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Essendon Bombers and Upwey-Ferntree Gully Tigers will enter the Victorian Summer Baseball League finals on a high after extending their long winning streaks on Saturday.

The Bombers downed Berwick City Cougars 12-2 on the road to notch a sixth-straight win while the Tigers extended their winning streak to eight games to finish atop the Eastern Conference.

First-placed Baulkham Hills Kookaburras extended their New South Wales State Baseball League winning streak to four games on Sunday as the competition made its return following a run of wash outs in recent weeks.

James McCallum went 2-for-4 with a homer and four RBIs and four pitchers combined to allow one run on five hits as the Kookaburras completed a 7-1 win over Canterbury Bankstown Vikings at Northmead Reserve.

South Perth Cubs will face WA State League 1 minor premiers Morley Eagles in a best-of-three semi-final series from Tuesday night.

The Cubs punched their ticket to the final four – and matchup against the Eagles – with a 7-2 elimination final win over Victoria Park/Belmont Reds at Empire Ballpark on Saturday night.

Far North Coast Baseball Association has launched a GoFundMe as it sets sights on getting back on the field as soon as possible following last week’s catastrophic flooding.

Lismore – and FNCBA’s Albert Park home of 56 years – were inundated with water as more than 700mm fell in less than 30 hours in the region’s biggest flood event since 1954.

Pine Rivers Rapids continued their unbeaten start to 2022 and extended their Greater Brisbane League winning streak to 13 games on Thursday night.

Catcher Cain McClelland drove in four runs and starter Josh Roberts went seven innings, allowing just one run, as the Rapids took down Surfers Paradise 15-1 at Beenleigh.

Rhys Niit struck out 14 in six innings and Tyson Zamora and Jaime Fox went deep as Redlands Rays topped Windsor Royals in the first Greater Brisbane League game in almost a fortnight on Tuesday night.

Niit did not allow an earned run in six innings and Justin Erasmus slammed the door shut with three strikeouts in two innings as the ladder-leaders triumphed 8-2 at Holloway Field.

The race for the last remaining spot in the South Australian State League final series will down down to the final day of the regular-season after Tuesday night’s results failed to declare a winner.

But the race is down to two teams – East Torrens Redsox and Southern Districts Hawks – after Glenelg Tigers and Woodville Senators fell to defeat to crush their slim top-six hopes.

Geelong Baycats punched their Victorian Summer Baseball League finals ticket with a 7-2 win over Sunshine Eagles at Melbourne Ballpark on Tuesday night.

The Baycats overturned an early 2-0 deficit to wrap up a sweep of the three-game season series between the two sides and end the Eagles’ hopes of finishing in the Western Conference top-two.

New South Welshman Max Mrakovcic has been named the Region IX Pitcher of the Week for February 28 to March 6.

The McCook Community College right-hander tossed a complete game on Saturday (Australian time) as the Indians opened their four-game set against Trinidad State College with a 2-1 win.

South Australian Women’s League minor premiers Sturt Saints closed out the regular-season with a 10-4 win over Southern Districts Hawks at Peregrine Park on Sunday in a qualifying final preview.

Georgia Davis and Claire Warburton drove in two runs each and Gemma Letton struck out five in a pair of scoreless relief innings as the Saints finished the regular campaign with a 15-1 record.