On Sunday Shoalhaven Mariners 4th Grade travelled to Cringila to take on the Wollongong Cardinals.
Mariners started well gaining two runs over the plate from a double base hit by Zac Douglas and a single from Gabe Tate. Mariners took the field with Zac Douglas starting pitching with some team work from Matt Calderon to keep Cardinals scoreless.
Second innings both teams able to bring over one run each which kept the game very tight. Third innings Mariners were unlucky with the bats, unable to bring any runs over. Cardinals had a couple of nice hits from Cormac Boggiss and Sandy Korala allowing them to bring one more run over.
With the scoreline of 3/2 it was now time to advance some runs. Some great team batting from the entire team allowed Mariners to bring 6 runs over. In response to that Cardinals bats came alive with Tyler Boggiss and Luke Bitschkat both having double base hits to the outfield, Cardinals bringing across 8 runs, now taking them to a lead of 10-9 for the first time of the game.
Last innings of the game Mariners rallied together with the bats with both Matt Moore and Zac Douglas having a two base hit each while we saw Andrew Pearson have an impressive hit out to leftfield, continued with a sliding dive into home plate. Mariners managed another 5 runs. In response now with Jayden Brain on the mound, Jayden Brain sat 3 batters down from strikeouts.
Mariners taking the win 14 – 10 .
Impressive pitching from Zac Douglas and Jaden Brain and well done Gabe Tate for his catching duties for the entire game.
Double hits to Zac Douglas (2), Matt Moore (2) and Matt Calderon with singles going to Jayden Brain, Gabe Tate (2), Zac Douglas, Andrew Pearson, Matt Calderon, Matt Moore (2) and Bruce Jones.
Well done 4th Grade
