ROUND EIGHT

DIVISION ONE vs Glenelg at Don Klaebe Field 1/12/19     

WIN 4-3

A terrific last ditch win in a game that was hard fought and close all day.  We gifted them a run in the first with a muffed play at first, but equaled in the third after Gary showed his pace.  We had our chances in the fifth and sixth when we loaded the bases with only one out but failed to put runs on the board.  Rhett, who had a great day on the mound, came off after six but stayed on the field and made a nuisance of himself in the batting box long enough to enable us to score and tie the game going into the bottom of the ninth.  So we again loaded the bases, but this time Ethan put the ball into play and Jimmy Chu bolted home for the win.  Gary did a fine job of closing, and all the boys can hold their heads high after this one.  Goodwood and Glenelg in successive weeks - well done boys.  Hits : Todd Dunstall, Ethan Marchioro 2, Gary Owens, Tom Dineen, Rhys Owen, Brayden Marchioro 1.

DIVISION TWO vs Glenelg at Don Klaebe Field 1/12/19     

Lost 2-13

In a very ordinary game, we held the Bays after a poor start for a few innings, but they ran away with it in the end.  We had some great highlights, namely a fine outfield catch by Jimmy Chu and some terrific work at shortstop by Troy Nicholson, but overall the standard was not really up to scratch.  Hits : Troy Nicholson 2, Jimmy Chu, Jackson Sowton, Harrison Kiss 1.

DIVISION FOUR played the powerful Henley and Grange team and went down 4-17, in what was an improvement all round.

DIVISION SIX had a masterful win over Norths 15-8 in a game that had all players contributing.  They are really finding their feet in this competition - up a grade from their premiership last year. Now it remains to keep it going.  Hits : Cam Britcher, Scott Geyer, Tim Fawcett 2 (Tim hit his maiden triple), Cuz, Behr, Sully, Marso, Dornie, Knuckles 1.

DIVISION SEVEN also played the Reds but with a different result, losing 7-12, playing catch-up baseball all day.  They started OK, with Casey playing his part on the mound, and Nicko gave them a boost with his in the park home run, but Dornie didn't cross the plate as often as he did last week, but generally the bats were all right, a little tightening up in the field wouldn't hurt.  Hits : Tony Brownbill 3, James Stradling, Nick McCormack (HR), Aldo McCormack, Casey Moore 2, Derek Milne, Tim Fawcett 1. 

WOMAN'S LEAGUE

The girls had the unenviable task of going deep south in a gloomy evening, but came home with the points, defeating Southern Districts 8-2.  The standout, apart from the usual stalwarts of Carly and Darna, was Alyssa Lasscock with three hits.  She is a prodigious talent for a youngster, and one to watch.  Louise Bartle also got a hit. Looking good girls.

UNDER 17 

Two games for these kids this week, the first being a win on Tuesday evening against Kensington 10-1, a side that we drew with earlier in the season.  Johnny Von Senden was dynamic on the mound and gave them nothing, whilst the hitting was good, with Blake O'Brien cracking two doubles, and Bailey Gibbs having two hits, Owen Williams one and Johnny Von Senden one.

The second game for the week was against top of the table H & G, and after a neck and neck opening, the Ram's boys pulled away when Johnny started to tire.  He was replaced by Harrison Kiss who did his darndest, and we came home like a steam train, only to get knocked off 7-10.  A couple of errors in the field didn't help.  Hits :  Harrison Kiss (one double, one triple), Cody Tape 2, Blake O'Brien, Johnny Von Senden 1. (Both doubles)

UNDER 13 Lost to GGCD 9-15

UNDER 11's went down to Norths 2-12 and they were not happy.  Expect a solid game next week.  Matthew, Archie and Chase had six strikeouts between them, and Lincoln, along with a great catch, got a hit, along with Chase and Dakota had a RBI.

UNDER 9

A cold start to the day, but all stayed positive and played some top baseball in a high scoring contest.  The training is coming through in some real baseball plays.  Nice Coaching.                 

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ROUND SEVEN

DIVISION ONE vs Goodwood at Don Klaebe field 24.11.19     

WON 6-2

On an absolutely perfect day for baseball - and anything else for that matter - and with Gary firing up on the mound, we put it to Goodwood in no uncertain  terms.  Baseball is good to watch when the bats start connecting and our boys really got into the groove and put on a fine display, with ten safe hits.  The Indians got one in the first, but we countered with two of our own, and then lit up the diamond in the second with four more.  Nathan and Gary picking up RBI's, as the batters kept finding the gaps.  No more scoring as the pitchers and the defences kept things tight, and the expected big hitting from Goodwood never eventuated.  Rhett came on after seven as the perfect relief and closed out.  Terrific effort all round.  Hits: Nathan Nicholson 3, Troy Nicholson, Wade Moore 2, Todd Dunstall, Ethan Marchioro, Gary Owens,1.

DIVISION TWO vs Goodwood at Don Klaebe Field 24.11.19     

WON 2-0

Our opening battery was Willy to Deuce, and was looking good until Deuce copped a hard knock and had to retire.  Jacko replaced him and we lost nothing as Willy hurled his allotted amount, and left it to Troy to complete the shutout.  Our first run came as a result of a dropped catch and a wild throw, but the second was scored through good base running, both in the fifth dig.  Hits: One each to Fan Deyuu (Deuce), Jarrod Marsland, Troy Nicholson and Travis Joblin.

DIVISION FOUR lost to Goodwood, as you would in this grade with a guy throwing hand grenades.  This was a much better game by the boys, as their defensive work has really gone up a few notches.

