After all the games were cancelled Sunday due to the weather, two games were played yesterday at the Under 18 National Youth Championships presented by New Era. New South Wales defeated Queensland and Victoria Blue picked up their first win of the championships.
In a game filled with doubles and double plays, New South Wales narrowly defeated Queensland by two runs in the 10th inning. The game started with a lead-off double from New South Wales player James McCallum and in a fight for the win Queensland turned five double plays throughout the game. Louis Baker also proved he is on fire with his batting with another RBI double to left field.
Country New South Wales v Victoria Blue
In their first win of the tournament, Victoria Blue defeated Country New South Wales 5-3 in a late night game of Baseball at Blue Sox Stadium. Country was the first team on the board in the 4th, with a single from Sam Langer and a RBI Double from Joel Thompson. Victoria Blue responded with three of their own runs in the 5th, and Country tied it up with another run. Victoria Blue took the lead in the 7th with two singles from Oliver Dunn and George Callil to secure the win.
Todays games will proceed on Diamond 1 at Blacktown and to ensure play continues at the tournament two alternate fields will be utilised at Winston Hills and Hammondville. All games will return to Blacktown once council makes the necessary work and decides to re-open diamonds 2 and 3.
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Field 1 Live Scoring (Diamond 1 at Blacktown)
Field 2 Live Scoring (Diamond at Col Sutton, Winston Hills)
Field 3 Live Scoring (Diamond at Hammondville)
After all the games were cancelled Sunday due to the weather, two games were played yesterday at the Under 18 National Youth Championships presented by New Era. New South Wales defeated Queensland and Victoria Blue picked up their first win of the championships.
In a game filled with doubles and double plays, New South Wales narrowly defeated Queensland by two runs in the 10th inning. The game started with a lead-off double from New South Wales player James McCallum and in a fight for the win Queensland turned five double plays throughout the game. Louis Baker also proved he is on fire with his batting with another RBI double to left field.
Country New South Wales v Victoria Blue
In their first win of the tournament, Victoria Blue defeated Country New South Wales 5-3 in a late night game of Baseball at Blue Sox Stadium. Country was the first team on the board in the 4th, with a single from Sam Langer and a RBI Double from Joel Thompson. Victoria Blue responded with three of their own runs in the 5th, and Country tied it up with another run. Victoria Blue took the lead in the 7th with two singles from Oliver Dunn and George Callil to secure the win.
Todays games will proceed on Diamond 1 at Blacktown and to ensure play continues at the tournament two alternate fields will be utilised at Winston Hills and Hammondville. All games will return to Blacktown once council makes the necessary work and decides to re-open diamonds 2 and 3.
For more game recaps, live scoring, statistics and results visit baseball.com.au or follow us on Facebook or Twitter.
Field 1 Live Scoring (Diamond 1 at Blacktown)
Field 2 Live Scoring (Diamond at Col Sutton, Winston Hills)
Field 3 Live Scoring (Diamond at Hammondville)
After all the games were cancelled Sunday due to the weather, two games were played yesterday at the Under 18 National Youth Championships presented by New Era. New South Wales defeated Queensland and Victoria Blue picked up their first win of the championships.
In a game filled with doubles and double plays, New South Wales narrowly defeated Queensland by two runs in the 10th inning. The game started with a lead-off double from New South Wales player James McCallum and in a fight for the win Queensland turned five double plays throughout the game. Louis Baker also proved he is on fire with his batting with another RBI double to left field.
Country New South Wales v Victoria Blue
In their first win of the tournament, Victoria Blue defeated Country New South Wales 5-3 in a late night game of Baseball at Blue Sox Stadium. Country was the first team on the board in the 4th, with a single from Sam Langer and a RBI Double from Joel Thompson. Victoria Blue responded with three of their own runs in the 5th, and Country tied it up with another run. Victoria Blue took the lead in the 7th with two singles from Oliver Dunn and George Callil to secure the win.
Todays games will proceed on Diamond 1 at Blacktown and to ensure play continues at the tournament two alternate fields will be utilised at Winston Hills and Hammondville. All games will return to Blacktown once council makes the necessary work and decides to re-open diamonds 2 and 3.
For more game recaps, live scoring, statistics and results visit baseball.com.au or follow us on Facebook or Twitter.
Field 1 Live Scoring (Diamond 1 at Blacktown)
Field 2 Live Scoring (Diamond at Col Sutton, Winston Hills)
Field 3 Live Scoring (Diamond at Hammondville)
Play resumed at the 2015 National Women's Championships in Canberra today after a washout yesterday due to the weather. Competition heated up at the event with Queensland defeating Victoria for only the second time in 16 years.
