Mid-Week Rap November 11th 2014.
Division 1 this week sees a full round of mid-week matches starting with four games on Tuesday the 11th of November. Upwey travel to Sandringham for a 6pm game after the Tigers have suffered five losses in a row. Meanwhile Sandringham will be bolstered by their first win of the season after they got over Melbourne on Sunday. In the win the Royals collected 12 hits (with four different players getting safely on base multiple times) against the Demons five different pitchers.
In the replay of last year’s grand final at MBP Blackburn is the away team to Essendon tonight at 6.30pm. In the Orioles ten run win over Preston on Sunday they collected eleven hits, Ryan Phillips got three and David Dicker continued his form in the box with two. However the standout performance for the Orioles was from Adam Bright who pitched seven innings to enforce the mercy rule, giving up one run and six hits. The Blackburn pitchers will come up against the experienced Bomber’s offence that collected eleven hits on Sunday versus Cheltenham. Essendon were lead by Tristan McDonald with three safe hits as well as Dean McIntyre and Doyle Dertell who got two each.
The Pirates will be looking to recover from their defeat as they host Doncaster at La Trobe for tonight’s 7 O’clock game. The Pirates will take something from the fact that in the game against Blackburn they played six innings of one run baseball but will be haunted by the fact that they gave up ten runs in the 4th. Meanwhile Doncaster come off three wins in a row and will take confidence into the game as their starter Luke Westphal is in great form and manager Ben Utting looks to continue his hitting streak. Westphal has a had a fair load of pitching in the last two weeks so look for one of the Doncaster’s younger pitchers to take the mound, maybe Callum Lethborg or Marcel d’Voine.
Williamstown host Waverley at MBP for the 8.50pm game tonight as both teams are looking to get back on the winner’s list. Williamstown will be looking to score some runs after three low scoring losses. Waverley will be looking to get their second win after some close losses in the last few weeks.
Melbourne head to MBP on Wednesday night 12th November as the away team to Newport for the 6.30pm game. The Demons will be confident after a solid performance from their middle order on Sunday although they suffered a loss to Sandringham. The Demons matched the Royals with twelve hits as Matthew Kent picked up four singles and Scott Moore scored four RBIs on two hits. Meanwhile the Rams will be looking to run on with their recent form as they come off five victories in a row. Their young starter Griffin Weir has been pitching well going seven plus innings again on Sunday against Waverley. Liam Vicory-Lovegrove got two hits batting at number two with five other players getting a single hit each for a team total of seven. We may see Jeremy Young start on the hill for the Rams tomorrow or perhaps the ball may go to Eric Klein.
Geelong host Cheltenham at MBP at 8.50pm Wednesday night as the Baycats look to build on their third win and go above 500. Cheltenham will be looking to improve their batting as they managed only four hits against Essendon on Sunday although Rutgers will again be hard to stop as he collected two for the Rustlers in the loss. Barrett and Kloppe shared the pitching for Cheltenham on the weekend so that leaves them with a few fresh arms to chose from tomorrow night.
In Division 2 on Thursday night Bonbeach St.Chads travel to MBP to face up to the 2nd placed Werribee team for the 6.30pm game. The Blue Jays are coming off a mercy rule loss to Sunshine who is just on top of the ladder ahead of the Giants.
The other Thursday night game sees 2nd placed Moorabbin travel to MBP as the away team to Fitzroy at 8.50pm after the Panthers had a walk off win on Sunday versus a resurgent St.Kilda. The Panthers outhit the Saints thirteen to eight after Mulherin and Musson pitched well on the home hill. The Panthers had four players get two hits each and Rick Wheeler got his one hit as the walk-off single. Fitzroy come off the back of a mid-week victory against Port Melbourne last Wednesday and another big win against Springvale on the weekend as their star hitter Alex Turlea has hit two home runs in two games. Lefty starter Jack Freeth has also been hitting his spots for the Lions but expect to see one of their younger pitchers take the mound on Thursday night.
The other remaining mid-week game is the match of the round. Tonight in Women’s Division 1, Doncaster travel to Malvern at 6pm. Check the Summer League website and Twitter for the live link.
See you around the grounds.
