The 2020 Australian Youth Championships continued on Monday for the fourth day of action-packed games. Victoria Blue and Victoria White both finish the day with 2-4 records in the U16 event, while Victoria Blue is 4-2 to stay in the top three in the U18s with Victoria White coming in at 1-4.
Day five of #AYC2020 will bring more fantastic matchups as Victorian teams continue to make the most of their time at the tournament.
DAY FOUR RESULTS - U16 VICTORIA BLUE & WHITE
Victoria White 10 v Country New South Wales 4
Harper Rickard had two hits as Victoria White picked up a crucial U16 win over Country New South Wales at #AYC2020.
Victoria White has given its hopes of playing for a U16 medal a boost, improving to 2-3 with a 10-4 win over Country New South Wales on Monday morning.
White scored nine late runs to break open a tight ballgame dominated early by strong pitching on diamond four at Geelong Baseball Centre.
VICW v CNSW: Box Score and play-by-play
Vic White scored first but trailed 2-1 entering the bottom of the fourth before an offensive surge.
They scored three in the fourth, four in the fifth and another two in the sixth to take a commanding lead.
Harper Rickard had two hits at the top of the order.
Joel Prpic, Alek Siddans and Finnley McGrath had two RBIs each.
Liam Herbert and Jackson Frame collected two hits for Country.
Campbell Every worked three scoreless relief innings for Victoria White.
Western Australia 18 v Victoria Blue 6
Jaxon Limpus had five hits and four RBIs as Western Australia downed Victoria Blue in a U16 shootout at #AYC2020.
WA v VICS: Box Score and play-by-play
Western Australia took advantage of errors to plate 10 runs in the second and blow the game open.
Victoria Blue threatened to rally but a six-run fourth made sure of a WA win.
Limpus starred and Lewdon TeMara, Taj Schofield, Ethan Oliphant and Finlay Duncan chipped in with two RBIs.
Bronson Neave homered for Vic Blue, finishing with four RBIs.
Western Australia 10 v Victoria White 4
Western Australia made it two-from-two in their U16 double dip against the Victorian teams at #AYC2020.
Western Australia has moved into second spot behind New South Wales on the U16 standings after defeating Victoria White on Monday.
WA (4-2) jumped out to an early lead and piled on four insurance runs in the fifth on their way to a 10-4 win on diamond two at Geelong.
WA v VICW: Box Score and play-by-play
Ben Randall’s RBI-single opened the scoring in the first ahead of Western Australia extending its lead to 4-0 in the second.
Jaxon Limpus doubled and Aden Browne singled to drive in runs.
Joel Prpic’s two-run double put Vic White on the board in the third.
WA added a fourth-inning run and four in the fifth to pull away.
Limpus finished with three RBIs on three hits and Browne two on two hits.
Finlay Duncan also had two hits.
Riley Marsh did not allow a run in 2 1/3 scoreless relief innings for WA.
Western Australia closes its opening round schedule against New South Wales (first, 6-0) at Melbourne Ballpark from 4pm tomorrow.
Victoria White plays Victoria Blue from 1pm at Melbourne.
Queensland 17 v Victoria Blue 8
Queensland will play for a U16 medal on Wednesday after knocking Victoria Blue out of contention for a top-four finish on Monday afternoon.
Twelve unanswered runs lifted Queensland to a 17-8 win and improved their record to 4-2, level with South Australia and Western Australia.
QLD v VICB: Box Score and play-by-play
The trio will be after a spot in Wednesday’s gold medal game against New South Wales when the opening round wraps up tomorrow.
Damon Orr drove in four runs to help seal victory against Vic Blue.
Jackson Grounds chipped in with three RBIs and Cain McClelland went 4-for-5.
Declan Speirs and Charlie O’Connell drove in two runs each for Victoria Blue.
Queensland closes its opening round schedule against the Australian Capital Territory from 10am tomorrow at Melbourne Ballpark.
Victoria Blue finish the opening round against Victoria White.