For the second time in 16 years Queensland defeated Victoria, it was a great game of baseball with only one run in the win. The Queensland team came together as a whole with their younger players as stand outs, a credit to the junior development program in Queensland.
For the second time in 16 years Queensland defeated Victoria, it was a great game of baseball with only one run in the win. The Queensland team came together as a whole with their younger players as stand outs, a credit to the junior development program in Queensland.
After being down 2 – 1 when the game had to be suspended due to rain on the first day, Queensland came back to the game on fire. Scoring 7 runs in the 4th innings and giving them the momentum to finish the game with a convincing win 18-2 over ACT.
President’s Friendship Team v New South Wales
New South Wales had two scoreless innings showing that the young Friendship team showed great aggression against such an experienced game. Star played of the game was NSW pitcher Marti Sementelli, who pitched a perfect game for 4 innings.
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Today marked the start of the 2015 Under 15 Women’s National Championship in Canberra. New South Wales proved they are here to win a 4th straight championship and all teams showed they are here to play some competive baseball.
In the first game of the day New South Wales showed everyone they are here to win a 4th consecutive championship with a 14-3 win over Queensland. NSW took advantage of their strengths, made few errors and got runs on the board early. New South Wales player Jordan Richardson had the hit of the game with a double to centrefield.
Country New South Wales came out with a blast, scoring sixteen runs in the first 2 innings and although ACT’s bats came alive in the 3rd inning, Country defeated ACT 23-7. Olivia Cameron from Country NSW had an impressive game with 4 runs from 3 hits, including 3 doubles and 4 RBI’s.
New South Wales v Western Australia
Western Australia pushed 3 time champions New South Wales all the way in a close and hard fought game. Although WA had loaded bases in the end, New South Wales defeated them 9-6.
In a great game of baseball with both teams showing good basic baseball skills, Queensland defeated ACT 12-4. Queensland player, Chloe Humphreys hit an in the park homerun.
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A wet week in Sydney has made it difficult to play all the scheduled games at the 2015 Under 16 National Youth Championships presented by Rawlings. All games were washed out yesterday due to the weather, and as a result council closed fields two and three.
Two games were played on Diamond one and one at an alternate venue at Winston Hills Baseball Club in an effort to play as many games as possible.
Going into the bottom half of the 7th Queensland had a three run lead over Victoria White on diamond 1 at Blue Sox Stadium. Off a single to right field from Sam Drummond, a RBI single to Centre from Alexander Barling and a RBI single to short-stop from Darcy Harrison, Victoria White added four runs to their scoreline and came out with a one run win, 7-6.
New South Wales v Western Australia
After a 4 run lead after the 1st Western Australia maintained their lead and defeated New South Wales 10-2. The game was highlighted by two outstanding catches, 1st baseman Jake Taylor from WA and Ismail Adra from NSW both took great foul fly balls at the fence.
New South Wales v Western Australia
After a 4 run lead after the 1st Western Australia maintained their lead and defeated New South Wales 10-2. The game was highlighted by two outstanding catches, 1st baseman Jake Taylor from WA and Ismail Adra from NSW both took great foul fly balls at the fence.
Victoria Blue v Victoria White
In a rescheduled game from Saturday, Victoria Blue and Victoria White finally got the chance to face each other at Winston Hills Baseball Club. Victoria Blue defeated their fellow state team with a 12-4 victory, highlighted by three doubles from Oliver McMahon, Brock Wells and Jamie Young.
Tomorrow games will proceed on Diamond 1 at Blacktown and to ensure play continues at the tournament two alternate fields will be utilised at Winston Hills and Hammondville. All games will return to Blacktown once council makes the necessary work and decides to re-open diamonds 2 and 3.
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Field 1 Live Scoring (Diamond 1 at Blacktown)
Field 2 Live Scoring (Diamond at Col Sutton, Winston Hills)
Field 3 Live Scoring (Diamond at Hammondville)
The rain held off long enough to complete day 2 of the 2015 Under 18s National Youth Championships presented by New Era today.
The ACT played out of their skins in their game against Victoria Blue this morning, with an 8-4 win. ACT Players Campbell Quirk took an excellent diving catch in centerfield and James Sammes with an outstanding catch at first base. The standout for the game was pitching from Kurt Berry, who was awarded the win. He pitched 8.3 innings to 35 batters for a total of 95 pitches, only giving up 5 hits in total.
Western Australia v Country New South Wales
In a fight to the end Western Australia defeated Country New South Wales in a walk-off single from Jesse Sequeria to score the runner in the 11th inning. Mitchell Neunborn had the hit of the game with a triple in the bottom of the 9th.
South Australia v New South Wales
In their first win of the tournament, New South Wales defeated South Australia 6-3. In another first New South Wales player Dean Frew hit the first homerun of the Under 18 Championships with a 2 RBI Homerun to left field.
