With their season on the line, the Eagles came out swinging adding single markers in the first four frames to take an early 4-0 lead.
1.1 innings was all it took for Sunshine to remove Upwey starter Matt Orwin. Three hits and three walks through their first four outs were converted into the Eagle’s first two runs of the game forcing the Tigers to go to their bullpen early, however the Sunshine bats would not relent.
Two more runs in the third and fourth and Sunshine looked like they had the game well and truly under control before Evan Phillips was able to stop the scoring. He’d give up eight hits in 6.2 innings of relief but most importantly, not concede any more runs after the fourth with Sunshine not able to string any of their hits together to impact the scoreboard.
A three-run fourth inning from Upwey gave the Tigers a sniff. A none out two-run single from Ash Winton plated the Tigers’ first runs of the game and when Josh Hendricks scored Nick Rice with a long sac-fly to left we had a ballgame on our hands.
Jared van Hoon was the difference for the Eagles in Game 2. The American throwing a three-hit complete game with Upwey’s three-run fourth the only blemish on his afternoon. His mix of speed and variety of pitches enough to keep the Upwey hitters off balance, needing just 121 pitches to get through nine innings of work.
After managing just two hits in Game 1, Sunshine managed to turn their form around with the bats with eight of their first nine recording hits. Lewis Weldon, Shannon Hornstra and Brent Davis the pick of the Eagle’s hitters all recording multiple-hit games.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Sunshine Eagles | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 2 |
| Upwey FTG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
With the series now levelled at one game each, rivalries resume tomorrow with the decisive Game 3 with the first pitch scheduled for 1.00PM.