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#AYC2024: Day 3 Recaps

Baseball Victoria
12 January 2024

Day 3 of the 2024 Australian Youth Championships delivered more awesome baseball action as Victoria's U16 and U18 teams continued their campaigns.

Check out highlights below and stay tuned to socials for the latest updates from the U16 and U18 tournaments.

AYC U16 Day 3

Queensland 9 def Victoria 8

Victoria led 8-2 in the fifth inning, but Queensland pegged four back in the fifth and scored three more in the sixth for a walk-off win.

Victoria spread six hits across the lineup, including a triple by Jake Bertucci and singles to Samuel Land, Harrison Brodie, Buster Vos, Cooper Busch, and Roman Coote.

Victoria 13 def Australian Capital Territory 4

A seven-run inning in the bottom of the second led to a Victoria victory.

Jordan Ellis batted in four runs from a 3-for-4 performance. Cooper Busch and Ned Johnson both contributed by going 2-for-2.

Victoria tallied eleven total hits across seven players while the ACT had eight hits across five players.

Read the full report on baseball.com.au.

AYC U18 Day 3

Victoria 6 def Queensland 2

Queensland was the first on the board in the bottom of the second off an RBI single from Wesley Wilford.

However, a three-run inning by Victoria in the top of the second put them in a lead that they wouldn’t relinquish.

Ben Howard and Jayden Kim both went 2-for-3 with a walk. Addison Bishop-Worn went 2-for-4 with a double and a triple.

Victoria combined for nine hits across six batters, while Queensland had eight hits from four batters.

Victoria 17 def Australian Capital Territory 5

Victoria combined for ten hits and eleven walks as they remained undefeated in the tournament.

Ty Daniels went perfect at the plate for Victoria today, going 2-for-2 with two walks and an RBI. Ben Howard added two hits at three at-bats for an RBI.

Six more players added one hit each.

Read the full report on baseball.com.au.

Photos: @trent.schwarz/@baseball.com.au

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