The 2022 Senior, Junior, and Intermediate League State Championships continued on Sunday with a huge second day of games featuring nine high-scoring matchups.
Teams enjoyed beautiful baseball weather in Geelong as they battled it out for spots in the grand finals, with matchups confirmed as Twins v Eastern Athletics in Senior League and Eastern Athletics v Southern Mariners in Junior League. Eastern Athletics and Southern Mariners will face off to see who plays Twins in the Intermediate League Grand Final.
Read recaps from the tournament's second day and visit our LL State Champs hub for schedules and live scoring on GameChanger. Day 1 recaps are available HERE.
Senior League
Twins 7 v Southern Mariners 0
Southern Mariners fell behind early and couldn't come back in a 7-0 loss to Twins on Sunday morning. Twins scored on a single by Logan O'Brien in the first inning and a groundout by Rhys Southwell in the second inning.
A single by Patrick Jones in the first inning was a positive for Southern Mariners.
O'Brien led things off on the hill for Twins. The pitcher surrendered zero runs on two hits over seven innings, striking out six.
Lachlan Smith started the game for Southern Mariners. The bulldog went five innings, allowing seven runs on nine hits, striking out three and walking zero. Tane Graham threw two innings in relief.
Jones and Smith each collected one hit to lead Southern Mariners.
Twins racked up 10 hits on the day as O'Brien went 3-for-4. Southwell and Addison Bishop-Worn had multiple hits too.
Southern Mariners 11 v Baycats 1
Southern Mariners fired up the offense in the first inning on Lachlan Smith's RBI single and never looked back in an 11-1 win over Baycats.
Southern Mariners notched five more runs in the third inning, thanks to a walk by Edward Steere, a sac fly by Joshua Villanti, an error on a ball put in play by Jonathan Goldman, and a double by Hayden Finney.
Rhys McKenzie got the start for Southern Mariners, allowing two hits and one run over five innings, striking out seven.
Harvey Elderfield was on the mound for Baycats. Elderfield lasted two innings, allowing five hits and four runs while striking out two and walking zero. Will Cavanagh and Cooper Laurie entered the game from the bullpen, throwing one and one-third innings and two-thirds of an inning respectively.
Southern Mariners scattered seven hits in the game, including two apiece for Finney and Liam Bald. The winning side didn't commit a single error either as Villanti had the most chances in the field with eight.
Eastern Athletics 19 v Baycats 9
Aiden Patterson drove in five runs on three hits to lead Eastern Athletics past Baycats 19-9 on Sunday. Patterson had RBI singles in each of the first three innings as Eastern Athletics collected 16 hits to Baycats' seven.
Wilson Pole and Jack Noble helped Eastern Athletics score six more runs in the second inning, while Baycats' bats came alive in the fourth with RBIs from Cade White and Harvey Elderfield.
Ethan Jenkins was on the pitcher's mound for Eastern Athletics. He surrendered five runs on three hits over two and a third innings, striking out one.
Elderfield led things off on the hill for Baycats, lasting one and one-third innings, allowing six hits and five runs while striking out one and walking zero. Cooper Laurie and Tyson Sherry entered the game from the bullpen, throwing two innings and one inning respectively.
Eastern Athletics tallied 16 hits on the day. Noble went 4-for-4 and Patterson, Pole, Jack Ratcliffe, and Charles Chislett had multiple hits too. Patterson had six fielding chances in an error-free game for Athletics.
Will Cavanagh went 2-for-4 at the plate to lead Baycats in hits.
Junior League
Eastern Athletics 16 v Baycats 2
Eastern Athletics got started early in a 16-2 win over Baycats. The winning team scored five runs in the first on a walk by Zak Stafilis, a groundout by Cooper Busch, a single by Ezra Ferguson, and a single by Declan Marshall.
Eight more runs came in the fifth with RBIs from Kycen Dowling, Luke Hutton, Ethan Hilhorst, Stafilis, and Busch.
Jiaze Li got the start for Athletics, throwing a scoreless inning with two strikeouts and no hits or walks.
Jordan Ellis was on the hill for Baycats. The bulldog allowed zero hits and four runs. Thomas and Saya Turnley entered the game from the bullpen, throwing four and a third innings and two-thirds of an inning respectively.
Ellis went 2-for-3 for Baycats while Ferguson, Hutton, and Samuel Walk had multiple hits for Athletics as the team gathered 12 hits total.
Dowling had the most fielding chances with six as Eastern didn't make any errors.
Eastern Athletics 17 v Twins 9
Eastern Athletics snatched the lead late in the game in a 17-9 victory over Twins on Sunday. Batting with two outs in the bottom of the fifth, Kycen Dowling hit a first-pitch single to score a run.
The base paths were crowded in this high-scoring game as Eastern Athletics collected 15 hits and Twins had 11.
