Baseball

Yesterday was an exciting day of baseball. We won in extra innings and I was able to play integral part in the win with a key hit and defensive plays to help us get the win.

Fell just short of a homerun again after an outfielder who was recently signed by the Braves tracked down a deep fly ball I hit which would have been good for a double otherwise.

Sydney Blue Sox, a pro Australian team we draw some of our players from

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President 09-16-2012 0 Comments

The Ryde Hawks have kicked off their 2012/13 NSW State Baseball League campaign in style, winning both games of their first series of the season against the Manly Eagles. The Hawks blew the Eagles away with a 9-2 thrashing on Wednesday night before backing it up with a 7-4 victory on Sunday afternoon.

It was all Hawks on opening night as Ryde scored three runs in the second inning, two in the third and three in the fourth to stake starting pitcher Luke Wilkins to an early 8-0 lead. Wilkins was brilliant on the mound over five shutout innings, limiting Manly to just three hits while racking up six strikeouts to record the win.

Nick Dimmers and Chris Davis led the offensive outburst, picking up three hits and two RBI apiece, while Tim Green and Jake Wilkins contributed two hits and an RBI each. Manly managed to push across two late runs but relievers Hayden Staats and Wayne Lundgren erased any thoughts of a comeback and the Hawks cruised to victory.

The Hawks then came out and backed it up on Sunday with a thrilling extra innings victory. After both teams scored two runs early on, the score remained tied until the bottom of the eighth when Manly managed to edge out to a 4-2 lead.

Down to their last out with nobody on base, the Hawks capitalised on some shaky Manly defence in the top of the ninth with Davis and Luke Parish reaching on errors. Stephen Klosowski and Jake Wilkins then managed to hold their nerve to drive them in and tie the game at 4-4.

After solid performances from Scott Cameron and Lundgren on the mound, Luke Wilkins then returned and shut the Eagles down in the bottom of the ninth. With the score still locked at 4-4, the game was sent to extra innings where the Hawks made their opponents pay for failing to finish them off. Klosowski, Matt O’Neill and Jake Clinch all provided RBIs as the Hawks jumped out to a 7-4 lead that they would not relinquish.

Wilkins then hurled his second inning of scoreless relief, shutting the Eagles down in the bottom of the tenth to secure the victory and earn his second win of the season. The Hawks are now 2-0 as they head into a round two clash with Blacktown.