U18: South Australia 2-0 Victoria
Jack O’Loughlin put in the performance of the tournament so far as he lead South Australia to a 2-0 victory over Victoria.
O’Loughlin struck out 11 in 6.1 innings of work, as he only allowed four hits in a dominant outing.
Victoria’s starting pitcher Liam Evans also had an impressive outing in trying circumstances. Evans struck out four and gave up a mere two hits in his four inning start.
South Australia left it late to claim their two runs, as Mason Clavell and Tom Rundle both drove in a run to give SA late momentum.
Victoria couldn’t quite get anything going in the seventh, as Wil Kortekaas finished the ballgame on the mound for SA.
U18: New South Wales Country vs. New South Wales
The game between New South Wales Country and New South Wales has been postponed.
Baseball Australia sends positive thoughts and best wishes to Josh Wingrove in his recovery.
U18: Queensland 4-3 Western Australia (f/9)
Our first extra inning ballgame of the championship was a great one, with Queensland just sneaking over the line against Western Australia.
It took two innings of tiebreaker baseball to separate the two teams, as Queensland scored the winning run in the top of the ninth.
Jett Hasegawa was immense in his 3.1 innings of relief, throwing the majority of those innings in a tiebreaker scenario. Hasegawa showed composure on the mound to keep the WA hitters quiet in the late stages.
Callum and Liam MacDonald both finished with two hits for Queensland, with Callum’s both hits going for extra bases.
U18 World Cup team member Jett Wright finished with two hits and two RBI for Western Australia, with first baseman Nicholas Riley also picked up a pair of singles.
Both teams scored one run in the first extra inning, but WA failed to push a runner across in the bottom of the ninth as the ballgame ended.
U18: New South Wales 7-3 South Australia
A strong start from Australian U18 World Cup pitcher Liam Holm lead New South Wales to a 7-3 win against South Australia on Diamond 1.
Holm scattered eight hits in 4.2 scoreless innings of work, striking out five in a fantastic performance.
Hayden Lyberopoulos swung a hot bat all afternoon for NSW, as the left fielder went 2-for-3 with a triple and three RBI.
Rhys Dewick was the only other NSW hitter to claim multiple hits, claiming a single, a triple as well as driving in a run.
All three of South Australia’s runs came in the seventh and final frame, as they were credited with their first loss of the tournament.
Tom Rundle and Jarrod Miller were the two SA hitters to drive in runs.
U18: Queensland 2-2 Victoria
The U18 game between Queensland and Victoria in the U18s has been called a tie, following the umpires terminating play on account of weather in the bottom of the seventh.
Victoria scored one run in the bottom of the seventh to tie the game care of a Mohi Kahui RBI single.
Rules 24.1, and 24.1.2 in the National Championship Technical Norms state;
It is a regulation tied game when the umpire terminates play on account weather, darkness or any other cause which makes further play impossible and:
If the home team shall score enough runs in its incompleted innings thereafter enough runs to equal the visiting team’s score.
Both teams didn’t trouble the scorers in the first three innings, however Queensland struck first in the bottom of the fourth as Nick Johnstone scored on a wild pitch.
Duane Johannsen completed his second strong outing of the tournament for Queensland, tossing 4.2 innings of scoreless ball and scattering four hits.
His opposite number, Victorian starter Blake Townsend only conceded one hit in three innings of work as he struck out five.
Josh Meyer and Brock Wells finished with two hits apiece for Victoria, while for Queensland, designated hitter Daniel Shannon claimed a single and an RBI.
U18: ACT 4-2 Western Australia
Jake Green tossed a complete game to lead the ACT to their first win at the 2018 Australian Youth Championship.
The Australian U18 World Cup team member struck out six and only conceded five hits in seven innings of outstanding work.
Nick Hosie picked up two hits for the ACT while centerfielder Thomas Lord was an impossible out for WA, as he finished with a double, two walks and an RBI.
Byron Armstrong was the only WA starter to manage multiple hits.
WA had runners on base in the final two innings, but Green kept his cool to ensure ACT claimed a well-earned victory to end day 5.