After going three for four including a double in the seventh and two-run moon shot in the fifth, van Hoon will take a lot of the accolades but it really was a complete performance from the Eagles in Game 3 of the Division 2 Championships Series.
After throwing two innings of relief in Game 1, Griffin Weir was back on the bump for the Eagles and got through five innings before Sunshine would hand the ball over to Taylor Rowe and the bullpen to finish the game. Weir solid throughout, striking out four and conceding just one run on five hits.
With the bats, Jamie Young joined van Hoon as Sunshine’s best. He would have been no more than a foot short of opening the scoring first time around with a double off the left-field wall, eventually going two for four and scoring twice on a day when he was seeing them like beach balls.
For a luckless Upwey FTG, they went back to Game 1 starter Jarrod Turner. While he couldn’t quite recapture his Wednesday night form, his seven innings saw him strike out four and give up six runs on 11 hits and one walk.
Multiple hit games from Ash Winton, Evan Phillips and Wade McConnen unfortunately not enough for the Tigers to have more impact on the scoreboard, the Eagles take the decisive Game 3 in a score of 6-2.
Congratulations to the Sunshine Baseball Club, the Division 2 Minor Premiers now the lift the R.E. Darling Trophy as the Division 2 Premiers.
