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AILC2019 day four recap

Baseball Victoria
20 June 2019

Eastern Athletics, Southern Mariners and Twins continued their campaigns at the 2019 Australian Intermediate League Championships in Mildura.  

Catch up on all the day four action for our three Victorian sides:

 

Western Comets 15, Southern Mariners 0 | Box Score

Western Comets powered to a 15-0 consolation game win over Southern Mariners on diamond two.

Tyson Forrest drove in four runs and Daniel Papiccio two as the Comets raced to an early lead and did not look back.

Four pitchers combined to shutout the Mariners, led by Campbell Froude’s three strikeouts.

 

Eastern Athletics 9, Twins 8 | Box Score

Eastern Athletics withstood a late comeback from Twins to prevail 9-8 in their #AILC2019 consolation game.

Twins scored five runs in the top of the sixth after Eastern had built a 9-2 lead through five innings.

Ethan Jenkins and Chloe Woollard both drove in a pair of runs for the Athletics.

Starting pitcher Declan Weichard struck out eight hitters.

The win was Eastern’s first of #AILC2019.

 

Twins 18, Western Comets 4 | Box Score

Addison Bishop-Worn drove in five runs as Twins recorded a comprehensive 18-4 win over Western Comets.

Atticus Hurford chipped in with three runs batted in and Ben Howard and Rui Ota two each for Twins.

Howard recorded nine strikeouts on the mound.

Tyren Ellis and Ashley Kimber drove home the Comets’ runs.

 

Day five action in Mildura gets underway at 9am (local time).

The bronze medal game starts at 10.15am and championship game at 1.30pm.

Both medal games will be streamed on Baseball Australia’s Facebook page.

Head to the #AILC2019 tournament page for results, rosters and the complete schedule.

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