DAY FOUR RESULTS - U18 VICTORIA BLUE & WHITE
Victoria White 4 v Victoria Blue 12
Victoria Blue picked up an important win over Victoria White to boost its hopes of making the #AYC2020 U18 gold medal game.
Blue triumphed 12-4 to improve to 4-2 ahead of tomorrow’s final day of opening round action.
VICW v VICB: Box Score and play-by-play
Mitchell Homfray had four hits and Angus Stals worked five one-run innings in relief, striking out six.
A four-run fourth broke a 3-3 deadlock for Victoria Blue.
Henry Hayman’s RBI-single put Vic Blue on top ahead of a couple of bases-loaded walks.
Victoria Blue piled on five runs in the eighth to extend their advantage.
Hayman, Dante Caruso, Nathan Smith and Jaycob Pascuzzi each drove in two runs.
Trenell Hutchins had two RBIs for Victoria White.
Victoria Blue finishes its opening round campaign against Country New South Wales from 3.30pm on diamond four in Geelong tomorrow.
Victoria White (1-4) are up against the Australian Capital Territory from midday on diamond four.
Click HERE to view the U16 Daily Report from Baseball Australia.
The race for the U16 final four will become clearer with all teams set to play two games on day four of the 2020 Australian Youth Championships on Monday.
QUICK LINKS: U16 event hub | U18 event hub
New South Wales leads the way with a 4-0 record, while SA sits second with a 3-1 record entering the day. A logjam of four teams, including Victoria Blue, follows with a 2-2 record. Victoria White is 1-3 with matchups against Country NSW and WA.
In the U18 event, NSW and Queensland lead the U18 race with 3-1 records, while Victoria Blue has a 3-2 record and Victoria White is sitting at 1-3.
Follow all the action free on GameChanger using the links below - best of luck to our Victorian teams on day four of #AYC2020!
DAY FOUR U16 SCHEDULE
9am: Victoria White v Country New South Wales, Geelong diamond four – follow live
9.15am: Western Australia v Victoria Blue, Geelong diamond one – follow live
10am: South Australia v New South Wales, Melbourne Ballpark – follow live
12pm: Country New South Wales v Queensland, Geelong diamond four – follow live
12.45pm: Western Australia v Victoria White, Geelong diamond two – follow live
1pm: New South Wales v Australian Capital Territory, Melbourne Ballpark – follow live
3.15pm: Queensland v Victoria Blue, Geelong diamond two – follow live
4pm: Australia Capital Territory v South Australia, Melbourne Ballpark – follow live
DAY FOUR U18 SCHEDULE
10am: New South Wales v Queensland, Ballarat – follow live
1.30pm: New South Wales v Western Australia, Ballarat – follow live
2pm: Victoria White v Victoria Blue, Geelong diamond one – follow live
3.30pm: South Australia v Australian Capital Territory, Geelong diamond four – follow live
3.30pm: Western Australia v Country New South Wales, Ballarat – follow live
Note: all times are local.
Day three of the 2020 Australian Youth Championships saw some fantastic results for Victorian teams as Victoria Blue improved to 2-2 in the U16s while Victoria White got their first win on the board. In the U18s, Victoria Blue has a 3-2 record going into day four as Victoria White sits at 1-4.
More action-packed games are set for day four as Victorian teams need to keep climbing the ladder and getting wins on the board.
DAY THREE RESULTS - U16 VICTORIA BLUE & WHITE
Victoria White 5 v Australian Capital Territory 4
Victoria White scored a pair of late runs to overcome the Australian Capital Territory for its first U16 win of #AYC2020 in Ballarat on Sunday.
White overturned a one-run deficit in entering the bottom of the sixth and Angelo Reale-Rontos closed out the game with a second scoreless inning to wrap up a 5-4 victory.
VICW v ACT: Box Score and play-by-play
Vic White took the early lead, scoring twice in the third.
