Brisbane Metro, Macarthur, Twins and Western Suns remain in contention for the gold medal after Day 4 of the 2019 Australian Senior League Championship in Lismore.
Catch up on all Wednesday’s action here:
Western Suns 9, Adelaide Titans 1 | Box Score
The Western Suns through to the final four in Lismore for a second-straight year following a 9-1 win over the Adelaide Titans.
Western raced to a 4-0 lead after the first inning and never looked back.
Maddux Stivey opened the scoring with an RBI-single before Bailey-Jay Cooke stole home to double their advantage.
Conor Parry’s two-run single extended the Suns’ lead to four runs.
The Titans answered back with a run in the second but struggled to produce offence.
Adelaide was kept to just one hit by Stivey and Western Suns relief pitchers Joshua Dass and Michael West.
Dass worked two scoreless innings after Stivey struck out six batters in four and 2/3 innings.
Parry finished with a game-high four runs batted in for the Suns.
Brisbane Metro 7, Manly 5 | Box Score
Brisbane Metro survived a late rally from Manly to prevail 7-5 and book its spot in the final four at #ASLC2019.
Metro starter Jackson Grounds worked six impressive innings, striking out eight batters.
Grounds and Caylan Van Hilst led Brisbane’s offence with two runs batted in.
Billy Richters, Callum Wallace and John Lemm also drove in runs for the Queensland charter.
Thomas Butler and Luke Brown led Manly’s offence, both recording two runs batted in.
Twins 10, Hills Blue 5 | Box Score
Twins advanced to an #ASLC2019 semi-final against Western Suns after topping Hills Blue 10-5 on diamond one.
The Twins fell behind in the first inning ahead of taking the lead with a four-run third.
They pulled away further in the sixth-inning.
Connor Schibeci and Keenan Spence both drove in two runs for the Victoria charter.
McLeod Sell struck out five in four relief innings after starter Nathan Smith worked three innings without allowing an earned run.
Alessandro Ranieri and William Edwards each struck out five for Hills Blue.
Ranieri also drove in a couple of runs.
Macarthur 15, Sunraysia Giants 5 | Box Score
Macarthur will meet Brisbane Metro for a spot in the #ASLC2019 gold medal game after overpowering Sunraysia Giants on Wednesday night.
Jacob Veres drove in three runs as Macarthur stayed undefeated with a 15-5 win on diamond one.
Sunraysia scored first, striking on a Lindsay Barbary double in the second inning.
Macarthur took a 2-1 lead after three and added four runs in the fourth and five in the fifth to extend its advantage.
Tyrone Fergie and Jack Bennetts recorded three hits.
Cody Morrish and Raiden Wakefield had three knocks each for the Giants.
Day 5 action gets underway with a consolation game between Adelaide Titans and Hills Blue at 9.45am.
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Head to the #ASLC2019 Hub for schedules, results and rosters.
Click here for the updated Day 5 schedule.
Head to the #ASLC2019 Hub for schedules, results and rosters.