ROUND 2 - w/e 19th Oct

DIVISION ONE v W.Torrens at Don Klaebe Field Sat 18 Oct.     WON 9-8

This game took an eternity to reach a conclusion - fourteen innings to be precise.  A win was a fantastic result for our hard working team which was badly depleted as far as numbers were concerned due to some members having prior committments.  Full credit to all who participated  in all grades and gave it their all - congratulations.  Torrens took the lead from a Gallagher triple, but Cezar got Hayden home to keep us in touch and we went to the front when Hayden was hit by a pitch and Cezar put one over in the sixth, and then AJ sat down having done superbly with eleven strikeouts and only two hits against his name. Jose Pimentel took over and was as mean as, and we went to the tenth and International Rules all tied up.  Boy, it got interesting from here but neither side scored in the tenth and the Eagles scored one in the eleventh from a passed ball but Troy's bunt levelled it up.  Sammy Carcia was called upon to step onto the mound and they scored two and we needed to dig deep and Alfredo was equal to the task and it was even again.  One more each in the thirteenth  and it as 8-8 and once again - a dejavu moment from last week - Ollie put one through the field and the win was ours. In the fourteenth!!  Phew!!  Hits  :  Cezar Perez (HR) 4, Oliver Hayes, Hayden Carroll, Alfredo Rodriguez 1.

DIVISION TWO v W.Torrens at Don Klaebe Field Sat Oct 18.     Lost 4-5

The selfless Nathan Nicholson was on the mound and pitched six quality innings leaving the hill just the one run behind at 2-3. We had lots of chances early and had runners in scoring positions on numerous occasions, but our first run on the board came when Will doubled and came home on Harry's sac fly, and Will featured again when he came home from a Jimmy Chu RBI, and he was in the action again scoring Luke Taylor in the seventh.  Just the one run deficit - damn good effort considering the team was a little short staffed.  Hits  :  Harrison Kiss, Will Stock 2, Jimmy Chu, Troy Nicholson 1.

DIVISION THREE v W.Torrens at Don Klaebe Field Sat Oct 18.     Lost 0-16

It looks like a bad loss, but boy, there were positives galore out of this one.   Amara pitched, and pitched well, but their bats were working and working well and ours wern't.  Davey had a purple patch at left field retiring all three batters in the third with fantastic athletic catches and we unearthed some new talent with Steve Goldspink looking the goods on the mound.  At one stage our infield consisted of three females and an under sixteen player - all gaining vital experience to hopefully use going forward.  Well done to Benji Hayes on his senior debut, joining Sarah McMahon and Matt Nanassi in this honour.  Hits  :  just the two - one each to Kosuke Ikeda and Carly Moore.

DIVISION FIVE v GGCD away Sat Oct 18.     Lost 4-9

Looks like these boys are very competative this year, and ran the Dodgers close.  Hits  :  Brad Atkinson 3, Steve Couzner, Shaun Wallis, Nate Oliver, Mike Chemny 1.

DIVISION SIX -  had the weekend off because the intended opponent pulled out.

WOMEN'S LEAGUE

DIVISION ONE v South Districts at Don Klaebe Field Sun Oct 19.     WON 16-2

Calm, proffesional approach saw a solid win with the minimum of fuss.  First dig, and Smack tripled (on her way to three hits) with Alice getting her home, and from there it was plain sailing with the maximum being scored in the third.  Carly scored an in the park home run, Peyton tripled, Smack another double and so it went.  Dakota doubled in the fourth and then took the ball off Alice and closed in fine fashion.  Seventeen hits all up  :  Sarah McMahon, Alice Brown, Dakota Ding 3, Carly Moore (HR), Beth Lee, Peyton Daniels 2, Amara Quinn, Jemila Dadd 1.

DIVISION TWO v Adelaide at Don Klaebe Field Fri 17 Oct.     WON 9-8

Great to see the girls having fun and playing well and winning.  Kylah Ding was having her senior debut and pitched the girls to a winning position, throwing to the returning Bridget O'Meara, who brought a touch of joy to the game.  Also, first timers at senior level were Aldeyna McCormack and Elyse Kerin and we wish them well in their time at the Club.

JUNIORS

U18 WON 12-1 against a combined Kensington/Glenelg team with Ollie pitching from the get go and Diesel closing.  One of those games when you can say - all played well.

U14 Lost 9-3 against Southern Districts

U12 Draw 15-15 against Glenelg

U10 Played at home against Sturt and Coach Boden's team managed a 8-2 win.  Well done all.

GODANATS!!