Harper Rickard’s two-out single drove in the first run before an error doubled White’ advantage.
The ACT hit back with four runs in the top of the fifth, headlined by a run-scoring triple.
An error helped Victoria White pull within a run before hitting the lead an inning later.
Joel Prpic’s two-out single kept the sixth alive ahead of an error allowing two runs, including the go-ahead, to score.
Victoria White faces Country New South Wales from 9am on diamond four at Geelong tomorrow, followed by Western Australia at 12.45pm on diamond two.
The ACT is at Melbourne Ballpark to face New South Wales and Western Australia from 1pm.
Victoria Blue 6 v Country New South Wales 1
Victoria Blue's U16s improved to 2-2 after limiting Country New South Wales to one hit in a solid win this afternoon.
Nicholas Bertucci and Charlie Pierson combined to allow just one hit as Victoria Blue downed Country New South Wales 6-1 at the 2020 U16 Australian Youth Championship on Sunday.
Bertucci worked 3 2/3 innings, striking out three, and Pierson punched out three in 3 1/3 to lay the platform for a second win in four games.
VICB v CNSW: Box Score and play-by-play
Vic Blue opened the scoring in the third and added insurance with three in the fifth.
They added two in the sixth.
Tom Brookes, Bronson Neave and Patrick Gawith each collected two hits to support the strong pitching.
Parker Robinson had the hit for Country New South Wales.
Victoria Blue will face Western Australia on diamond one at Geelong from 9.15am tomorrow, followed by Queensland at 3.15pm on diamond two.
DAY THREE RESULTS - U18 VICTORIA BLUE & WHITE
Victoria Blue 9 v New South Wales 2
Charlie Collins and Dante Caruso drove in threes runs to power Victoria Blue past New South Wales in their U18 gold medal rematch at the 2020 Australian Youth Championship on Sunday morning.
Collins and Caruso helped power the offence as Vic Blue racked up 11 hits to support a strong start from Cody Caulfield.
VICB v NSW: Box Score and play-by-play
Caruso finished a homer shy of a cycle after singling to open the scoring and tripling to drive in twos runs as Victoria Blue went up 3-0.
Blue added to its lead at regular intervals before NSW added a pair of late runs.
Caulfield kept New South Wales quiet early, striking out four and allowing only two hits and a pair of walks in 4 2/3 innings.
Collins, Caruso and Mitchell Homfray all had three hits as Victoria Blue’s first three hitters went a combined 9-for-11 with seven RBIs in a strong display of hitting.
Jarryd Wood and Jaycob Pascuzzi also brought home runs.
Country New South Wales 6 v Victoria White 5
Zak Elvy stifled the bats and Zach Murphy cleared the bases to lift Country New South Wales to a thrilling U18 win over Victoria White at Melbourne Ballpark.
Murphy doubled on a fly ball to lift Country NSW to its first win after overcoming an early 4-0 deficit.
CNSW v VICW: Box Score and play-by-play
Victoria White scored four runs in the top of the first on Jordan Baumann’s RBI-triple, a single from Kynan Jones and an error and bases loaded walk.
Country got a run back in the bottom of the inning on Nathan Bezrouchko’s single.
Reliever Zak Elvy then helped stifled Victoria White’s bats, allowing only one run over 3 1/3 innings ahead of Nick Battese striking out two in a pair of scoreless innings.
Runs in the fifth and sixth put Country NSW in a position to strike.
And they did in the bottom of the seventh on Murph’s double.
Victoria Blue 0 v South Australia 1
Jack Higginbotham and Hamish Rees combined to help South Australia shut out Victoria Blue in their #AYC2020 U18 clash.
The duo combined to allow just two hits over seven innings and Darcy Barry provided all the offence SA needed to claim victory and improve to 2-2.
VICB v SA: Box Score and play-by-play
Higginbotham worked 4 2/3 innings, allowing two hits and striking out four, and Hamish Rees punched out three in 2 1/3 innings.
South Australia broke the deadlock with a run in the third.
