12 February 2020
Rain washed out all the weekend NSW State Baseball League but Macarthur was able to extend its lead at the top of the table during midweek action last Wednesday.
The Orioles shut out Central Coast 10-0 at Baseball Park to capitalise on Ryde falling to Manly as they moved seven-and-a-half games clear at the top of the standings.
11 February 2020
Henley & Grange hammered fellow premiership contenders Kensington 13-2 away from home in the South Australian Baseball League on Sunday.
The Rams broke through with three runs in the third capped by James Bell’s two-runrun single before Seiichiro Suzuki and Griffin Weber added two-run singles in the fifth and seventh inning respectively to extend the lead.
08 February 2020
Melbourne has secured its first Australian Baseball League title, taking down Adelaide in two games in the Championship Series to give retiring Luke Hughes, Allan de San Miguel and Peter Moylan a fairytale farewell.
The Aces’ offence was too hot for Adelaide in game two at West Beach on Saturday night, backing a strong start from Wes Helsabeck to propel Melbourne to a 6-2 victory and Victoria’s first Claxton Shield since 2010.
08 February 2020
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Adelaide mentor Chris Adamson has been announced as the new manager of Philadelphia Class-A affiliate Lakewood BlueClaws.
Adamson, 31, was confirmed as the BlueClaws’ 14th manager overnight.
07 February 2020
Melbourne is one win away from bringing the Claxton Shield back to Victoria for the first time since 2010 after walking off Adelaide in game one of the Australian Baseball League Championship Series at Melbourne Ballpark last night.
Retiring Allan de San Miguel’s single and an error helped the Aces pull level in the ninth ahead of Shane Robinson driving in the catcher to lift Melbourne to a 4-3 victory.
07 February 2020
Melbourne and Adelaide will look to strike first when the 2020 Australian Baseball League Championship Series gets underway at Melbourne Ballpark on Friday night.
Darin Downs will start for the Aces and Tyler Beardsley gets the ball for the Giants. Watch at theabl.com.au/videos.
06 February 2020
Adelaide will head to an unhappy hunting ground to get its quest for South Australia’s first Claxton Shield since 1980 underway.
The Giants travel to Melbourne Ballpark for the opening game of their best-of-three ABL Championship Series against Melbourne with a dismal recent record at the venue.
05 February 2020
Boral Team Australia’s two-game series against KBO champions Doosan Bears in Geelong next week will provide a chance to test its depth, according to manager David Nilsson.
Australia’s 24-strong squad for the two games, which will serve as an important step ahead of April’s last-chance Olympic qualifier in Taiwan, includes eight players who were not part of last November’s Premier12 campaign.
05 February 2020
New South Welshman Solomon Maguire has signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The outfielder, a product of the Castle Hill and Baulkham Hills baseball clubs, inked his first professional contract in the US.
04 February 2020
The format for baseball’s return to the Olympics has been revealed, along with key dates for the six-team tournament.
A modified double-elimination system will lead to the medal games, scheduled for 8 August in Yokohama.
04 February 2020
Cronulla blew Penrith away with a 10-run burst in the opening two innings on its way to a dominant 15-0 victory in the NSW State Baseball League at Bonnett Bay on Sunday.
Playing-coach John Bowker powered the Sharks’ offence, going 3-for-3 and recording six RBIs, while Josh Lavender collected four hits.
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Former big leaguer Bowker set the tone early with a bases-clearing double in the first after Max Brennen tripled and scored on an Ethan Stacy single to open the scoring.
Brennen also impressed with three runs and two hits from three at-bats.
Cronulla rode a strong start from Quinn Dipasquale, who punched out four and gave up two hits from four scoreless innings.
The Panthers managed just two hits in the game, being retired in order in three of the five innings.
Runaway leader Macarthur pushed its winning streak to 10 games with a 7-2 win over Manly at Gilchrist Oval.
The Eagles took a 2-1 lead into the sixth ahead of the Orioles piling on five runs.
A pair of singles drove in the first two runs before Shanin Hislop scored off a bases-loaded walk.
A wild pitch then brought Stephen Octave home before Nick Doller add an RBI single.
Derek Howe worked seven two-run innings for Macarthur ahead of Shayne Fogorty recording the final six outs, including two on strikeouts.
Meanwhile, Michael Campbell helped Central Coast to a 12-6 win over Blacktown at Laybutt Reserve.
Campbell hit a two-RBI single in the fifth to extend the Marlins’ lead to six runs before taking over on the mound to close out the victory.
He worked four innings, striking out six, giving up three runs (all unearned) and just as many hits.
Jake Amos went 4-for-5 with two runs scored and three RBIS.
Damian Rutherford also had three RBIs and Taylor Clemensia homered.
The NSW State Baseball League continues on Wednesday night.
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