Bendigo Baseball Association juniors returned to the pitch on Sunday for the third round of the season.
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In the under-11 matches Strathfieldsaye Dodgers Gold narrowly defeated Bendigo East 7-6.
East started the match with strong pitching and hitting from Zak Banks-Broome to score two runs.
Dodgers levelled the match in the second innings with help from Brooklyn Borg's big hit before scoring five runs in the third thanks to a two out hit to Fabian Gray to take out the game.
Pitchers
Strathfieldsaye Dodgers GOLD
Tommy Brooklyn
Brooklyn Borg
Bendigo East
Zak-Banks Broome
Lily Kit
Safe Hits
Strathfieldsaye Dodgers GOLD
(10) Josh Skipper x 2, Brooklyn Borg x 2 Fabian Gray x 1 Gus Ritchie x 1
Bendigo East
(4) Zak Banks-Broome x 2, Ronan Clarke x 1, Jake Thornton x 1
In the other under-11 match the Falcons defeated the Scots 7-5.
Falcon's pitcher Allira James was on fire, in addition to strong batting from Axel Franklin were highlights crucial for the win.
The Scots also served up some great pitching and powerful hits from Pounam Ruha, Riley Cole and Chris Gamboa, but depute their late comeback, the Falcons walked off the diamond with a well-deserved win.
Pitchers
Falcons
Allira James
Alaric Tibbet
Scots
Pounam Ruha
Ari Gerdsen
Safe Hits
Falcons
(9) Axel Franklin x 2, Aleric Tibbet x 2 Allira James x 2 Hudson Castle x 1 Tahlia Dickinson x 1
Scots
(8) Riley Cole x 2, Chris Gamboa x 2, Hayden Cole x 1, Chloe Hercus x 1
In the under-14s Bendigo East made light work of the Falcons to win 8-2.
Falcons pitchers battled hard to hold off the the Bendigo East batters in the final innings, but East locked in five runs to secure victory in what was a tight contest.
Nick Walker and Jake Thornton performed well on the mound of East while Zach Martin pitched well for the Falcons.
Pitchers
Bendigo East
Nick Walker
Jake Thornton
Falcons
Logan Van De Hagen
Phoebe Martin
Zacchaeus Martin
Derek Rogers
Safe Hits
Bendigo East
NA
Falcons
NA
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