Top sides too strong

CLOSE CALL: Jesse Foster is out by the hand of Jesse Balshaw as he slides towards the home plate in one of the few highlights for South Indians on Saturday at Blue Lake Sports Park.

BLUE Lake Sports Park was Tiger territory on Saturday afternoon as South Indians felt the pain of atonement.

Tigers bounced back to avenge its loss last week with a drubbing of South in a one-sided contest.

Tigers looked on from the outset and before South knew it the game was all-but gone just 30 minutes into play, with a 7-0 scoreline.

The orange and black army did not stop there either and with some help from South’s large number of errors, the runs continued to flow across the plate for the Tigers boys.

Kaleb Kermond collected his first Division 1 safe hit, but he was not done there and collected another just one bat later to make it a night to remember.

Tigers coach Karl Ransom controlled the game on the hill, while South’s Ryan Placucci just did not have the support around him.

With South coach Bruce Morale having a afternoon to forget with three errors, it just simply was not their day.

Tigers finished the game with 14 safe hits and only one error for a 13-1 victory, while South managed just five hits but a huge eight errors.

Big performances came from Brayden Morton with three hits, Kermond with two and Brodie Foster with three.

For the Indians it was Jesse Balshaw with his double to left field that was the highlight.

Over at Millicent Centrals faced a danger game but that fear was quickly extinguished in what was another one-sided affair at Bolton Reserve.

Centrals currently sit atop the ladder and had too much class for the Millicent/Federals boys, with a white-wash by the time the game was called and Centrals walked away 17-0 victors.

Jordan Aston took control on the mound for Centrals and looked like a find for coach Dylan Chuck.

He was simply too strong for the Millicent/Federals boys, throwing a shut-out and giving up just three hits for the game.

Centrals blew the game to pieces in the fourth innings, bringing seven runs across the plate in their stand-out innings of the game.

Big performances came from Ethan Chuck with three safe hits including a nice double to left field, Dylan Gull with two hits and the coach himself Dylan Chuck with two hits also.

For Millicent/Federals Darcy Pink and Tom Winkley battled hard to pick up a single hit each.

Millicent/Federals will take on an in-form Tigers at home next week, while Centrals will look to continue their winning streak against a young South outfit Saturday afternoon at Blue Lake Sports Park.