DIVISION SIX -  An eye-catching game this one, of high quality and entertaining, with the eventual result always going to be in our favour.  We looked the goods with Behr on the mound plugging away manfully.  The hits in this 20-7 victory were Geyer 4, Cuz, Behr, Dorney 3,Knuckles, Marso, Teakle 2, Jobu, Nicko, Sully, Watto 1.

DIVISION SEVEN - Lost 6-15 to the Hawks in another good game with Derek Milne's triple being a standout.  They tried hard for their injured Coach, but he proves to be not a very good spectator.  Hits:  Derek Milne, Casey Moore 2, Nick McCormack, Mike Chemny, Tony Brownbill, Aldo McCormack 1.

WOMEN'S LEAGUE - The girls won convincingly against Port 13-2 with Louise Bartle leading the hitting with three (and also pitching relief), and Rachel Coutie, Kenzi StGeorge, Darna Veen (starting pitcher), and Alyssa Lasscock all hitting two.  Creeping up the ladder, and in good form, the sky is the limit here.

UNDER 17's  -  Under the guidance of Gary Owens, this team is improving weekly, and were too good for their Goodwood opposition, winning 7-3.   Harrison Kiss and Aldo McCormack each had two hits, and Cody Tape, Blake O'Brien, Johnny Von Senden, Alex Black and Barry Eime 1.  Owen Williams was the starter.

UNDER 13's  - Only two hits recorded in this 1-6 loss to the Cardinals, one to Ben and the other to Kolya.  Toby Kortekaas pitched but they couldn't pull it off.

The UNDER 11's played Glenelg and had a loss 5-9.  The kids are playing good fun baseball, as evidenced by their runs for and against for the year to date - they are even.  In this game, Oliver struck out three and had a hit, and Chase struck one out.

UNDER 9's had a ripper of a game against Southern Districts with seventy eight runs recorded.  But - remember - no scoring in this grade.

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ROUND SIX

DIVISION ONE vs Adelaide at Don Klaebe Field 17.11.19     

Lost 1-6

We welcomed Deyuu Fan (Deuce) and Weihao Wang (Willy) to the Club from China via Adelaide Giants and hope they have an enjoyable time with us for the next month, whilst staying with Pattie and Lawrie.

After giving up ten runs (all unearned) to Northern Districts in the double-header last weekend, we were really looking forward to a far better performance this time round.  But what we got was more of the same, some good - some bad.  The good was Rhett Feser who pitched the maximum allowed and came out in the seventh at 1-3, and the bad was a mixed bag of defence and all round sloppiness.  We left far too many on bases having worked hard to get runners out there and our stealing costs us week after week.  So look out Goodwood next week.  Hits :  Gary Owens, Wade Moore 2, Todd Dunstall, Troy Nicholson, Rhys Owen, Brayden Marchioro 1.

DIVISION TWO vs Adelaide at Don Klaebe Field 17.11.19     

Lost 3-7

Nathan Nicholson was going great guns from the centre, but it took the bats some time to get going, and it was not until late in the game that we started to put a few together and score some runs.  We again had our share of angst, and had an ejection as a result, and had to use three pitchers in the end, namely Nathan, Ethan Marchioro and Rhys Owen.  Hits :  Todd Dunstan, Tom Dineen 2, Nathan Nicholson, Deyuu Fan, Jarrod Marsland, Weihao Wang, Rhys Owen 1.  This team has lots of talent, just waiting for them to turn it on.

DIVISION FOUR went down to the Bay and went down to the Bay.

DIVISION SIX traveled out to Kensington and came home with the two points after having a 10-4 win.  Sully was his masterful self on the mound going the distance with everybody getting in on the act with the bats.  Good to get back into the winners circle after a couple of losses.  Hits : Geyer 2, and one each to Rev, Teakle, Couz, Behr, Scotty, Cam, Flash and Dornie.

DIVISION SEVEN played the early game at Kensington and had the misfortune to get knocked off in the last by one run 9-10.  Casey Moore got the nod as MVP with his pitching performance and three hits.  The boys were going for two in a row - but not to be.  Bad luck. The other hits were Watto 3, and one each to Brownbill, Lodge (who did his ankle), Flash, Milne, Chemny, Craig Mort and a nice double to Nick McCormack.

WOMAN'S LEAGUE 

Back on the winner's list after a hectic come from behind win over GGCD 9-8.  They certainly gave us some anxious moments during the game, but when the whips were cracking, they really brought their intensity into play, and played a fantastic last dig, with Megan's bright yellow boots flashing to the plate in the gathering gloom to seal the deal.  Darna Veen scampered around the diamond for an in the park home run and pitched the game out - a great showing.  Hits :  Alyssa Lasscock 2, Darna Veen, Carly Moore, Kenzi St.George 1.

UNDER 17's had a bye.

UNDER 13's had a good win over GGCD for coaches Carly and Jack and all the mums and dads 15-8.  Toby Kortekaas was the winning pitcher, and if I can read Renae's writing, I think he had two triples and a single, Ben Bynoe had a single, Jack Stanmeyne had five singles, Beau Brownbill had four and Vincent Zollo had one.  Poor Indie Ohazyfedinov didn't get a hit but played well, as did the rest of them.  Well done.

UNDER 11's went to Southern Districts and haven't been seen since.  I heard that they lost narrowly, but the carrier pigeon has not got back to town yet so no details. 

UNDER 9's had a bye and no doubt spent the weekend working on their skills.                                                         

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