put in pitching work for Geelong while teammate Robert Hickey knocked in four runs and Cooper Tipping had three RBIs on two triples.
Buzza also recorded three RBIs with Noah Brennan, Connor Hughes, and Peoples also bringing runners home. Ellis and Cade White had two hits apiece as well.
Both teams will go into round 13 looking for win number three, with North Coburg playing at Springvale and Geelong visiting North Western.
North Western Titans 1 v Springvale Lions 16
The Lions kept up the momentum against the Titans, jumping out to an early 5-0 lead before tacking on 11 runs in the fourth. North Western's lone run came in the fifth as Springvale managed 16 hits total compared to three for the Titans.
Scott Baillie pitched 3.33 innings for Springvale with one hit and five strikeouts, followed by 2.66 innings from Joel Stubbs with two hits, two walks, one unearned run, and a strikeout.
Rydge Hogan led the way offensively with three doubles and three RBIs, followed by Steve Hughes, Adam Thatcher, and Stubbs all with two runs knocked in.
Lucas Anderson, Neal Cavanagh, and Maxwell Chew also brought runners home while Lucas Anderson, Matthew Cameron, and Baillie singled. Ryan Kirby had one of the team's four doubles, too.
North Western had Cameron Wilson and Connor Wilson on the mound while Dan Holmes collected two singles and Alan McGaughey had one.
12-0 Springvale hosts North Coburg next while 7-5 North Western plays Geelong at home.
Bonbeach Bluejays 24 v Pakenham Pumas 2
The Bluejays were relentless at the plate in the later innings, bouncing back after the Pumas took a 2-1 lead in the first. Bonbeach kept Pakenham from scoring for the rest of the game while keeping up offensively, with five runs in both the fourth and the fifth before 13 in the sixth.
Jacob Bald had five RBIs, Olly Hookey-Rizzo had four, and Matthew Burton and Jarad Curwood knocked in three runs each. James Crowe, Matthew Bucci, and Mathew Prior also brought runners home while Daniel Conway-Jones, Kyle Hubbard, and Edward Steere had singles for Bonbeach too.
Prior gave up four hits and two runs with three strikeouts in as many innings, while Conway-Jones gave up three hits with three strikeouts in his time on the mound.
Tim Bellerby struck out four in four innings for Pakenham with Rohan Hector also contributing on the mound. Bellerby and Hector joined Shaun Fahy, Ethan Hamilton, Jesse Hunter, Matthew Mills, and Darren Reeves had singles.
Mitchell Lording was the only Pakenham player to record multiple hits while Danny Cannizzaro and Hunter knocked in runs.
Second-place Bonbeach heads to Chelsea with a 10-2 record as 7-5 Pakenham hosts Footscray next.