Report by Cam Gleeson
@valiantcam
@baseballvic
#vsbl
Division 1 this week sees a full round of mid-week matches starting with four games on Tuesday the 11th of November. Upwey travel to Sandringham for a 6pm game after the Tigers have suffered five losses in a row. Meanwhile Sandringham will be bolstered by their first win of the season after they got over Melbourne on Sunday. In the win the Royals collected 12 hits (with four different players getting safely on base multiple times) against the Demons five different pitchers.
In the replay of last year’s grand final at MBP Blackburn is the away team to Essendon tonight at 6.30pm. In the Orioles ten run win over Preston on Sunday they collected eleven hits, Ryan Phillips got three and David Dicker continued his form in the box with two. However the standout performance for the Orioles was from Adam Bright who pitched seven innings to enforce the mercy rule, giving up one run and six hits. The Blackburn pitchers will come up against the experienced Bomber’s offence that collected eleven hits on Sunday versus Cheltenham. Essendon were lead by Tristan McDonald with three safe hits as well as Dean McIntyre and Doyle Dertell who got two each.
The Pirates will be looking to recover from their defeat as they host Doncaster at La Trobe for tonight’s 7 O’clock game. The Pirates will take something from the fact that in the game against Blackburn they played six innings of one run baseball but will be haunted by the fact that they gave up ten runs in the 4th. Meanwhile Doncaster come off three wins in a row and will take confidence into the game as their starter Luke Westphal is in great form and manager Ben Utting looks to continue his hitting streak. Westphal has a had a fair load of pitching in the last two weeks so look for one of the Doncaster’s younger pitchers to take the mound, maybe Callum Lethborg or Marcel d’Voine.
Williamstown host Waverley at MBP for the 8.50pm game tonight as both teams are looking to get back on the winner’s list. Williamstown will be looking to score some runs after three low scoring losses. Waverley will be looking to get their second win after some close losses in the last few weeks.
Melbourne head to MBP on Wednesday night 12th November as the away team to Newport for the 6.30pm game. The Demons will be confident after a solid performance from their middle order on Sunday although they suffered a loss to Sandringham. The Demons matched the Royals with twelve hits as Matthew Kent picked up four singles and Scott Moore scored four RBIs on two hits. Meanwhile the Rams will be looking to run on with their recent form as they come off five victories in a row. Their young starter Griffin Weir has been pitching well going seven plus innings again on Sunday against Waverley. Liam Vicory-Lovegrove got two hits batting at number two with five other players getting a single hit each for a team total of seven. We may see Jeremy Young start on the hill for the Rams tomorrow or perhaps the ball may go to Eric Klein.
Geelong host Cheltenham at MBP at 8.50pm Wednesday night as the Baycats look to build on their third win and go above 500. Cheltenham will be looking to improve their batting as they managed only four hits against Essendon on Sunday although Rutgers will again be hard to stop as he collected two for the Rustlers in the loss. Barrett and Kloppe shared the pitching for Cheltenham on the weekend so that leaves them with a few fresh arms to chose from tomorrow night.
In Division 2 on Thursday night Bonbeach St.Chads travel to MBP to face up to the 2nd placed Werribee team for the 6.30pm game. The Blue Jays are coming off a mercy rule loss to Sunshine who is just on top of the ladder ahead of the Giants.
The other Thursday night game sees 2nd placed Moorabbin travel to MBP as the away team to Fitzroy at 8.50pm after the Panthers had a walk off win on Sunday versus a resurgent St.Kilda. The Panthers outhit the Saints thirteen to eight after Mulherin and Musson pitched well on the home hill. The Panthers had four players get two hits each and Rick Wheeler got his one hit as the walk-off single. Fitzroy come off the back of a mid-week victory against Port Melbourne last Wednesday and another big win against Springvale on the weekend as their star hitter Alex Turlea has hit two home runs in two games. Lefty starter Jack Freeth has also been hitting his spots for the Lions but expect to see one of their younger pitchers take the mound on Thursday night.
The other remaining mid-week game is the match of the round. Tonight in Women’s Division 1, Doncaster travel to Malvern at 6pm. Check the Summer League website and Twitter for the live link.
See you around the grounds.
Report by Cam Gleeson
@valiantcam
@baseballvic
#vsbl