Fitzroy and Geelong hosted this week’s Under 14 members of the Little League Charter & Junior League Charter Academy. The Under 12s took the field last week. All previous iterations of the weekly wraps are also available.
Southern Mariners (B) 7, Northern Diamondbacks 5 (Blue)
Looking to get back to .500, the Southern Mariners B side got off to a fast start, scoring five times in the first inning to take a commanding lead. They then added two in the third as insurance.
Good thing, too, as the Northern Diamondbacks (Blue) tallied five of their own in the bottom half of the inning to considerably tighten the game.
Pitching prevailed at the last, with the game finishing with two scoreless innings.
As aspired to: with the victory this Southern Mariners team is now 2-2 while the hard-luck D’Backs remain winless.
Southern Mariners (A) 6, Northern Diamondbacks 5 (Blue)
Similar to their brethren a win against the D’Backs Blue team would even their record at 2-2. Prevail they did, 6-5, in a cracker of a match.
The games played out with eerie symmetry. The first tilt had this line score:
5-0-2-0-0
0-0-5-0-0
And the second:
2-1-0-3
0-0-5-0
In each case the D’Backs got down early then responded with five runs in the third inning. Losers by two in the early game, the margin was only one in the nightcap. No matter: the D’Backs fell to 0-5 on the season.
Eastern Athletics (Gold) 15, Geelong Baycats 3
This is the matchup everyone has been waiting for: the 3-1 A’s versus the 4-0 Baycats. But here the age-old adage—be careful what you wish for—rang true.
Instead of a taut, nail-biter it quickly turned into a rout. The A’s Gold team scored twice in the first before busting out with seven in the second and six in the third to put the game away.
The Baycats fought back to score their first three runs in the bottom of the last to provide the winning margin.
The crushing blow was dealt by the A’s Reece Longstaff who boomed a second inning grand slam to provide the exclamation point to a dominating effort. Also contributing at the plate were Charlie Collins, James Keam, Lucas Keyhoe, Cal Vance, Koetsu Sakamoto and Henty Hayman, who each had a hit in the game.
Like Longstaff across the diamond, Kobe Greenhalgh went deep for the Baycats. Connor Hickey, Thomas Renouf, Ethan Tipping, and Max Shaw-Vaalepu had Geelong’s hits.
On the mound, Angus McNee, Travis Duxson and Hickey threw for the Baycats.
The A’s pitching was stellar, led by Hayman who struck out two, ceded just one hit and didn’t allow a run in 1.1 innings. The Eastern pitching staff didn’t allow a walk or hit a batter the entire game.
Geelong Baycats 7, Eastern Athletics (Green) 4
For two innings it looked like more of the same. After being on the wrong end of a walloping in the first game, the Baycats found themselves facing another significant deficit, trailing 4-0 after one. The score remained the same entering the bottom of the third when Geelong resoundingly bounced back from their first loss of the season.
They tallied four times in that frame and then another three in the bottom of the fourth to win their fifth game against only one defeat.
With the loss, the Eastern Athletics (Green) fell to 3-2 on the season.
Unlike in the first game pitching took center stage here. Nick Hau started for the Baycats and pitched exceptionally: three innings, four hits, a walk, two earned runs and six strikeouts. In relief, Kobe Greenhalgh and Jarryd Wood combined for another two whiffs in the fourth inning.
For the A’s, Zac Busch struck out five batter in three innings.
Mitch Homfray, Harvey Mitchelhill and Kye Stehr had the hits for Eastern.
In the win, Angus McNee, Ethan Tipping and Wood all had two knocks, while Eugene Gay and Connor Hughes each had one.
Here is how the comp stands after three rounds: https://sportsdesq.imgstg.com/portal/index.cfm?fuseaction=competition&competitionID=10392&OrgID=16724&clubOrganisationId=0##ladder
Next Saturday, the Under 12s are back in action. Check back here for a full report of all six games.
Southern Mariners (B) 7, Northern Diamondbacks 5 (Blue)
Looking to get back to .500, the Southern Mariners B side got off to a fast start, scoring five times in the first inning to take a commanding lead. They then added two in the third as insurance.
Good thing, too, as the Northern Diamondbacks (Blue) tallied five of their own in the bottom half of the inning to considerably tighten the game.
Pitching prevailed at the last, with the game finishing with two scoreless innings.
As aspired to: with the victory this Southern Mariners team is now 2-2 while the hard-luck D’Backs remain winless.
Southern Mariners (A) 6, Northern Diamondbacks 5 (Blue)
Similar to their brethren a win against the D’Backs Blue team would even their record at 2-2. Prevail they did, 6-5, in a cracker of a match.
The games played out with eerie symmetry. The first tilt had this line score:
5-0-2-0-0
0-0-5-0-0
And the second:
2-1-0-3
0-0-5-0
In each case the D’Backs got down early then responded with five runs in the third inning. Losers by two in the early game, the margin was only one in the nightcap. No matter: the D’Backs fell to 0-5 on the season.
Eastern Athletics (Gold) 15, Geelong Baycats 3
This is the matchup everyone has been waiting for: the 3-1 A’s versus the 4-0 Baycats. But here the age-old adage—be careful what you wish for—rang true.
Instead of a taut, nail-biter it quickly turned into a rout. The A’s Gold team scored twice in the first before busting out with seven in the second and six in the third to put the game away.
The Baycats fought back to score their first three runs in the bottom of the last to provide the winning margin.
The crushing blow was dealt by the A’s Reece Longstaff who boomed a second inning grand slam to provide the exclamation point to a dominating effort. Also contributing at the plate were Charlie Collins, James Keam, Lucas Keyhoe, Cal Vance, Koetsu Sakamoto and Henty Hayman, who each had a hit in the game.
Like Longstaff across the diamond, Kobe Greenhalgh went deep for the Baycats. Connor Hickey, Thomas Renouf, Ethan Tipping, and Max Shaw-Vaalepu had Geelong’s hits.
On the mound, Angus McNee, Travis Duxson and Hickey threw for the Baycats.
The A’s pitching was stellar, led by Hayman who struck out two, ceded just one hit and didn’t allow a run in 1.1 innings. The Eastern pitching staff didn’t allow a walk or hit a batter the entire game.
Geelong Baycats 7, Eastern Athletics (Green) 4
For two innings it looked like more of the same. After being on the wrong end of a walloping in the first game, the Baycats found themselves facing another significant deficit, trailing 4-0 after one. The score remained the same entering the bottom of the third when Geelong resoundingly bounced back from their first loss of the season.
They tallied four times in that frame and then another three in the bottom of the fourth to win their fifth game against only one defeat.
With the loss, the Eastern Athletics (Green) fell to 3-2 on the season.
Unlike in the first game pitching took center stage here. Nick Hau started for the Baycats and pitched exceptionally: three innings, four hits, a walk, two earned runs and six strikeouts. In relief, Kobe Greenhalgh and Jarryd Wood combined for another two whiffs in the fourth inning.
For the A’s, Zac Busch struck out five batter in three innings.
Mitch Homfray, Harvey Mitchelhill and Kye Stehr had the hits for Eastern.
In the win, Angus McNee, Ethan Tipping and Wood all had two knocks, while Eugene Gay and Connor Hughes each had one.
Here is how the comp stands after three rounds: https://sportsdesq.imgstg.com/portal/index.cfm?fuseaction=competition&competitionID=10392&OrgID=16724&clubOrganisationId=0##ladder
Next Saturday, the Under 12s are back in action. Check back here for a full report of all six games.