Newport 4 Defeated Waverley 3 at Waverley. Sunday 8th November 2015.
Wildcats lefty Jon Kennedy was doing equally as well on the mound holding the Rams before his team came out and scored first in the third dig. The home side showed good team batting when Oliver Dunn doubled and advanced on a ground out then a double from Tyler Dale made sure of the run.
Newport were behind but not deterred as Tyson Foreman led off in the fifth and singled to right. Tyler then advanced all the way on errors, as did Dean Malthouse who followed him in the batting order. The score was 3-1 in the Rams favour when Waverley came to bat in the bottom of the frame.
The pressure of the contest was beginning to show as the Wildcats held tough in the batter’s box. Newport gave up a walk to Jamie Papanicolaou, Matthew Beattie got on after an error and Dunn was HBP. After five the match was drawn at 3-3.
Luke Papanicolaou took the mound (after some brilliant pitching from Kennedy) in the sixth for Waverley and Dean Malthouse doubled with a hard hit ball to left in the seventh. Malthouse ended up scoring as the go ahead run when Sandersius singled to centre and an error on the throw extended his run from third to home.
The pitchers had control of the game after that as Tyler Dale and Matthew Beattie closed it for Waverley and Cameron McNish pitched the remaining inning for the winners.
Beattie and Dunn both hit with two out in the bottom of the ninth in what made for an exciting end to a hard fought contest. It wasn’t to be for the home team though as McNish struck out the final batter and left the two winning runs on base.
Hits
Newport- 9
Foreman 2, Lawman 2, Dean Malthouse 1 (double), Sandersius 1, Dean Anglin 1, Siepolt 1, Stephen Pengally 1.
Waverley- 8
Chase Hodkinson 1, Justin Burke 1, Jamie Papanicolaou 2, Matthew Beattie 1, Oliver Dunn 2 (1 Double), Kane Hillier 1.
Main Pitching Stats
Sandersius, Newport- Innings 8, Ks 5, Hits 6, Earned Runs 2, BFP 30, Balls 37, Strikes 76, Total 113. Winning Pitcher.
Kennedy, Waverley- Innings 5, Hits 6, Ks 4, Earned Runs 1, BFP 25, Balls 24, Strikes 58, Total 82.