Victoria Blue 21 – 1 New South Wales
Victoria Blue stunned New South Wales with a 21-1 victory against last year's champions.
Starting pitcher for New South Wales Kim McMillan kept Victoria to no runs in the first two innings before the winning side began to hit back. Scoring nine in the third inning off seven hits, Victoria continued their scoring streak by getting twelve more runs across the fourth and fifth inning.
Abbey McLellan hit a grand slam over left field, bringing in four RBI’s to further Victoria's lead during the third. Leslie Anglin followed her not long after with a triple to right field.
The game ended with a caught line drive and a nice double play with the pivots Shae Lillywhite and Bronwyn Gell to first baseman Georgia Page.
Western Australia 31 – 4 Australian Capital Territory
Western Australia were electric with the bat, taking a 31-4 victory against the home-based ACT.
Taking advantage of every opportunity to hit, steal and score, the winning side did the drop the ball in the last inning, as the ACT picked up three runs to gain some momentum heading into their next game.
Western Australia kicked off the game by scoring eight runs within the first inning including a double from Caitlin Eynon which finished as a home run care of a series of ACT errors.
But the opposing side did score a run against the dominating side early on with two strong hits to the outfield from Lauren Donne and Lilian King.
After Western Australia scored 10 in the second with both Natalie House and Renae Curry getting 2 RBI’s each off doubles. WA continued to hit well in the third, scoring 13 runs from 11 hits. ACT lowered the score gap in the bottom of the third by scoring three off two hits from Kristol Pyke and Phoebe Wallner.
New South Wales Youth 20 - 1 Victoria Blue Youth
New South Wales Youth continued to dominate with a 20 – 1 win over Victoria Blue Youth.
Beginning the game with a strong and steady pace between the two teams, New South Wales took advantage of opportunities and pushing runners around the bases. Victoria were unable to beat the fielding ability of the victorious side with strong pitching and multiple double plays up the middle.
The only run of the game from Victoria came off an Emily Devine single to centre field to advance her team mates around the runners around the bases and scoring Becky Petty.
Starting off New South Wales' 11 run inning began with an RBI-triple from Ticara Geldenhuis to left field.
Geldenhuis wasn't done there however, nailing an inside the park grand slam in the top of the fifth to put the result beyond doubt.
South Australia 19 – 4 Victoria White
South Australia rallied against Victoria White, claiming their first win of the 2017 Australian Women's Championship 19-4.
Starting off the game with four runs from two hits within the first inning, South Australia began their score running streak.
Bottom of the third, Victoria White began to make their comeback with two runs off one hit from Emma Chandler.
South Australia then ran in the runs during the fourth scoring nine, confirming their lead, with one more RBI single from Emma Young in the fifth to centre field. Despite Victoria’s best efforts they were only able to get one more run from a RBI to centre field by Sinead Byrne-Connell.
Queensland 10 - 6 New South Wales Country
Queensland clinched victory over New South Country 10-6.
The nail biter began with Queensland taking a 4-1 leading heading into the third before Country turned it into a tight match with Liz Zagalak and Kei Matsumoto both getting RBI’s in the third.
Queensland backed up in the fourth with strong batting from Moe Kurihara who made a sacrifice double to bring in 2 RBI’s. Those two RBIs were followed by Country raking in three runs off one hit, making it a 6-6 ball game.
After a scoreless fifth inning, both sides were eager to secure a win. Singles from Chloe Humphreys and Courtney Murphy brought in runs for Queensland to put them in the lead late in the game. Country were unable to back up with Queensland third baseman Emma Flatley turning a double with second baseman Taneeca Moss and first baseman Karina Connors.
Heading into the seventh to further secure their win Queensland's Moe Kurihara gained another RBI off a single to third base.
Queensland Youth 8 – 7 Country New South Wales Youth
Queensland and NSW Country battled it out till the end to see who would come out victorious. The close game ended with Queensland winning 8-7.
Queensland led by six runs until the bottom of the fourth when Country made a quick turnaround. Luisa Gauci and Caitlyn Cadman began the game both getting triples for Queensland. Moving on through this momentum and taking advantage of opportunities, the side pushed four more across the plate.
NSW Country soon rallied back getting three runs from one hit in the fourth inning and continuing to steal through the fifth to gain three more runs.
Heading into the sixth Breanna Green pitched up a storm for the Country side, allowing no more runs to score but Green's side were unable to bounce back with Queensland finishing on a double play to end one of the game's of the championships so far.