Queensland had a convincing win over Victoria White, scoring 17 runs from 13 hits. The game included 6 doubles, 5 of them from Queensland players. Liam Taylor, and Kevin Jordan with a double each and two apiece from Louis Baker and Nate Vankan.
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The rain held off long enough to complete day 2 of the 2015 Under 18s National Youth Championships presented by New Era today.
The ACT played out of their skins in their game against Victoria Blue this morning, with an 8-4 win. ACT Players Campbell Quirk took an excellent diving catch in centerfield and James Sammes with an outstanding catch at first base. The standout for the game was pitching from Kurt Berry, who was awarded the win. He pitched 8.3 innings to 35 batters for a total of 95 pitches, only giving up 5 hits in total.
Western Australia v Country New South Wales
In a fight to the end Western Australia defeated Country New South Wales in a walk-off single from Jesse Sequeria to score the runner in the 11th inning. Mitchell Neunborn had the hit of the game with a triple in the bottom of the 9th.
South Australia v New South Wales
In their first win of the tournament, New South Wales defeated South Australia 6-3. In another first New South Wales player Dean Frew hit the first homerun of the Under 18 Championships with a 2 RBI Homerun to left field.
Queensland had a convincing win over Victoria White, scoring 17 runs from 13 hits. The game included 6 doubles, 5 of them from Queensland players. Liam Taylor, and Kevin Jordan with a double each and two apiece from Louis Baker and Nate Vankan.
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The Victoria team secured their first win of the 2015 National Women’s Championships in Canberra today.
In the first game of the tournament, a very disciplined Victoria team played well in the field and dominated with the bats. The Presidents Friendship team played well together as a team, and fought hard to secure two late runs.
The Queensland versus ACT game was suspended in early innings due to rain. The game will be played prior to their second round robin game against each other at Ainslie Baseball Club on Thursday at 9:30am.
The New South Wales versus Victoria game was cancelled due to weather and will be played Monday night on Diamond 1 at 6:00pm.
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Day 2 of the Under 16 National Youth Championships presented by Rawlings finished in a tiebreaker as New South Wales and Country New South Wales battled for state bragging rights.
New South Wales v New South Wales Country
Country New South Wales won by one run in the 8th inning, finishing with a score of 4-3. In a low scoring game, with each team only adding a run apiece by the 7th, the tie breaker rule was put into effect. With runners placed on first and second, NSW added two runs to their scoreline but Country added three and secured themselves the win.
Country New South Wales player Nick Anderson-Vine had an outstanding diving catch at centrefield and completed the throw to second for a double play in the top of the third. New South Wales centerfielder, Cooper Horton, also had an excellent diving catch to finish the third inning.
South Australia v Western Australia
Western Australia completed their first full game of the tournament with a win against South Australia 7-2. Their first game was postponed due to weather, and took advantage of the extra rest to put 7 runs from 9 hits on the board. The second was a big inning for WA bringing 5 runs across the plate including a double from Mason Talbot. The game also included three double plays turned by Western Australia to further establish their dominance.
The ACT established their lead early on with a three run lead, with two in the first and one in the second inning. Queensland came out with bats swinging in the last two innings but were not able to capitalise on their hits and lost the game 2-3.
This mornings Victoria White versus Victoria Blue game was postponed due to the fields being wet and unplayable after last night’s storm.
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Day 1 of the Under 18 National Youth Championships presented by New Era commenced yesterday under sunny skies in Blacktown, New South Wales. Three Under 18 games started off the combined Under 16 and Under 18 Tournament, with the last Under 18 game going into a rain delay in the top of the seventh.
Just like in all the Australian Baseball League games last night, all the home teams of the three games played yesterday came out victorious. ACT defeated Victoria White 4-3, Country New South Wales beat New South Wales 9-3 and South Australia with the win over Victoria Blue 7-5.
The ACT nabbed the lead in the first, and neither team added any additional runs until the 7th when Victoria White added three runs, which started with a double from Thomas Wilson. ACT re-took the lead in the bottom of the 8th with a two run RBI Double from William Riley. Bradley Ingliss was strong on the hill for ACT pitching 4.1 innings and only giving up two hits.
Country New South Wales had a convincing win over New South Wales yesterday with a 9-3 win in the ninth. Recently signed with the Minnesota Twins, Lachlan Wells dominated on the mound pitching 5.2 innings, allowing only one run with his control of the game.
In the South Australia versus Victoria Blue, SA came out with a surprising win beating the bronze medal winners for the 2014 Under 18 National Youth Championships.
The Queensland versus Western Australia game was postponed half way through the top of the 7th due to a rain delay.
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