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CENTRAL emerged victor on Saturday night in Round 15 of Mount Gambier baseball, with a well-deserved win over Fedral at Blue Lake Sports Park.
In the bottom of the second innings Central pushed out to an early lead, as Ethan Chuck’s hit to shortstop resulted in a wild throw and Dylan Chuck drilled a ball to centre-field.
Koby Chant’s infield safety pushed Ethan Chuck across the plate and Dylan Chuck was batted in when Alex Ridding hit safely.
The Demons clawed one run back in the top of the next inning when Alex Reppin popped one out to left-field safely and eventually crossed the plate on a wild pitch.
Not to be outdone Central scored returned swerve immediately.
Josh Chuck hit safely to right-field and scored on Dylan Gull’s infield hit which resulted in a wild throw.
In the top of the seventh Matt Nicholls drew a walk and added the run when Brady Cooper hit into a fielder’s choice.
The Magpies put the icing on the cake in the even dig scoring three.
Lead-off batter Koby Chant hit safely as did Jordan Aston, while Brad Braithwaite hit safely into a fielder’s choice loading the bases.
Kyall McClean drew a base on ball which pushed Chant home.
With two out Nathan Meinck’s long flyball to right-field was put down resulting in both Aston and Braithwaite adding to the scoreline.
Neither team troubled the scorers for the remainder of the game, with the Magpies not required to bat in the bottom of the ninth with a 6-2 win.
Meanwhile, Tigers paid little respect to the home ground of Millicent Bandits, with a big win in Round 15 of Mount Gambier baseball on Saturday.
The visitors were on the scoreboard immediately, with Brayden Morton crossing home on Matt Thompson’s safety.
Jacob English then hit into another error and was batted in by Tyler Horrigan.
The Bandits pulled one back in the bottom of the second ommomg when Darcy Pink squeezed a Texas-leaguer to centre-field and was batted in by Craig Chittleborough.
Tigers added three more to their credit when Dyllan Lane singled, as did Brayden Morton.
Garth Ransom’s two-bagger saw both runners cross the home-plate and Ransom scored from the result of a wild throw.
In the bottom of the dig, Bandits’ Tim Nieuwenhuizen hit into an error and was batted in by Craig Chittleborough.
However, 16 Tigers batters faced Millicent’s Darcy Pink in the next inning, with a 12-run pay day to blow the game away from any chance the Bandits may have had.
The inning was made up of six safe-hits, two base on ball, one hit batter and four errors, with only five of the runs earned.
In the top of the seventh Morton slammed his third safe-hit of the game and was batted in by Jake England to give Tigers an 18-2 victory.
