Defending champions Northern Metros, Hills and Manly remain undefeated after day two action at the 2019 Australian Intermediate League Championship in Mildura.
Hills and the Metros claimed two wins on Tuesday and Manly overpowered Western Suns 14-3 to enter day three without a loss.
Catch up on all the day two action:
Hills 17, Western Comets 3 | Box Score
Hills secured another impressive win at #AILC2019, powering past Western Comets 17-3 on day two in Mildura.
The Comets took a 2-0 lead in the first before Hills erased the deficit with a five-run second ahead of pulling away with a nine-run third.
Jett Watson and Edward Noy led the offence with two runs batted in.
Luke Hayhow had three hits and Jude Cusbert recorded four strikeouts in two innings of relief work.
Cruze Brendon drove in two runs for the Western Comets.
Manly 14, Western Suns 3 | Box Score
A nine-run third inning catapulted Manly to its second win of #AILC2019.
The big inning proved decisive in a 14-3 win over Western Suns on diamond three.
Manly scored two runs in the second to erase an early 1-0 deficit before adding to its advantage.
Edward Gall’s three runs batted in led the offence.
Zac Morris drove home two runs and Manly’s pitching kept the Western Suns to three hits.
Twins 15, Southern Mariners 4 | Box Score
Twins powered past Southern Mariners 15-4 on day two in Mildura to record their first win of #AILC2019.
The Twins scored 13 runs in the third to take control.
Addison Bishop-Worn was responsible for four runs scoring and Miller Wortley and Jacob White both collected two RBIs.
Declan Lynch, Sidney Stillwell and Harrison Maddaford drove in runs for the Mariners.
Northern Metros 8, Ryde Hawks 7 | Box Score
Northern Metros held off fast-finishing Ryde Hawks to secure an 8-7 win in their Pool B clash.
The Metros scored early runs and the Hawks the last five.
Jack Angeloff collected three hits for Northern, which spread the offence.
Starter Jayden Allen struck out three.
Tim Massey punched out four batters for the Hawks.
Hills 16, Eastern Athletics 8 | Box Score
Hills rode the long ball to a 3-0 start at #AILC2019.
Jude Cusbert homered twice and Harry Wilton once as Hills recorded a 16-8 win over Eastern Athletics.
Cusbert’s three-run shot in the fourth put Hills up 12-0 before the paid added solo shots later in the game.
Luke Hayhow drove in six runs for Hills on a couple of hits.
Ethan Jenkins had three hits for Eastern Athletics.
Northern Metros 19, Southern Mariners 4 | Box Score
Northern Metros wrapped up a perfect day two of action at #AILC2019 in Mildura.
The Metros made it two from two on Tuesday after overpowering Southern Mariners 19-4.
Dawson George and Jack Angeloff both collected three runs batted in and Xavier Fatai struck out four batters.
Sidney Stillwell was responsible for two of the Mariners’ runs scoring.
Ryde Hawks 17, Twins 10 | Box Score
Ollivier Flokstra and Liam Hilliger each drove in three runs as Ryde Hawks overcame Twins 17-10.
A seven-run sixth put the Hawks out to healthy lead as they bounced back from a narrow loss to Northern Metros earlier in the day.
James Fergusson had four hits at the top of the Ryde batting lineup.
Nathan Blakemore, Ben Howard and Miller Wortley had two hits a piece for Twins.
Day three action in Mildura gets underway at 9.15am (local time).
Head to the #AILC2019 tournament page for results, rosters and the complete schedule.