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The Australian Capital Territory has made it back-to-back U18 wins after edging South Australia in a 2020 Australian Youth Championship shootout on Monday afternoon.

Dom French drove in three runs and the ACT rode a five-run fifth to a 13-9 victory on diamond four at Geelong Baseball Centre.

A trio of three-run innings and strong pitching helped Queensland to a 10-0 victory over Victoria White on day three of the 2020 U18 Australian Youth Championship at Melbourne Ballpark.

Kyle Ashby homered and Patrick Day struck out three across four scoreless innings as Queensland kept Vic White hitless and improved its record to 3-1 on Sunday.

The Australian Capital Territory overcame early errors, using a five-run sixth, to down Western Australian in their U18 clash at the 2020 Australian Youth Championship on Sunday.

WA took a 3-0 lead in the top of the first but could not hold on as the ACT prevailed 8-5 to record its first win in its fourth attempt.

Nicholas Bertucci and Charlie Pierson combined to allow just one hit as Victoria Blue downed Country New South Wales 6-1 at the 2020 U16 Australian Youth Championship on Sunday.

Bertucci worked 3 2/3 innings, striking out three, and Pierson punched out three in 3 1/3 to lay the platform for a second win in four games.

The start time of four 2020 Australian Youth Championship games at Melbourne Ballpark across Monday and Tuesday have been adjusted, along with the diamond for two games at Geelong.

Play will now get underway at 10am, rather than 11am, with the second game slated for 1pm or 30 minutes after completion of the early contest.

Thomas Jackson drove in four runs as New South Wales overpowered Queensland 14-3 in their 2020 U16 Australian Youth Championship clash at Ballarat on Sunday.

Jackson broke an early deadlock with a bases-clearing triple in the second and NSW did not look back, improving to 4-0 after three days of the tournament.

Deegan Powell gave Queensland a solid platform on the mound in a 5-1 win over Country New South Wales in their 2020 U18 Australian Youth Championship clash at Melbourne Ballpark on Sunday afternoon.

Powell did not allow a run in a four-inning start, giving up just three hits, as Queensland collected its second win.

A six-run fourth has lifted New South Wales to a 7-4 U18 win over the Australian Capital Territory at the 2020 Australian Youth Championship in Geelong on Sunday.

Tom Newbold drove in two runs to pull NSW level and recorded four important outs – three via strikeouts – as they fought back from an early deficit.

Jack Higginbotham and Hamish Rees combined for seven scoreless innings as South Australia shut out Victoria Blue 1-0 in their U18 clash at the 2020 Australian Youth Championship on Sunday.

The duo combined to allow just two hits and Darcy Barry provided all the offence SA needed to claim victory at Geelong Baseball Centre and improve to 2-2.

Zach Murphy’s bases-clearing double has lifted Country New South Wales to a walk-off win over Victoria White in their 2020 U18 Australian Youth Championship clash at Melbourne Ballpark on Sunday.

Murphy doubled on a fly ball to lift Country NSW to its first win after overcoming an early 4-0 deficit.

Victoria White scored two late runs to down the Australian Capital Territory and claim its first U16 win at the 2020 Australian Youth Championship at Ballarat on Sunday.

White overturned a one-run deficit in entering the bottom of the sixth and Angelo Reale-Rontos closed out the game with a second scoreless inning to wrap up a 5-4 victory.