Barry singled with two outs to give SA a 1-0 lead that held up hours after they lost 14-13 against Western Australia.
SA managed just four hits themselves as pitching dominated.
Nathan Smith worked 3 1/3 innings, striking out two and giving up two hits without any runs.
Jarryd Wood worked a scoreless seventh.
U18 EVENT HUB: Results, schedule and standings
South Australia is up against the Australian Capital Territory from 3.30pm on diamond four in Geelong tomorrow.
Victoria Blue faces Victoria White at 2pm on diamond one.
Queensland 10 v Victoria White 0
A trio of three-run innings and strong pitching helped Queensland to a 10-0 victory over Victoria White on day three of the 2020 U18 Australian Youth Championship at Melbourne Ballpark.
Kyle Ashby homered and Patrick Day struck out three across four scoreless innings as Queensland kept Vic White hitless and improved its record to 3-1 on Sunday.
QLD v VICW: Box Score and play-by-play
Queensland scored three runs in the second, fourth and fifth.
Ashby’s two-run shot came in the fourth to make it 7-0 ahead of Kai-Noa Wynyard and Riki Ward driving in runs in the fifth of a run-rule win.
Day walked four but did not allow a hit across four innings.
Harrison White then worked a scoreless fifth.
U18 EVENT HUB: Results, schedule and standings
Queensland is at Ballarat tomorrow to face New South Wales from 10am.
Victoria White goes head-to-head with Victoria Blue at 2pm on diamond one in Geelong.
Baseball Australia's Daily Report for the U16s
Baseball Australia's Daily Report for the U18s
Victoria Blue will be after a 3-1 start when they face New South Wales in a rematch of last year’s U18 gold medal game early on day three of the 2020 Australian Youth Championships in Geelong on Sunday.
NSW enters the 9.30am contest on diamond one at Geelong with wins over Victoria White and Country New South Wales to start its campaign, while Vic Blue has a 2-1 record after falling to Western Australia yesterday afternoon.
QUICK LINKS: U16 event hub | U18 event hub
Victoria Blue and Victoria White will aim to improve their records against Country New South Wales and ACT, respectively.
All U18 teams will play twice today in a tournament-shaping third day of the event, which is split across Geelong, Melbourne and Ballarat.
Follow all the action free on Gamechanger using the links below.
Best of luck to our Victorian teams on this massive day of #AYC2020!
DAY THREE U16 SCHEDULE
9am: South Australia v Western Australia, Geelong diamond four – follow live
11am: Victoria White v Australian Capital Territory, Ballarat – follow live
2pm: Queensland v New South Wales, Ballarat – follow live
3.15pm: Victoria Blue v Country New South Wales, Geelong diamond two – follow live
DAY THREE U18 SCHEDULE
9.15am: Western Australia v South Australia, Geelong diamond two – follow live
9.30am: Victoria Blue v New South Wales, Geelong diamond one – follow live
11am: Country New South Wales v Victoria White, Melbourne – follow live
12.30pm: New South Wales v Australian Capital Territory, Geelong diamond four – follow live
12.45pm: Victoria Blue v South Australia, Geelong diamond two – follow live
1.30pm: Country New South Wales v Queensland, Melbourne – follow live
3pm: Australian Capital Territory v Western Australia, Geelong diamond four – follow live
4pm: Queensland v Victoria White, Melbourne – follow live
Day 2 of the 2020 Australian Youth Championships is complete, with Victoria Blue recording their first win in the U16s and Victoria White taking away a walk-off win in the U18s.
QUICK LINKS: U16 event hub | U18 event hub
The tournament continues on Sunday with another day of exciting matchups in store, as U18 Victoria Blue looks to go 4-1 in pursuit of back-to-back championships.
DAY TWO RESULTS - U16 VICTORIA BLUE & WHITE
New South Wales 3 v Victoria Blue 1
New South Wales improved its U16 record to 2-0 after downing Victoria Blue 3-1 in a hard-fought battle Championship on Saturday morning.
