BENDIGO East will face Falcons in this Sunday’s start to the best-of-three grand final series to decide the A grade premier in the Bendigo Baseball Association.East fought on to score an 8-6 win against Strathfieldsaye Dodgers in last Sunday’s preliminary final.The East batters made a great start to the contest although Nick Whatley halted East’s scoring as Dodgers fought back to score some late runs.A committed East defended superbly as Aaron Sherriff pitched his best game for the season.Strathfieldsaye Dodgers lost to Bendigo East 6-8.Pitchers – Dodgers: Geoff Holland 3.1 innings 5K2 2BB, Nick Whatley 2.2 inns 2K2 2BB. Bendigo East: Aaron Sherriff 6 inns 4K2 4BB.Safe hits – Dodgers: Scott Burton, Mark Davies, Geoff Holland, Neil Johnson, Karl Mannes, Nick Whatley. Bendigo East: Brendan Aikman, James Clow, Aaron Sherriff, Anthony Sherriff, Damien Tresize.East has beaten Falcons this season and will be determined to end its grand final-winning spree.In the B grade first semi-final, Falcons B1 scored a 24-6 win against Strathfieldsaye Dodgers B2.The Dodgers scored three runs in their first inning, but Falcons struck back to score seven in the bottom of the first.Playing one short, Dodgers battled to contain the Falcons line-up as it racked up 23 safe hits.Falcons B1 will play Dodgers B1 in the preliminary final.Falcons B1 d Strathfieldsaye Dodgers B2 24-6.Pitchers – Falcons: Seb Costello 3.2 inns 4K2 8BB, Nathan Larson 1.1 inns 1K2 0BB. Dodgers B2: Gordon Youl 1 inng 0K2 3BB, Gary Ahdore 4 inns 2K2 2BB.Safe hits – Falcons B1: Jason Harriage 4, Shaun D’Arcy, Josh Monti, Brad Perrow, James Plowright 3, Jake Connaughton, Seb Costello, Nathan Larson 2, Andrew Jones. Dodgers B2: Mark Reade 2, Gary Ahdore, Lachlan Gillies.In the second semi-final, Scots defended brilliantly to score a 4-3 win against Strathfieldsaye Dodgers B1.Scots conceded 12 safe hits, but made the outs when it mattered.Dodgers had loaded bases several times, but could not capitalise.Des Henderson and Col Pithie pitched well for Scots and Dodgers respectively. Scots had just six safe hits, but drove in four runners.Darren Taylor racked up three safe hits for Scots.Scots d Dodgers B1 4-3.Pitchers – Scots: Des Henderson 7 inns 0K2 3BB. Dodgers B1: Colin Pithie 7 inns 1K2 4BB.Safe hits – Scots: Darren Taylor 3, Troy Henderson, Wayne Petri, Richard Smart. Dodgers B1: Luke Barkmeyer, Cameron Bell, Scott Burton, Jason Downing, Anthony Medhurst 2, Todd Napaver, Pat Griffiths.In C grade, Strathfieldsaye Dodgers scored a 9-8 win to eliminate Bendigo East from the finals race. No other details were supplied.Meanwhile, Falcons scored a 10-run victory against Bendigo East in the first leg of the Bendigo Baseball Association’s under-18 grand final series.Steady pitching by Darryl Muns and Simon Tatt was a key to the victory.Josh Brown racked up two safe hits, which included a home run.Falcons d Bendigo East 15-5.Pitchers – Falcons: Darryl Muns 2 inns 4K2 6BB, Simon Tatt 1 inng 3K2 2BB. Bendigo East: Josh McCluskey 1 inns 0K2 5BB, Mills Alexander .2 inns 0K2 5BB, Luke Smart 1 inng 0K2 1BB.Safe hits – Falcons: Josh Brown 2 (incl. home run), Brock Curnow, Nathan Larson, Darryl Muns. Bendigo East: Luke Smart.Details from the under-16 final between Strathfieldsaye Dodgers and Bendigo East were not supplied.In the under-14 second semi-final, Scots beat Dodgers, 13-3. Details not supplied.Falcons scored nine runs in the first innings on the way to a 19-9 win against Bendigo East in the first semi-final.Highlights for Falcons included a home run by Madeline Davis.Falcons will play Dodgers in the preliminary final.Pitchers – Falcons: Tyson Cox-Davies 2.3 inns 4K2 4BB, Corey Williams .1 inng 0K2 9BB. Bendigo East: James O’Keefe 2 inns 1K2 3BB, Sarah Wingrave 1 inng 0K2 4BB.Safe hits – Falcons: Sam Billett, Mitch Larson 2, Madeline Davis (HR), Brendan Archbold, Tyson Cox-Davies, Eden Hardy. Bendigo East: James O’Keefe.In the under-12s, Scots scored a 10-3 win against Dodgers in the second semi-final.Pitchers – Scots: James Robinson 3 inns 4K2, Joe Parsons 1 inng 1K2. Dodgers: Sam Heritage 1 inng 1K2, Mason Wakefield 2 inns 4K2, Mitchell Wakefield 1 inng 1K2.Safe hits – Scots: Lachlan Jack 3, Darcy Harrison, Billie Parsons, James Robinson 2, Ella Fraser, Joe Parsons, Keiran Theobold. Dodgers: Jack Allie-Evers, Sam Heritage, Joe Kennedy, Brad Murphy, Mitchell Wakefield.Bendigo East forfeited the first semi-final showdown with Falcons.