Twins got things moving in the first inning on an RBI single from Patrick Matthews.
The game was a back-and-forth battle from there, with Athletics tying it up in the bottom of the fourth before adding five runs in the sixth on RBIs from Samuel Walk, Zak Stafilis, and Shin.
Ethan Johnston was on the pitcher's mound for Eastern Athletics. The bulldog allowed four hits and four runs over one inning, striking out two and walking one.
Matthews started the game for Twins, going four innings with eight runs on nine hits. Jai DiBlasi, Walter Le Ferve, and Avanish Jaygan each contributed in relief for Twins.
Cooper Busch, Declan Marshall, Ezra Ferguson, Joel Farrar, and Dowling had two hits apiece for Athletics while DiBlasi went 4-for-5 to lead Twins at the plate. Darcy Phemister and Fletcher Wilson had multiple hits, too.
Twins stole 11 bases during the game as three players stole more than one, including DiBlasi who led the way with four.
Southern Mariners 8 v Twins 1
Twins struggled to get their offense going on Sunday afternoon as Southern Mariners won 8-1.
Southern Mariners scored four runs in the sixth inning on RBIs from Mitchell Langworthy, Ty Daniels, and Robinson Smith.
Jarrod Thomas led things off on the pitcher's mound for Southern Mariners. He allowed three hits and zero runs over five innings, striking out four and walking zero.
Liam Coster pitched five and a third innings for Twins, allowing six runs on eight hits, striking out two and walking zero. Jai DiBlasi threw one and two-thirds innings out of the bullpen.
Southern Mariners hit two home runs on the day, including Cai Batey-Smith in the fourth inning and Langworthy in the sixth.
Twins totaled five hits in the game, with two apiece from Walter Le Ferve and Emma Sullivan.
Thomas, Joseph Lewis, and Liam Puncher all managed multiple hits for Southern Mariners as the team had 10 hits total.
Intermediate League
Twins 9 v Southern Mariners 2
Windsor Breckenridge tallied four hits as Twins won 9-2 win over Southern Mariners. Breckenridge had three singles across the first, second, and fourth with a double in the sixth, too.
Twins secured the victory thanks to five runs in the second inning, made possible by Roman Coote's walk and big hits from Cooper Bishop-Worn and Breckenridge
Bishop-Worn led things off on the hill for Twins. He threw six and two-thirds innings, allowing one hit and two runs while striking out 13 and walking one.
Matthew Fielden pitched two innings for Southern Mariners, allowing six runs on five hits with four strikeouts. Alexander Smith threw four innings in relief out of the bullpen.
Twins tallied 12 hits. Breckenridge and Coote all collected multiple hits for Twins. Breckenridge went 4-for-4 and Coote had a 2-for-3 game as Twins totaled 12 hits.
Southern Mariners 15 v Eastern Athletics 7
Both pitching staffs had their hands full in a high-scoring affair where Southern Mariners bested Eastern Athletics, 15-7.
Eastern Athletics got on the board in the first inning when Theodore Rutgers induced Noah Traplin to hit into a fielder's choice as one run scored.
However, Southern Mariners pulled away for good with four runs in the third inning. Alexander Smith and Lachie Wright singled to score runs while Charlie Waugh and Rutgers also brought runners home with groundouts.
William Ferguson and Angus Saggers had RBIs for Eastern in the sixth, and Southern Mariners followed up with four runs of their own off the bats of Ashley Hill, Blake Ochoa, and Smith.
Rutgers led things off on the hill for Southern Mariners, giving up four runs on two hits over four innings, striking out four.
Eastern pitcher Jess Marsh threw three and two-thirds innings, allowing four hits and nine runs while striking out two. Harrison Govenlock threw two and a third innings in relief out of the bullpen.
Southern Mariners saw the ball well today, racking up eight hits in the game. Ochoa went 3-for-3 and Smith had multiple hits too. Southern Mariners stole 29 bases during the game as 11 players stole more than one. Wright led the way with five.
Twins 14 v Eastern Athletics 0
Eastern Athletics watched the game slip away early and couldn't recover in a 14-0 loss to Twins on Sunday. Twins scored seven runs in the first on singles from Xavier Gardner, William Cashen, Oliver Bergin, Samuel Land, and Lachlan Brennan.
One bright spot for Eastern Athletics was a single by Daniel Williams in the third. Angus Saggers had the team's other hit.
Roman Coote was on the mound for Twins. The fireballer lasted five innings, allowing two hits and zero runs while striking out 11.
James Govenlock and Thomas Bowden pitched for Eastern in a tough game as Twins totaled 18 hits. Cooper Bishop-Worn, Joseph Lotan, Cashen, Land, Brennan, and Coote all had multiple hits.
Twins didn't make any errors as Bergin had the most fielding chances with 11. The side stole 12 bases during the game as three players stole more than one, including Cashen who led the way with four.
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