PADRES ROYAL SPLIT Redcliffe Leagues Padres Major A Grade baseball team split its top of the table clash with Windsor Royals on the weekend at Talobilla Park. On Friday night in damp conditions, the matchup turned into a real pitcher’s duel with Jaz Shergill and Windsor’s Ryan Searle dominating hitters. The 2 teams traded K’s and the end of the regulation 9 innings, the sides were locked up at 1 all resulting in extra innings being played. Brad Dutton led of the with a double In the bottom of the 11th before catcher Tim Shaw scored the winning run with a base hit to centre field, the Padres taking the fixture 2-1. Shergill, Sam Holland and Matty Bates combined on the mound to limit the dangerous Windsor offence to just 6 hits. In the return matchup on Sunday, the Padres could not overcome a determined opposition and with 5 regular starters unavailable for the game went down 9-1 to the visitors. Shergll showed his versatility picking up 2 hits and scoring the side’s only run of the day. The patched up side battled hard all day but came up short against the competition leaders. The side is at home again next weekend when it takes on Wests on Friday night from 7:30 pm and Sunday from 1:30pm In the lower grades the AAA team dominated Windsor 17-7, Nathan Sharrow strong on the mound while Danny Dunsdon with 3 hits (including a home run) from 3 at bats and Hayden Connell with 2 hits led the offence. A depleted AA team went down to Windsor 10-0 at home. In Pacific League the A Grade team mercy rule defeated Indians 14-4 Kale Schlenker pitching well and Joel Townsley hitting a home run. The B Grade team lost it starting pitcher to a serious arm injury and lost 9-0 to Windsor at Windsor. The C Grade West team lost its first game of the season with an error ridden 9-7 loss to Rapids at Lawnton while the C Grade Hughes team lost 14-8 to Narangba at Talobilla. In junior games that went ahead Saturday, the Under 20’s defeated Redlands 14-9 at home while the Under 14 Division team swamped Windsor 14-0, a towering Marcus Feagaiga home run a highlight as was the pitching of Kia-Noa Wynyard.
Posted on: Sun, 07 Dec 2014 11:35:25 +0000
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