WOMEN 15-14 WIN OVER FITZROY
Denise Healy Reports
Cheltenham Women Div3 Clings To Victory As Fitzroy Girls Nearly Erases
8-Run Deficit
Cheltenham Women Div3 built an eight-run lead in the third inning and
then held off Fitzroy Girls’s charge for a 15-14 victory on Saturday.
Fitzroy Girls put up 13 runs in the failed comeback. Ellen Shepard,
Celeste Highey, Gianna Gazbarella, Lesley Hutchison, Christine Busby,
and Shepard each picked up RBIs.
The base paths were crowded in this high-scoring game. Cheltenham Women
Div3 collected eight hits and Fitzroy Girls had ten.
Cheltenham Women Div3 fired up the offense in the first inning, when an
error scored two runs for Cheltenham Women Div3.
Delia Robey led the Cheltenham Women Div3 to victory on the hill. She
allowed ten hits and 14 runs over three innings, striking out four.
Leah Trebilcock took the loss for Fitzroy Girls. She allowed four hits
and ten runs over three innings, striking out two.
Cheltenham Women Div3 tallied eight hits. Robey and Sue Leslie all
managed multiple hits for Cheltenham Women Div3. Robey went 3-for-3 at
the plate to lead Cheltenham Women Div3 in hits.
Fitzroy Girls tallied ten hits on the day. Highey, Shepard, and
Christina Brasacchio all had multiple hits for Fitzroy Girls.
MASTERS DOWN 6-14 TO BONEO BRAVES
John Ferguson Reports
Cheltenham were out played by top team Boneo at Rosebud on Monday. The Boneo offense drove 14 runs from 14 hits and some aggressive base running.
After a lights out, 4 innings performance in the previous round, starter Lance Blackley struggled to find his best stuff but the Big Train pitched solidly to keep the Rustlers in the game until the bottom of the third innings when with the score 2-2, the top end of the Boneo order came up for the second time. Six hits and some untidy defence resulted in 6 runs. The Rustler’s bullpen (Big Dog Ashen, Ben Hall, Joe Tucker and Darren Hiddlestone) were unable to stem the flow of runs but all 4 relief pitchers threw strikes and will benefit from the work as the season progresses.
The Rustlers first 2 runs came in the top of the third when Blackley led off with a single to centre and Tucker beat out an infield single. Adam Leech’s line drive to centre batted in Blackley and Hiddlestone ground ball to the right side plated Tucker.
Leech drew the only walk Boneo threw for the game in the fifth and hits to Hiiddlestone, David Johnson and Rod Hind pushed across 2 runs.
Leading off the sixth innings Blackley slashed a single to left field for his third hit for the game. Leech and Hiddlestone each belted doubles to plate a further 2 runs.
A defensive highlight was the 3 double plays turned over by the middle infielders.
Hitting: (Total 10)
Joey Tucker, Single, 2 Runs; Adam Leech, Single, Double, BB 2 Runs, 2 RBI; Darren Hiddlestone, Single Double; David Johnson Single, Run, HPB, RBI; Rod Hind, Single: Lance Blackley 3 Singles, Run.
