DIVISION ONE Twilight 21.01.20 at Don Klaebe Field vs Henley & Grange
WON 3-2
Rhett Feser put in a beauty and went the distance apart from hitting his pitch limit in the last, leaving the game having given up no runs in a real tight display. In contrast, we handled their starter pretty well, as exemplified in the third when we got all our three runs with what can only be described as fine team batting. Jacko started it all off by hitting and reaching first and was advanced by Todd and after Ethan walked we had the bases all loaded up, so a Troy hit scored one, Nathan got one more home and Wade's sac got the third. Sounds simple. Seriously, it was a morale booster, especially against the ladder leaders who have scoured the League for talent over the last couple of years. They got a couple in the last, but not enough to make us bat again. Hits: Gary Owens, Todd Dunstall, Ethan Marchioro, Troy Nicholson, Nathan Nicholson, Tom Dineen, Jackson Sowton 1. To quote Shane Crawford - - "That's what I'm talking about".
DIVISION ONE Away 25.01.20 vs Henley & Grange
Lost 2-5
Different kettle of fish this game, they were scarred from the previous encounter and meant business with their import on the mound, but we kept with them except for a three run dinger in the third and a late solo. Gary really showed his pitching prowess by restricting their hitters, and he had a good defence helping out. Troy's double followed by Rhys's double scored us our first and we took advantage of a passed ball for our second. An almost pleasing effort over nine innings as we were severely restricted in numbers with the long weekend luring a few players elsewhere. Hits: Callum Park, Rhett Feser 2, Troy Nicholson, Rhys Owen 1. Yes, that's correct, you saw it - Rhett with two hits playing right-field. He's really talking himself up now.
DIVISION TWO Away 25.01.20 vs Henley & Grange
WON 5-4
Another gutsy come from behind win for these guys, sneaking in two runs in the last and then managing to hold on and watch them thankfully swinging away for the final strike-out. We were 1-4 down after three and in the fourth we loaded the bases with one out and didn't trouble the scorers. Rhys's nice double enabled him to score from Troy's hit and a passed ball gave us another, so we were always in the hunt, but those two in the last were the sealer. Nathan and Rhys were the hurlers and did a fine job, with Richard showing his versatility by catching a few innings before succumbing to a mystery injury. Jacko filled in superbly. Hits: Rhys Owen 2, Nathan Nicholson, Will Kortekaas, Peter Drover, Troy Nicholson 1. Thanks to Sam from Mount Gambier and Josh Mignone from Div Four for helping out on the day.
Juniors and the Woman's League all kick off again after their break this weekend.
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