Take a quick tour of the Southern Mariners journey throughout the Asia Pacific Championships with their match reports below.
DAY 1:
Australia vs Phillipines
The Australian Senior League team commenced their quest for World Series qualification with a win over host nation the Philippines. Jackson Boyd started and kept the Philippine bats quiet for his 3 inning outing. Jai Lyttleton entered the game in the middle innings and kept the Philippines to 1 hit and no runs. The Mariner bats were taking time to adjust and led 6-4 after 5 innings. Declan Croker followed Lyttleton and also kept the hosts scoreless in an impressive outing. Eventually the Mariner bats came to life and scored 15 runs in the last two innings to run out comprehensive winners 21-4.
Final Score
Australia (21) def Phillipines (4)
DAY 2:
Australia vs CNMI
The Senior league Mariners today faced the defending champions CNMI who have been the Asia Pacific representative for the past two years at the Senior League World Series. Jayson Arthur (The King) had the start today to Harrison Wills and in a masterful display kept the defending champions to 2 hits in 5 2/3 innings of quality pitching. The Mariners scored in the second and third innings and then added another 5 runs in the sixth and another 7 in the seventh to finish the game 16-0. All players again contributed to the win in oppressive conditions with John Paul Callil collecting 4 hits in team that hit the ball consistently to advance runners. The win puts the Mariners at 2-0 and another win from last two games will guarantee a position in the final to be played on Saturday.
Final Score
Australia (16) def CNMI (0)
DAY 3:
Australia vs Indonesia
The Australian Senior League team qualified for the final of the Asia Pacific Region with a win over an undermanned Indonesian team today in Clark, Philippines. The powerful batting line up plated 11 runs in the first inning and added runs in all but 1 of the 5 innings the game was played over. Tim Lane was efficient on the mound for Australia and only had 1 hit registered against him in a solid display. The team plays Guam tomorrow and has a rest day on Friday to prepare for the final.
Final Score
Australia (33) def Indonesia (0)
DAY 4:
Australia vs Guam
The Australian Senior League team maintained their unbeaten run with a fighting 2-1 win over Guam today in the Asia Pacific Senior League tournament.The Victorian team gave up 1 run in the first innings then scored in the top half of the second innings.The game was played in extremely humid conditions and a temperature of 33 degrees at 10.00am.
Josh Meyer was superb on the mound stifling many challenges Guam threw at the Australian team. Josh fought through 6 innings and handed the ball over to Jordan Barnett to close out the game. Routine outs for the first and second outs before Guam mounted another challenge and loaded the bases. A soft fly ball over Barnett's head forced him to lay out diving backwards and take the final out for the game in a spectacular finish. Both teams played uncompromising baseball and may meet again in the final. The Australian team will enjoy a well earned rest tomorrow and look to be fresh for the final on Saturday where the victorious team will be ensured of a place at the Senior League World Series.
Australia (2) def Guam (1)
DAY 5: GRAND FINAL
Australia vs Guam
The Southern Mariners booked their place in the Senior League World Series with an emphatic 10-0 victory over Guam today at Clark, Phillipines. The Mariners bats came to life in the second innings of the game when they plated 8 runs in the top half of the second innings behind some powerful hitting which penetrated the usually tight Guam infield. Jackson Boyd was huge on the mound for the Australian team and he simply dominated the Guam bats.
The Southern Mariners become the first team from Victoria to qualify for a World Series, the first Senior League team from Australia and the first Australian team to qualify as Asia Pacific representatives.
The Southern Mariners will now travel to Maine, USA for the Senior League World Series which commences on the 31st July and concludes on 6th August 2016.
The Senior league Mariners today faced the defending champions CNMI who have been the Asia Pacific representative for the past two years at the Senior League World Series. Jayson Arthur (The King) had the start today to Harrison Wills and in a masterful display kept the defending champions to 2 hits in 5 2/3 innings of quality pitching. The Mariners scored in the second and third innings and then added another 5 runs in the sixth and another 7 in the seventh to finish the game 16-0. All players again contributed to the win in oppressive conditions with John Paul Callil collecting 4 hits in team that hit the ball consistently to advance runners. The win puts the Mariners at 2-0 and another win from last two games will guarantee a position in the final to be played on Saturday.
Final Score
Australia (16) def CNMI (0)
DAY 3:
Australia vs Indonesia
The Australian Senior League team qualified for the final of the Asia Pacific Region with a win over an undermanned Indonesian team today in Clark, Philippines. The powerful batting line up plated 11 runs in the first inning and added runs in all but 1 of the 5 innings the game was played over. Tim Lane was efficient on the mound for Australia and only had 1 hit registered against him in a solid display. The team plays Guam tomorrow and has a rest day on Friday to prepare for the final.
Final Score
Australia (33) def Indonesia (0)
DAY 4:
Australia vs Guam
The Australian Senior League team maintained their unbeaten run with a fighting 2-1 win over Guam today in the Asia Pacific Senior League tournament.The Victorian team gave up 1 run in the first innings then scored in the top half of the second innings.The game was played in extremely humid conditions and a temperature of 33 degrees at 10.00am.
Josh Meyer was superb on the mound stifling many challenges Guam threw at the Australian team. Josh fought through 6 innings and handed the ball over to Jordan Barnett to close out the game. Routine outs for the first and second outs before Guam mounted another challenge and loaded the bases. A soft fly ball over Barnett's head forced him to lay out diving backwards and take the final out for the game in a spectacular finish. Both teams played uncompromising baseball and may meet again in the final. The Australian team will enjoy a well earned rest tomorrow and look to be fresh for the final on Saturday where the victorious team will be ensured of a place at the Senior League World Series.
Australia (2) def Guam (1)
DAY 5: GRAND FINAL
Australia vs Guam
The Southern Mariners booked their place in the Senior League World Series with an emphatic 10-0 victory over Guam today at Clark, Phillipines. The Mariners bats came to life in the second innings of the game when they plated 8 runs in the top half of the second innings behind some powerful hitting which penetrated the usually tight Guam infield. Jackson Boyd was huge on the mound for the Australian team and he simply dominated the Guam bats.
The Southern Mariners become the first team from Victoria to qualify for a World Series, the first Senior League team from Australia and the first Australian team to qualify as Asia Pacific representatives.
The Southern Mariners will now travel to Maine, USA for the Senior League World Series which commences on the 31st July and concludes on 6th August 2016.