Our Victorian teams fell just short of day one victories at the 2019 Australian Little League Championships, but they'll look to bounce back on day 2!
Catch up on all the day one action:
Cronulla 11, Twins 10 | Box Score
Cronulla withstood a fast finish from Twins to record a thrilling 11-10 win on diamond two.
Twins scored eight runs in the fourth to pull within a run after Cronulla raced out to an 11-2 lead.
Sam Levick finished with a team-high three hits for Cronulla.
Twins’ Hamish Stone drove in three runs.
Adelaide Marlins 6, Southern Mariners 4 | Box Score
Aiden Lucas homered as Adelaide Marlins topped Southern Mariners in their Pool A clash on diamond one.
Lucas went deep and Alistair Tanner drove in three runs to power the Marlins’ offence.
Runs in the fifth and sixth lifted Adelaide to victory after the Mariners tied the ballgame in the bottom of the fourth.
Liam Bald started the game for Southern Mariners, surrendering two runs on one hit over one and two-thirds innings, striking out four. Mitchell Langworthy and Tane Graham entered the game from the bullpen, throwing three innings and one and one-third innings respectively. Charlie Brookes and Zachariah Dunkley joined Graham and Mitchell with a hit apiece on the day, while the team fielded cleanly and had no errors.
Northern Metros 7, Twins 4 | Box Score
Kristian Haeusler struck out five batters and Chloe Atkinson drove in two runs as Northern Metros topped Twins in their #ALLC2019 opener.
A four-run bottom of the fifth lifted the Metros to a 7-4 win in the Pool C clash.
Manly 15, Eastern Athletics 5 | Box Score
Manly rode a nine-run second to a 15-5 win over Eastern Athletics on day one of #ALLC2019.
James Greeg led the offence with three runs batted in on two hits and Cameron Goddard also picked up a pair of hits.
Day two action starts at 8.30am (local time)
Head to the #ALLC2019 tournament page for results, rosters and the complete schedule.