Howdy. Just a quick re-cap of the last two Division 1 games
Division 1 v Glenelg: What an unusual game, a battle royal until the end, with the lead changing some five times.
The Bays were first on the board with a run in their first. We responded with one in our second followed by another in our third - 2-1 up.
With Austin Gallagher on base via a double to rightfield Michael Bishop launched a big Hr over the centerfield fence to make it 4-1. The Bays not to be outdone retaliated with a four run burst to put them one run up - 5-4. Austin Gallagher’s homer evened the score at 5-5
The Bays rallied again and put on three runs in reply making it 8-5 their way. A Glenelg pitching change gave the Cardinals a chance to claw back the runs when we added another five making the score 10-8 Cardinals.
Again the Bays pushed hard in the eighth and added one more run, now 10-9 Cardinals. Three consecutive hits from the Cardinals added a further two runs, with our Riley Moore closing out the game and preventing the Bays to add to their score with the final score 12-9 to the good guys.
A blast from the past. Not seen recently in baseball is the play with two out runners on first and third and the runner on first walking off early to get caught in a rundown and the opposition trying to tag him out before the runner from third scores. An ‘old head’ in Adrian Chenoweth pulled this off doing just that allowing the run to score before being tagged out. Great to see! Our younger players couldn’t work what was happening - they had never seen it done before.
Our hitters were Kosei Suzuki, Austin Gallagher 3 each; Jack Platten, Bryce Allen 2 each; Michael Bishop, Nick Carfora, Nick Platten 1 each. RBIs came from Michael Bishop 4, Kosei Suzuki 2, Nick Platten 2, Adrian Chenoweth 1, Austin Gallagher 1, Pack Platten 1.
Pitching was entrusted to Greg Mosel and in 104 pitches gave up 7 hits, struck out 1, walked 2 for 8 runs with 5 unearned. Riley Moore closed out the game. A good job by both!
Division 1 v Southern Districts To say the least a most disappointing game when we could only score two runs both from single home runs by Jack Platten and Austin Gallagher with Greg Mosel who went 2 for 3 and Todd Marshal and Mike Bishop the only other hitters.
Riley Moore was given the pill and for 7 innings gave up 3 hits, struck out 7, walked 4 for 2 runs, one unearned. He did his job, but not backed up by the rest of the team. Thus finishing in a 2-2 draw.
To top off the night Souths put in a protest stating Riley exceed his pitch count, which we are appealing.
Other Senior Results
Division 2 were not in the hunt and went down 14-0 to Glenelg.
Division 3 notched up a great 13-4 win against Glenelg.
Division 6 had a resounding 13-0 win against Glenelg and have cemented second place for the finals
Division 7 have not had the best of seasons and went down 13-0 against Glenelg
Division 8 finished off their season with a great win 22-8 against Glenelg. The team has done well and finished just outside the top six. Well done guys. Next year finals?
Women’s League finished 11-1 down against Golden Grove. However the game was called because of light. They scraped in to the top six by a point and will play finals
Our Junior Divisions
Senior League finished off their season with a6-6 draw against Port Adelaide, but unfortunately will miss the finals.
Junior League D1 had a great tussle with West Torrens and came away with a8-4 win finishing second and will play finals
Little league D1 kept plugging away before going gown 17-9 to West Torrens. This team showed a steady improvement throughout the season. Good stuff team!
Minor League Kensi came away with a resounding 12-2 win against the Dodgers and will contest the finals.
Minor League Cards. Although being outscored 10-0 by Port Adelaide will play finals.
PeeWee League keep doing what they do best - Winning. However, they do not play finals
Junior League D2 and the Intermediate League had a Bye. However both teams will play finals
Good Luck!
Players in the running for SABL Junior Best and Fairest are Senior League Ali Tanner; Junior League D1 Jonah Spry; Junior League D2 Alex Punshon; Intermediate Paul Bon, Lachie Pfitzner; Minor League Archer Spratt, Christopher Clayton. Good luck guys!
Ruby Pfitzner with her HR ball Division 8 stretching prion to Warmup
Archer and Michael HR hitters Under 11
This Weekend:
Divisions 1, 2, 3 have their last Minor round games at home. The Women play Adelaide on Friday at 5.30 at Adelaide. Division 6 play at home at 8.30 am against Goodwood on Saturday. On Sunday Junior League D1 are at home at 3.30 pm. Junior League D2 are at home at 1.00 pm. Minor League Kensi are at home at 9.00 am. Intermediate are at Goodwood at 4.30 pm and Minor League Cards are at Port Adelaide at 9.00. Your support at these games would be greatly appreciated.
See you at the ballpark. Cheers for now!
Arthur Mac