Starter Tom Stancic built a solid platform, striking out five in three scoreless innings, and his offence did the job to collect a hard-fought victory on diamond one at Geelong Baseball Centre.
NSW v VICB: Box Score and play-by-play
Stancic did not give up a hit and allowed just one walk ahead of relievers Ethan Treble and Wilson Spinks conceding just one hit in a solid pitching performance from NSW.
New South Wales took the lead in the bottom of the third behind his strong start.
Tyler Spiteri’s RBI-double broke a scoreless deadlock.
Lachlan Bojarski’s two-out, two-run double, in the fourth extended the NSW lead to three runs.
An error allowed Victoria Blue to pull a run back in the fifth, but the NSW bullpen kept Vic Blue at bay. NSW had just three hits for the game as pitchers dominated.
Victoria Blue starter Tyler Ellis went 2 2/3 scoreless innings, not allowing a hit.
South Australia 10 v Victoria White 4
South Australia downed Victoria White 10-4 as Max Stagg starred with four hits, including a homer, in an impressive win at Melbourne Ballpark.
SA v VICW: Box Score and play-by-play
South Australia took a 2-0 lead in the first but it was erased in the third.
But the next five runs were scored by SA to blow the game wide open.
Stagg homered in the first inning after Jack Bushell walked.
He singled in the bottom of the fifth to finish with three RBIs.
Liam Westdijk, Archie Lovelock, Jordan Hodges and Lucas Burnell also drove in runs for South Australia.
Drew Davies worked two scoreless relief innings and Lachlan Spratt recorded the final four outs to close out a second win in as many games.
Xander Gunn, Harrison Elustondo, Campbell Every and Ben Jon Howard collected RBIs for Victoria White.
Victoria White 8 v Queensland 12
Billy Baker blasted a grand slam as Queensland overpowered Victoria White 12-8 in their U16 clash on Saturday.
The Carina-product gave Queensland a five-run cushion in the top of the fourth and they held off Vic White, padding their advantage in the sixth before recording a first win.
VICW v QLD: Box Score and play-by-play
Victoria White took a 2-1 lead after one but a sacrifice fly drew Queensland level in the third.
A six-run fourth put Queensland out on top.
Baker’s slam headlined the inning.
Cain McClelland and Gabriel Valdez-Cadena each drove in two runs for Queensland.
Joel Prpic and Alek Siddans had two RBIs for Vic White.
Queensland faces New South Wales from 2pm at Ballarat tomorrow.
Victoria White faces the Australian Capital Territory in the early game at Ballarat from 11am.
Victoria Blue 11 v Australian Capital Territory 1
Victoria Blue has opened its U16 account with an 11-1 win over the Australian Capital Territory on Saturday.
Blue conceded in the top of the first but scored three in the second and six in the third to pull away and record a strong win after dropping its first two games.
VICB v ACT: Box Score and play-by-play
Nicholas Bertucci homered and Charlie Pierson, Ned Hargreaves and Jimin Lee drove in two runs each.
Felix Brunner gave up an early run but finished with three strikeouts.
Nicholas Parton also struck out three in two scoreless innings.
Koby Chesterton collected the ACT’s sole hit.
The ACT will head to Ballarat on day three to face Victoria White at 11am.
Victoria Blue plays Country New South Wales from 3.15pm on diamond two at Geelong Baseball Centre.
DAY TWO RESULTS - U18 VICTORIA BLUE & WHITE
Victoria White 5 v South Australia 4
Victoria White walked it off in Ballarat for a brilliant finish over South Australia.
Trenell Hutchins singled to drive in the winning run in the bottom of the ninth to score Jordan Baumann (single) and lift Vic White to a 5-4 win in its second game.
VICW v SA: Box Score and play-by-play
SA had pulled level in the top of the eighth on a bases-loaded walk to set up the thrilling finish.
Pitching was on top early with the teams both failing to score through five.
