Adelaide Rays, Northern Metros and Southern Mariners finished pool play at the 2019 Australian Junior League Championship undefeated on Wednesday.
The trio will advance to the next round as the top three seeds when quarter-final action gets underway backat West Beach tomorrow.
Adelaide Seahawks, Eastern Athletics, Newcastle Eagles, Illawarra and Macarthur also qualified for quarter finals.
Catch up on the day four action:
Northern Metros 26, Brisbane Metro 9 | Box Score
Northern Metros stayed hot at #AJLC2019, powering past Brisbane Metro 26-9 to finish pool play undefeated.
Metros held a slender 2-0 lead after two before a seven-run third put them in control.
Northern then added nine seventh-inning runs to push the final margin out.
Jacob Santich led the Metros’ charge with six runs batted in on three hits.
Aden Browne drove in three runs.
Jock Millar homered for Brisbane Metro and finished with four base hits.
Adelaide Seahawks 12, Macarthur 11 | Box Score
Adelaide Seahawks survived a nervous finish to top Macarthur 12-11 in the final Pool B clash at #AJLC2019.
Macarthur scored a run in the top of the seventh to close the gap to one before the Seahawks closed the door for a second win of the opening round.
Hunter Mitchell led the way with three runs batted in for Adelaide, while Harry Smith and Samson Garcia had two RBIs each.
Nicholas Paparella recorded six strikeouts in relief.
Christopher Fergie punched out for hitters for Macarthur and drove in the seventh-inning run to pull them within one.
Carson Lealuga-Puhotau drove in three runs.
Adelaide Rays 13, Illawarra 3 | Box Score
Adelaide Rays completed a perfect opening round at #AJLC2019, downing Illawarra 13-3 at Glenelg on Wednesday.
A nine-run third proved decisive as the locals clinched a third win in as many Pool C games.
Archie Lovelock finished with a game-high three hits, driving in two runs, and Taj Kite also had a pair of RBIs.
Hayden Freeme collected two runs batted in for Illawarra.
Eastern Athletics 23, Western Comets 13 | Box Score
Eastern Athletics overcame an early five-run deficit to topple Western Comets 23-13 on diamond one at Glenelg.
Western raced to a 6-1 lead entering the bottom of the third before the Athletics hit back to within two runs.
A seven-run fourth gave Eastern the lead.
Jack Ratcliffe drove in five runs for the Athletics on three hits.
Ryan McCleery produced three RBIs.
Lyndan Morgan plated three runs for the Comets.
Southern Mariners 12, Newcastle Eagles 1 | Box Score
Southern Mariners scored 12 unanswered runs to overcome Newcastle Eagles in their final pool game at #AJLC2019.
The Eagles struck first but were unable to hold off the Mariners, falling 12-1 on diamond two.
Thomas Yuile hit a grand slam and Tom Brookes also homered for Southern, which finished the pool stage with a 3-0 record.
Canberra 19, Gold Coast Cougars 15 | Box Score
Canberra recorded its first win of #AJLC2019, overcoming Gold Coast in a wild contest to close out day four in Adelaide.
A six-run third inning put Canberra on top and they did enough to prevail 19-15.
Khayne Morales drove in three runs for Canberra and Hamish McGuire and Paterson Trudgett each finished with two RBI.
Ethan Holland drove in three runs for the Cougars.
Finals bracket:
Canberra 19, Gold Coast Cougars 15 | Box Score
Canberra recorded its first win of #AJLC2019, overcoming Gold Coast in a wild contest to close out day four in Adelaide.
A six-run third inning put Canberra on top and they did enough to prevail 19-15.
Khayne Morales drove in three runs for Canberra and Hamish McGuire and Paterson Trudgett each finished with two RBI.
Ethan Holland drove in three runs for the Cougars.
Finals bracket:
Day five action on Thursday will start at 10.45am (local time) back at West Beach.
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