Author: Zack McGuinness
Newport 0 def by Geelong 4
Geelong starter Rudy Jaramillo pitched a shutout as the Baycats secured their second win of the season with a 4-0 win over Newport. Jaramillo allowed just four hits and a walk while striking out seven in a stellar outing.
In his first start for the firsts Brock Wells finished with a perfect on-base percentage in four plate appearances, recording two hits. Ryan Darcy had a strong day offensively for the Baycats, collecting two hits, one RBI and a run.
Jack Van Wyngarden received the loss for Newport, striking out none while walking two and allowing four runs in just 1 2/3 innings.
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A rain delay shortened the contest to just six innings, with the only run of the game coming in the fourth inning, Sandringham’s Callum Barnett was walked with bases loaded forcing Alex da Silva home.
Sandringham starter Reed Mason continued his dominant start to the season, striking out eight batters while walking one and allowing just two hits. Preston starter Andrew Chesterton struck out three batters, but walked five including the go ahead run with bases loaded.
Fitzroy were the first to hit the scoreboard in their clash against Essendon with doubles from Joel Mackenzie and Alex Turlea. An error with one-out allowed in the top of the second allowed Essendon to tack on two before solidifying the 3-1 win with a single run in the eight.
After the early hiccup, Essendon’s pitching combination of Gareth Formisano, Kyle Bedford and Luke Abels kept Fitzroy scoreless for the remainder of the game, with the Lions only able to register two more hits (Carl Wilson and Tom Dicker).
Waverly prevailed 7-2 in their clash with Springvale as pitcher Matt Wilson received the win for eight innings pitched.
Both teams were strong offensively on the day, with Waverly recording 14 hits to Springvale’s 8.
Jarryd Dale went 4 from 5 with two doubles for Waverley, while Andrew Hayes collected two hits including a triple and Cooper Goodman finished with a pair of doubles to go 2-4 on the day.
Blackburn secured their second win of the season with a three-run rally in the ninth inning against Melbourne at Surrey Park.
Melbourne entered the ninth with a 3-2 lead, after an RBI single from Rob Hondromatidis and a sacrifice fly by Oliver McMahon. In the top of the ninth they conceded three hits and two walks allowing Blackburn to put up three runs in the top of the ninths and secure the win.
Nathan Aron and Rob Hondromatidis recorded three hits each for the day, while Adam Burton had two, Mitch Ayres and Alex Hondromatidis each had one.
On a cold night at Altona Ballpark the Sandringham Royals lost their second mid-week game to the Fitzroy Lions 2 - 0 through 9 innings.
Fitzroy's pitching combination of Josh Tols and Brock Pawley handcuffed the Royals allowing just 1 hit and striking out 18. Pawley's bag of multiple fastballs and off-speed pitches struck out 11 through 5.0 - the Royals simply had no
answers.
An Alex Turlea RBI double in the first and Tom Dicker RBI single in the third were the only two runs of the game and both came of Sandringham starter Branden Stenhouse. He was relieved by young recruit Jayson Arthur who had a spectacular night on the mound - striking out five, allowing just 2 hits and no runs in his 5.1 innings of work.