Victoria White starter James Lynch struck out four in five scoreless innings and Connor McLeod had seven strikeouts and allowed only one hit in four frames for SA.
The South Aussies struck first offensively.
Liam Bull’s two-out single opened SA’s account.
But Vic White hit back with a three-run inning of its own.
SA pulled level in the top of the eighth ahead of the teams trading runs.
Kyan Jones had four hits for Victoria White.
Vic White plays Country New South Wales and Queensland at Melbourne Ballpark on day three, starting from 11am.
SA is back at Geelong to face Western Australia and Victoria Blue. First pitch against WA is slated for 9.15am.
Victoria Blue 6 v Western Australia 14
Western Australia has taken down Victoria Blue in its first completed game of #AYC2020.
After having their opener yesterday suspended due to rain WA’s bats fired in a 14-6 win to open their account.
VICB v WA: Box Score and play-by-play
They totalled 16 hits, led by four from Brady Oilphant and three from Tye Kazmierowski.
Western Australia scored four times in the second and three in the third to go up 7-2 early.
They kept chipping away offensively, adding runs in the fourth, fifth, eighth and ninth.
Victoria Blue was unable to keep pace despite tallying 10 hits, dropping to a first loss after two extra-inning wins on day one.
Andrew Hurrelbrink (1 2/3 scoreless innings) and Connor Chehab (two strikeouts) closed out the game to deny Blue.
Adam Harris had two RBIs for the Victorians.
Both teams have doubleheaders tomorrow.
Western Australia faces South Australia from 9.15am on diamond two at Geelong Baseball Centre.
They then face the Australian Capital Territory from 3pm on diamond four.
Victoria Blue has New South Wales from 9.30am on diamond one ahead of a clash with South Australia later in the day.
Click HERE to view Baseball Australia's Daily Report.
Victoria Blue will be after a 3-0 start to the U18s when they face Western Australia on day two of the 2020 Australian Youth Championships on Friday.
Saturday will feature a slate of 12 games across three venues - Geelong Baseball Centre, Melbourne Ballpark and Ballarat's Prince of Wales Park.
QUICK LINKS: U16 event hub | U18 event hub
In the U16s, Victoria Blue and Victoria White will look to even their records and climb up the ladder after opening day losses.
Baseball Australia will this morning will announce changes to the schedule for Monday and Tuesday after three games were postponed due to rain on Friday afternoon.
DAY TWO U16 SCHEDULE
9am: New South Wales v Victoria Blue, Geelong diamond one – follow live
9.30am: Western Australia v Country New South Wales, Geelong diamond four – follow live
11am: South Australia v Victoria White, Melbourne Ballpark – follow live
12.00pm: Australian Capital Territory v Western Australia, Geelong diamond four – follow live
1.30pm: Victoria White v Queensland, Melbourne Ballpark – follow live
2.30pm: Country New South Wales v New South Wales, Geelong diamond four – follow live
3.15pm: Victoria Blue v Australian Capital Territory, Geelong diamond two – follow live
4pm: Queensland v South Australia, Melbourne Ballpark – follow live
DAY TWO U18 SCHEDULE
9.15am: Queensland v Australian Capital Territory, Geelong diamond two – follow live
11am: Victoria White v South Australia, Ballarat – follow live
12.45pm: New South Wales v Country New South Wales, Geelong diamond two – follow live
2.30pm: Victoria Blue v Western Australia, Ballarat – follow live
Note: all times are local.
Best of luck to our Victorian teams today!
The 2020 Australia Youth Championships opened on Friday with two thrilling wins for the reigning champs Victoria U18 Blue, while Victoria U18 White put up a valiant 13-run effort against NSW.
QUICK LINKS: U16 event hub | U18 event hub
Rain continued to fall at Melbourne Ballpark, Geelong Baseball Centre and Ballarat's Prince of Wales Park in the afternoon, eventually ending play on day one of #AYC2020. There's plenty in store for day two as Victorian teams look to improve their records and leave their mark on the competition.
