South Australia’s Adelaide Rays and Adelaide Seahawks closed out Monday’s 2019 Australian Junior League Championship action at Glenelg with impressive wins.
The Rays and Seahawks joined Northern Metros, Illawarra and Gold Coast Cougars as winners on day two at Glenelg after Sunday’s action was ended with just one game - a Southern Mariners victory - completed due to steady rain.
Pool play will continue at Glenelg Baseball Club (Anderson Ave, Glenelg) tomorrow before the tournament shifts back to West Beach on Wednesday when the opening round will wrap up.
Catch up on the day two action:
Gold Coast Cougars 17, Newcastle Eagles 15 | Box Score
Gold Coast withstood a late Newcastle comeback to prevail 17-15 in their Pool A opener at #AJLC2019.
The Cougars resumed with a 10-5 lead after play was suspended on day one and pulled further ahead at Glenelg.
But the Eagles rallied, scoring six runs in the top of the seventh to just fall shy.
Oscar Hyde finished with five runs batted in on four hits for Gold Coast.
He also struck out five after starting on the mound on Sunday.
Zach Smith drove in three runs for the Cougars.
Jasper Brown led Newcastle with four RBIs from three hits.
Illawarra 9, Western Comets 6 | Box Score
A seven-run second frame lifted Illawarra over Western Comets 9-6 in their #AJLC2019 Pool C clash at Glenelg.
Hayden Freeme finished with a team-high three runs batted in and Mitchell Wheatley, Ethan Reid and Lachlan Rosser also drove home runs in the victory.
Wheatley recorded five strikeouts on the mound as Illawarra held the Comets at bay.
Western scored two runs in the bottom of the second and pulled within two runs after three innings.
Illawarra scored a pair of late insurance runs to complete an opening game victory.
Harrison Sell drove in two runs for the Comets.
Northern Metros 19, Macarthur 9 | Box Score
Northern Metros powered past Macarthur 19-9 in their Pool B game at Glenelg on Monday.
Metros scored 12 runs in the fourth to break the contest open after a hard-fought opening.
Brody Pickett and Cooper McDonnell led Northern’s charge with three runs batted in each.
The top of the Metros’ batting lineup starred, with their top five batters all finishing with multiples hits.
Relief pitcher Joshua Davies struck out four and Tyler Paul punched out two to close the game.
Jesse Toon and Lachlan Bigwood drove in two runs for Macarthur.
Adelaide Rays 14, Eastern Athletics 8 | Box Score
Steady offence guided Adelaide Rays to a 14-8 win over Eastern Athletics in Pool C action.
The teams traded runs in the first inning ahead of the Rays scoring the next nine to break the contest open.
Archie Lovelock finished with a game-high four runs batted in for Adelaide.
Jet Clohessy drove in three runs.
The Athletics scored six late runs to trim the deficit.
Ned Hargreaves and Nicholas Parton finished with two runs batted in for Eastern.
Adelaide Seahawks 8, Brisbane Metro 2 | Box Score
Koda Vivar’s strong start and a late offensive surge propelled Adelaide Seahawks to an impressive win over Brisbane Metro in the final game of day two.
Vivar tossed two scoreless innings, striking out four, as the Seahawks powered to an 8-2 win on diamond two.
Metro took a 2-1 lead in the third but Adelaide responded with the next seven runs.
Drew Davies and Ryder Mathers each drove in two runs for the Seahawks.
Brisbane starter Jock Millar recorded seven strikeouts.
Day three action on Tuesday will start at the earlier time of 8.30am (local time).
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