Victoria Belles improved to 4-1 at the Australian Little League Girls Championship with a 13-8 win over NSW White on Saturday morning.
One of the biggest highlights of the game was the world's first home run in a national Little League girls championship, which belongs to Audrey Cheung of the Belles. This was her first-ever home run, a two-run shot in a six-run inning that helped Belles recover from a 6-2 deficit and flip the game on its head.
Audrey was thrilled to send the ball deep to centre field.
“All my coaches have always told me to focus on hitting a line drive and if you’re early you will hit it over the fences,” she said. “I was thinking line drive, line drive and try to hit it right centre to score the run from second and then it went over.”
Audrey says the experience at this national championship has been unforgettable.
“This is the biggest tournament I’ve ever had in my life to play baseball. I’m meeting so many people like girls from New South Wales, South Australia and other states that I’m definitely going to see if I want to play up on women’s teams and hope to see them as professionals one day too,” she added.
Belles and NSW Blue will play for gold at 9am on Sunday -make sure to watch it on Baseball+
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