Victoria Blue powered past Western Australia in the 2019 Australian Women’s Baseball Championships gold medal game on Sunday to cap off an undefeated week in Canberra.
A powerful offensive display lifted Victoria Blue to an 11-1 win and its second Open Women’s title in three years.
The Victorian outfit opened the scoring in the first inning, taking a 2-0 lead on catcher Abbey McLellan’s double.
Victoria, in its seventh-straight gold medal game, then broke the contest open with a six-run third frame.
Courtney Foura doubled Victoria’s advantage with a two-run single ahead of Famke Gildemacher, Belinda Cannington and Leslie Anglin driving in runs.
Western Australia opened its account in the fourth.
Rebecca Torpy started the inning with a leadoff double and scored on a single from Meaghan Haggart.
A double play ended the inning and helped Victoria avoid its lead being cut into further.
Blue then padded their lead in the bottom of the fifth with Anglin’s two-run double making it 10-1.
McLellan delivered an RBI-single to seal a mercy-rule win for Victoria Blue.
Blue starter Gabby Bevan starred on the mound, allowing just one run on four hits in five innings.
Earlier, South Australia toppled 2018 champions New South Wales 13-1 to secure its first medal at the Women’s Championships.
Jessica Maslin drove in three runs and Nicky Bacon had three hits.
Relief pitcher Alice Prokopec gave up just one run with two strikeouts in four innings after starter Sarah-Jameson tossed three scoreless frames.