DAY ONE RESULTS - VICTORIA U16 BLUE & WHITE
South Australia 18 v Victoria Blue 8
South Australia rode a 10-run fourth to a big U16 win over Victoria Blue in Ballarat.
Max Stagg drove in five runs and Archie Lovelock four as SA powered past Vic Blue.
SA v VICB: Box Score and play-by-play
South Australia scored five runs in the first and hit back with two runs in the second after Victoria Blue got on the board with a pair of second-inning runs.
Vic Blue made it 7-5 in the third before SA pulled away for good with a 10-run fourth.
Stagg’s grand slam headlined the monster inning.
South Australia racked up 14 hits in the big win, led by three from Stagg and Oscar Weber.
Charlie O’Connell and Nicholas Parton drove in two runs each for Victoria Blue.
Hunter Mitchell struck out two in a scoreless relief inning for SA.
Both teams will play a doubleheader tomorrow.
South Australia faces Victoria White (11am) and Queensland (4pm) at Melbourne Ballpark.
Vic Blue is up against New South Wales on diamond one at Geelong Baseball Centre.
Victoria White 1 v New South Wales 16
Jarrod Davidson, Zac Newbold and Tyler Spiteri homered to lift New South Wales to a big win over Victoria White in their U16 opener.
NSW scored 12 runs in the first inning and never looked back, adding to its lead throughout to score a mercy-rule win on diamond two at Geelong Baseball Centre.
VICW v NSW: Box Score and play-by-play
Spiteri homered first, giving New South Wales a 3-0 lead in the first.
It started a big inning as Newbold, Kyan Wallington, Lachlan Bojarski and Stephen Courtney all collected hits to drive in runs, enabling NSW to take a 12-0.
New South Wales added a run in the second and Newbold went deep with a solo shot in the third ahead of Mackenzie Dean’s RBI-single making it 15-0.
Davidson’s homer in the fifth capped off a big win.
Victoria White added a late consolation run on a sacrifice fly from Xander Gunn.
Courtney and Newbold finished with three hits for NSW.
New South Wales has Victoria Blue at 9am on diamond one at Geelong Baseball Centre tomorrow, followed by a clash with Country New South Wales from 2.30pm on diamond four.
Victoria White has South Australia and Queensland in a doubleheader at Melbourne Ballpark from 11am.
DAY ONE RESULTS - VICTORIA U18 BLUE & WHITE
Queensland 3 v Victoria Blue 5
Jarryd Wood drove in two vital runs in extras as Victoria Blue edged Queensland in an #AYC2020 thriller!
Victoria Blue started its U18 title defence with an extra-inning win over Queensland on day one.
Blue scored three runs in the extra inning, with international tiebreak rules in play, and restricted Queensland to one to claim a 5-3 win on diamond four at Geelong Baseball Centre.
QLD v VICB: Box Score and play-by-play
Henry Hayman singled to drive in the go-ahead run in the top of the eighth and Jarryd Wood’s triple scored another two runs.
Queensland responded with a Lachlan Wilson single but could not come back for a second time.
The Queenslanders tied the ballgame with a two-run sixth.
Ian Lee tripled with two outs to score a pair of runs and make it 2-2.
Victoria Blue had doubled its lead in the top of the inning.
Nathan Smith’s two-out double scored Dante Caruso (single) to make it 2-0.
Earlier, Charlie Collins drove in the first run of the game in the third.
Collins had three hits and Caruso two.
Victoria Blue is back in action against the ACT in the second game of a doubleheader.
Queensland faces South Australia (1-0) from 3.15pm on diamond two at Geelong.
Victoria White 13 v New South Wales 18
In a wild battle, New South Wales overcame an early four-run deficit to defeat Victoria White at Melbourne Ballpark on Friday afternoon.
Roan North drove in five runs and Nicholas Chappell three to lift NSW to an 18-13 win.
