CENTRAL V FEDERAL
The Magpies swooped the Demons in the weekend’s Mount Gambier Baseball League action.
Batting first Central got away to a flyer as Dave Harris singled and Kyall McClean drew a walk.
They were both batted in by consecutive sacrifice flys to Nathan Meinck and Dylan Chuck.
Federal could not find a reply.
In the second Colby Muller and Mitch Ruwoldt found themselves on board and were batted in by Kyall McClean and Nathan Meinck.
This time it was Federal that could not reply.
It was not until the fifth inning that more runs were added.
Dylan Chuck was about when a routine catch was dropped.
Dylan Gull walked and Chuck scored on an error at first base.
Colby Muller was hit by a pitched ball and then both he and Gull scored on a wild pitch before the inning was wrapped up.
Again Federal could not reply.
With two out in the sixth Nathan Meinck hit first on a fielder’s choice and was batted in when Alex Ridding drove a ball into centrefield.
A change of pitcher for the Demons could not stop the flow of runs for the Magpies.
Colby Muller received a walk and he crossed homeplate when Dave Harris crunched a hit also to centrefield.
Central wrapped up the game in the top of the ninth when Sam Ruwoldt and Dave Harris both drew four balls with Walkom scoring on another base on ball with bases loaded followed by Harris who scored Central’s 11th run on Nathan Meinck’s sacrifice fly.
Dylan Chuck pitched the whole game for Central’s fourth win of the season pitching 9 K’s, 1 BB and 1 HPB and the team only making one error and picking up eight safe-hits.
Federal on the other hand did not trouble the scorers.
Using three pitchers they had 7 K’s, 10 BB, 2 HPB and made three errors.
TIGERS V SOUTH INDIANS
It was not until the top of the third before the first runs started to flow in the game between South Indians and Tigers in the Mount Gambier Baseball League.
In the top of that inning Travis Lockwood picked up a single to third base followed by a two bagger from Ryan Walter and then a safe hit to shortstop by Blake McAdam that scored Lockwood.
Walter crossed home on Tarkyn Morale’s sacrifice fly to leftfield and McAdam scored South’s third run for the dig when Jesse Balshaw hit into an infield out.
Two innings later Tigers pulled one back.
Jarvi Mee hit safely to shortstop, advanced to second on a still and third on a wild throw scoring on Kane Harrison’s single to leftfield.
In the sixth Ben Marcus picked a walk and advanced around the bases on the next three batters hits into play before the side was put away.
Tigers hit the front in the very next inning scoring two.
Kane Harrison picked up his second hit for the game when he singled to rightfield and was batted in by Karl Ransom’s double to centrefield.
Ransom crossed the home plate on Ben Marcus’ Texas Leaguer to leftfield.
The score remained with Tigers winning four runs to three not having to use their turn at bat in the bottom of the ninth.
South’s young pitcher Jett Lewis threw the ball extremely well only giving up two runs in five and a bit innings with four hits, 4 K’s, 2 walks and a HPB. Reliever Ryan Placucci gave up three hits and 3 K’s.
For Tigers starter Kane Harrison had all three runs scored from his pitching with four hits, 4 K’s, 1BB and 1 HPB.
Reliever Karl Ransom kept the South batters quite with no safe hits, no walks and eight strikeouts.
