Falcons struck back from a first-round defeat as it scored a four-run win against Strathfieldsaye Dodgers in the Bendigo Baseball Association's A-grade match on Sunday.
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The Falcons scored a run in the first inning when Josh Brown reached base, and Mick Peters tripled.
Dodgers evened the game in the bottom of the inning when Tyson Cox walked and Sam Longford doubled.
In the next three innings, Dodgers' starter Nathan Larson kept Falcons hitters off balance and gave up only one more run.
Falcons threatened but was repeatedly denied by the defence of Dodgers short stop Zac Cruse who made some brilliant plays.
Falcons scored three runs in the fifth as Josh Brown, Justin Slattery and Jordan Osborne all hit safely.
Jordan Osborne responded by shutting Dodgers out over the final four innings.
In his first start for Falcons, Osborne threw with great velocity and stuck out 10 Dodgers.
Falcons 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 (6) d Dodgers 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 (2).
Pitchers - Falcons: Jordan Osborne 8 inns 10K2 6BB. Dodgers: Nathan Larson 4 inns 0K2 2BB, Steve Skipper 4 inns 0K2 3BB.
Safe hits - Falcons: Josh Brown 2, Mick Peters, Justin Slattery, Darryl Muns, Jayson Strahan, Mitch Brown. Dodgers: Sam Longford, Nathan Larson, Zac Cruse, Charlie Hay.
In the other A-grade contest, Scots took a two-run lead in the first inning as Bendigo East struggled in the field.
East worked hard to tie the game in the fourth.
However, Sean Meldrum took control on the mound for Scots and blanked East for the rest of the game.
Matt Gould was best for East with the bat, while Scots had many contributors.
Loes Asmus again pitched six innings for her team, but lacked the support given the previous week against Falcons.
Bendigo East 2 lt Scots 8.
Pitchers - Bendigo East: Loes Asmus 6 inns 3K2 1BB. Scots: Sean Meldrum 6 inns 7K2 1BB.
Safe hits - Bendigo East: Matt Gould 2, Nigel Close 2, Brad Huggard. Scots: Sean Meldrum, Lachlan Jack, Billy Parsons, Darcy Harrison 2, Joel Brownlee, John Taylor.
In B-grade, Dodgers' young pitchers struggled to keep control of Falcons.
By the end of the fourth inning, Falcons had built a 10-run lead.
Charlie Hay tried hard for Dodgers as he struck out three hitters in three innings and racked up two safe hits.
Falcons was steady in defense behind the tight pitching of Jayson Strahan.
Jonathon Vanderhagen and Quinton Bentley both had three hits for Falcons, and Miles Wade hit a long home run in only his third game of baseball.
Falcons 0 3 3 5 2 1 1 (15) d Dodgers 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 (2).
Pitchers - Falcons: Jayson Strahan 7 inns 5K2 2BB. Dodgers: Charlie Hay 3 inns 3K2 2BB, Jack Harrison 3 inns 3K2 3BB.
Safe hits - Falcons: Jonathon Vanderhagen, Quinton Bentley 3, Miles Wade 2 (incl. HR), Paul Bingham, Jason Harriage 2, Jayson Strahan, Dale Lindrea, Zac Stayner. Dodgers: Charlie Hay 2, Peter Murphy, Tim Pithie, Todd Nester, Jason Downing, Eden Hardy.
In C-grade, Dodgers scored an 18-5 win against Falcons.
Falcons 0 0 1 1 3 (5) lt Dodgers 2 4 3 0 9 (18).
Pitchers - Falcons: Quinton Bentley 2 inns 4K2 6BB, Alex Lockwood 2 inns 3K2 1BB, Miles Wade 1 inng 0K2 2BB. Dodgers: Brodie McRae 3 inns 4K2 3BB, Gary Ahdore 2 inns 3K2 2BB.
Safe hits - Falcons: Tyler Hinds 2, Alex Lockwood, Miles Wade, Cohen Waters, Seb Smith, Kirby Moon. Dodgers: Gary Ahdore, Brodie McRae, Chris Murphy 3, Cameron Pringle, Roger Dellwo, Jason Downing.
Under-16 - Dodgers 0 lt Falcons 8.
Pitchers - Falcons: Sam Wild 3 inns 3K2 0BB, Bailey Waterman 1 inng 0K2 1BB. Dodgers: Zoe Murphy 2 inns 0K2 6BB.
Safe hits - Falcons: Wild, Manning, Richmond, Brown, Waterman, Moyle, Allaway. Dodgers: Bell, Bridge.
T-Ball - Bendigo East 5 6 5 6 (22) lt Dogers 5 7 7 6 (25), Falcons 5 4 5 4 (18) lt Scots 7 8 4 8 (27).
