OPEN | GOLD MEDAL GAME | WA 1-11 VICB | BOX SCORE
Victoria Blue powered past Western Australia in the 2019 Australian Women’s Baseball Championships gold medal game on Sunday to cap off an undefeated week in Canberra.
A powerful offensive display lifted Victoria Blue to an 11-1 win and its second Open Women’s title in three years.
OPEN | BRONZE MEDAL GAME | SA 13-1 NSW | BOX SCORE
South Australia are #AWC2019 bronze medalists after defeating Queensland in the third-place playoff.
After a slow start to the championship week losing their first three games, SA bounced back and finished off the week in style collecting their medallions on Sunday.
Once South Australia collected their opening runs in the second innings they cruised to victory and never looked back.
Jessica Maslin opened the scoring for SA on a Carly Moore line drive double, with Moore then rounding home plate on Nicky Bacon’s single.
Ashleigh George was instrumental in South Australia’s offence – scoring three runs, while Bacon, Jenny Dunn and Belinda Stansfield all ran in two each.
SA finished off the game with eight runs in the sixth and seventh innings, hitting home their advantage.
New South Wales’ sole run came at the bottom of the fifth when Ticara Geldenhuis stole home plate.
Defending champions, NSW would be disappointed with their finish to the week, as they were looking likely to make the Gold Medal match earlier in the week, however, eventually falling out of medal contention altogether.
OPEN | 5th PLACE PLAYOFF | VICW 13-5 QLD | BOX SCORE
Victoria White’s Easter Sunday win over Queensland claimed them fifth position in the 2019 Australian Women’s Open Championship.
Victoria White jumped out of the blocks at the top of the first, opening the scoring with the first two runs of the game.
Claire Costa scored the first run following Emma Davenport’s ground ball single, with Amanda Torrington crossing home plate shortly after on a fielding error.
Queensland quickly responded at the bottom of the first adding a run of their own through Luisa Gauci on Chloe Humphreys’ single.
The game was neck and neck up until the fourth inning with Vic White holding a slender 4-3 advantage, however Victoria White rallied and piled on seven runs to lead 11-3.
Costa, Davenport, Rebecca Wright, Kathryn Morris and Hanami Campitelli were Victoria White’s leading run scorers, all collecting two each.
Humphreys was Queensland’s best performer, registering three hits, one run and one RBI.
The game finished 13-5 in Victoria White’s favour, meaning Queensland finished last in the Women’s Open standings.