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NSW down Victoria Blue in battle of undefeated teams

Baseball Victoria
03 April 2018

New South Wales has wrapped up top seed following the opening round of the 2018 Australian Women’s Baseball Championships in Geelong.

NSW proved too strong for Victoria Blue in a battle of the last two unbeaten sides in the Open Women’s event.

Leslie Anglin’s two-run homer in the sixth made it interesting, cutting the lead to one in the sixth before NSW pulled away for a 9-5 win.

Check out the full day five wrap and standings entering the next round below:

 

Open Women

Queensland 15, Victoria White 1

Queensland finished the opening round of #AWC2018 with a comfortable 15-1 victory over Victoria White on Diamond 1.

Moe Kurihara drove in four runs, going 3-for-5, as Queensland claimed its second win of the opening round.

Starter Olivia Stevens punched out five in 2 1/3 innings.

  

Western Australia 10, South Australia 8

Western Australia wrapped up third seed entering the next stage of #AWC2018, holding off South Australia 10-8 on Diamond 4.

WA scored three runs in the third and fourth to overturn a 5-4 deficit, before surviving a late SA rally.

SA scored three runs in the top of the sixth to cut WA’s lead to one.

Kaila Borgomastro’s RBI-single provided a late insurance run for WA.

WA reliever Natalie House stranded two runners in the bottom of the seventh to secure victory.

Erin Fox and lead-off hitter Morgan Doty both drove in three runs.

The result ensured a third-place finish for WA after the opening round of #AWC2018.

 

New South Wales 9, Victoria Blue 5

New South Wales finished as top seed after the opening round of #AWC2018 following a thrilling 9-5 win over Victoria Blue on Tuesday.

NSW navigated the opening round with a perfect 6-0 record, holding off a late rally from Victoria Blue on Diamond 2.

Blue cut the NSW lead to one run in the bottom of the sixth to set up a thrilling finish.

But NSW added three insurance runs in the top of the seventh of the top-of-the-table clash.

Leslie Anglin’s two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth sparked the Victoria Blue resurgence.

Melinda Latimer went 3-for-4 for NSW, while Maddison Heath drove in three runs.

 

Victoria White 12, New South Wales Country 4

Victoria White closed out day five action with a 12-4 win over New South Wales Country on Diamond 1.

A seven-run fourth for White broke a 4-all tie.

Gabby Bevan went 3-for-5 for Victoria White, while reliever Kristen Bezzina struck out two in three scoreless innings.

 

Standings

1. New South Wales 6-0

2. Victoria Blue 5-1

3. Western Australia 4-2

4. South Australia 2-4

5. Queensland 2-4

6. Victoria White 2-4

7. New South Wales Country 0-6

* South Australia, Queensland and Victoria White ranked by tiebreak rules (runs allowed)

 

Day 6 schedule

Diamond 1

10:15AM - New South Wales vs. South Australia

2:00PM - Victoria Blue vs. Western Australia

Diamond 4

10:30PM - Queensland vs. Victoria White

1:45PM - Queensland vs. New South Wales Country

 

Click here for updated #AWC2018 schedule

 

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