VICW v NSW: Box Score and play-by-play
New South Wales jumped out to a 3-0 lead but Vic White piled on seven runs in the bottom of the second to grab the upperhand.
But the next 15 runs went the way of NSW to break the game open.
They piled on 10 in the fifth before Victoria White hit back with the last six runs.
It was not enough though as NSW started with a win.
North and Dylan Martin finished with three hits each for New South Wales.
Jordan Baumann and Trenell Hutchins had three hits for Vic White.
Osmin Wong homered for the Victorian outfit.
New South Wales faces Country New South Wales tomorrow from 12.45pm on diamond two at Geelong Baseball Centre.
Victoria White has a clash with South Australia at Ballarat.
Victoria Blue 9 v Australian Capital Territory 8
Victoria Blue clinched a second extra-inning win in as many games, topping ACT in a huge team effort.
Sam Skinner drove in the winning run as Blue downed the Australian Capital Territory 9-8 in extras, hours after defeating Queensland in additional innings on diamond four.
VICB v ACT: Box Score and play-by-play
ACT scored once in the top of the eighth before a bases-loaded walk and Skinner’s single propelled Victoria Blue to victory in a see-sawing contest.
Vic Blue scored in the first but ACT hit back, taking a 4-1 lead.
The contest continued to swing with Victoria Blue scoring the next four runs to take the lead ahead of ACT drawing level.
Both teams traded runs in the sixth as it went to extras.
Jarryd Wood drove in three runs for Victoria Blue.
Aaron Riley had a couple of RBIs for ACT.
ACT faces Queensland tomorrow with first pitch from 9.15am on diamond two at Geelong.
Victoria Blue heads to Ballarat to face Western Australia from 2.30pm.
Western Australia v Victoria White, Melbourne Ballpark
Due to rain, this game was postponed with an updated schedule to be released shortly.
Baseball Victoria is pleased to share this notice of the Annual General Meeting.
The 2020 AGM will be held on Tuesday, 25 February at 7.00pm at Surf Life Saving Victoria (200 The Boulevard, Port Melbourne, Victoria 3207).
We are looking forward to this opportunity to meet with our members.
The 2020 Australian Youth Championships get underway in Victoria today with 12 games split across Geelong, Melbourne and Ballarat.
QUICK LINKS: U16 event hub | U18 event hub
Country New South Wales and South Australia will face off in the opening U18 game from 9.15am on diamond two.
Victoria Blue will start its U18 title defence at 9.30am against Queensland on diamond four at Geelong.
Action begins at 11am at Prince of Wales Park in Ballarat and Melbourne Ballpark in Atlona.
All games on day one will be seven inning games with each of the U18 teams playing twice.
Live scoring will be available for free via Gamechanger.
DAY ONE U16 SCHEDULE
9am: Western Australia v Queensland, Geelong diamond one – follow live
11am: South Australia v Victoria Blue, Ballarat – follow live
12.45pm: Victoria White v New South Wales, Geelong diamond two – follow live
2pm: Australian Capital Territory v Country New South Wales, Ballarat – follow live
DAY ONE U18 SCHEDULE
9.15am: Country New South Wales v South Australia, Geelong diamond two – follow live
9.30am: Queensland v Victoria Blue, Geelong diamond two – follow live
11am: Victoria White v New South Wales, Melbourne Ballpark – follow live
12pm: Victoria Blue v Australian Capital Territory, Geelong diamond four – follow live
1.30pm: New South Wales v Western Australia, Melbourne Ballpark – follow live
2.30pm: Australian Capital Territory v Country New South Wales, Geelong diamond four – follow live
3.15pm: South Australia v Queensland, Geelong diamond two – follow live
4pm: Western Australia v Victoria White, Melbourne Ballpark – follow live
Note: all times are local.
Best of luck to our four Victorian squads throughout the tournament. Follow Baseball Victoria on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for updates over the course of #AYC2020, and visit our website for daily recaps on all the action.